At first I decided to buy a brand new portable a/c and put it in the living room.
I remember years ago when I sold my computer to buy a new laptop. I thought that I was spending money on an upgrade in features and capabilities from one unit to the next. Somehow I didn’t get the memo about the limits of mobile devices and their operating systems. For one, I was moving from Windows to an apple mobile operating system. Moving to any kind of apple operating system would always entail a loss of features for me. I use a lot of software that is only accessible through the Windows platform. Sure, the tablet had a fairly large app store, but I had to compromise with mobile software. Some applications are amazing while others can be unstable, if not outright unUSble. I had a similar episode with my a/cs in my apartment. My loft is a single dining room home with a large living room and home office. Before I decided to attempt an upgrade with my Heating, Ventilation, and A/C equipment, I had one window a/c in my dining room and another in the living room near the entrance to the home office. At first I decided to buy a brand new portable a/c and put it in the living room. My intention was to eventually buy a minute portable a/c to replace the window unit in my dining room. I had learn that portable a/cs had several features that window units lack, and I naively assumed that meant portable a/cs were better machines. They’re extremely inefficient with energy use and they recycle conditioned air to cool their hot compressors inside the same metal enclosure as their chilly evaporation stage. These components are intended to be separated for a reason—that’s why compressors are put outdoors in all other Heating, Ventilation, and A/C systems.