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2007-08-31 05:43:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No.
You need a window or a vent to exhaust the heat or you are wasting electricity.
2007-08-31 05:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An electric AC unit does not release carbon dioxide. The unit must be mounted in a window or in a hole through the wall, as it exhausts hot air out the back end.
2007-08-31 08:31:17 · answer #2 · answered by big_mustache 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the air conditioner is doing exactly what it says.... conditioning the air. It will reduce the temperature of the existing air as well as somewhat reduce the humidity, but the is no change in the original content of the air. If you have 19-21% oxygen, it will remain at that level. Now keep in mind that if your refrigerant leaks to the inside of the house it could cause injury if you are in a small/confined area. The refrigerant is an asphyxiant and will displace the available oxygen, but the odds of this are pretty small. Hope this answers your question. Also, Robert has a good point, the heat has to go somewhere or you are not changing the temperature.
2007-08-31 05:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by ffemt6347 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am cracking up reading some of the retarded answers to this question. It seems like most of the people responding to this question have no clue at all about how air conditioners work. Some of the answers are such fantasy gibberish it is amazing. My favorite one is the one that says "Air conditioners are designed to remove stale air from inside your room as well as, push hot or cold air from outside into your room." This is so silly as to make me almost croak. but wait, it even gets better... "If you live in a hot climate, because cold air is heavier, it will drop to the floor forcing the hot air in your room to rise to the ceiling taking with it any carbon dioxide or other impurities." What total nonsense... I'm splitting a gut here...
First of all, air conditioners are NOT "...designed to remove stale air from inside your room as well as, push hot or cold air from outside into your room." They also do not 'exhaust', in the normal sense of the word. No one who answered seems to understand about a heat exchanger and how it works, which makes most of these answers just plain silly.
The answer to your question, by the way, is "no". All air conditioning units need to be vented in some way, so the coils in the back can release the heat into some other area. They do NOT exhaust hot air from the room outdoors. This is why window air conditioners sit in a window, so the coils in the back can 'radiate' the heat taken from inside the room to the outdoors. But they are venting heat from the inside, not the air. If you operate an air conditioner in a room with no access to the outside, you will not cool the room at all, Even the so called 'portabe' units must be vented to the outside.
2007-08-31 14:07:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume your air conditioner has a pipe outlet through your wall somewhere, otherwise you are wasting your time, electricity and money.
Air conditioners are designed to remove stale air from inside your room as well as, push hot or cold air from outside into your room. It makes no difference whether you have a window or not. If you live in a hot climate, because cold air is heavier, it will drop to the floor forcing the hot air in your room to rise to the ceiling taking with it any carbon dioxide or other impurities. It is always important to clean the filter in your air conditioner about every three months I wash mine with a disinfectant and have had no problems.
2007-08-31 06:07:25 · answer #5 · answered by Roy B 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually carbon monoxide is the one to worry about, and no. The problem you will have with an ac that doesn't vent outside, is that the heat is just being pumped back into the room.
You need to get the exhaust outside somehow, maybe like a dryer vent hose or something. A/C works on the principle of removing heat, not making cold. When the heats gone the cold is what's left.
Jim
2007-08-31 05:57:14 · answer #6 · answered by jim1965_99 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No an air conditioner cannot produce carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is produced when a fuel source is burned. For more on air conditioners go to www.hvac-for-beginners.com
2007-08-31 06:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simply put:
Your air conditioner is a heat pump.
It does not release CO2.
Unless the heat it pumps is vented outside,
it cannot cool the room.
What kind of installation are you talking about???????
2007-08-31 15:29:12 · answer #8 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the only release of co2 is from the electricity being generated at the power plant, unless it's a nuclear power plant.
2007-08-31 06:16:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-08-31 07:03:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋