Has anyone used a Portable Air Conditioner in their equipment room?

[stlouisguy]

Seems to solve all the issues. What am I missing that is important

http://www.air-n-water.com/product/ALTL-12000EH.html

seems I can cool the room, extract the moisture, and limit the amount of variance in the room

Input needed!

[reefinmike]

that would work as well as a normal window ac would. that is 5x more expensive though. normal window ac's take out water, as to how much i dont know...

[ChickenCannoneer]

A normal window ac unit is what I use to keep the tank cool. Works pretty well and yes they do take water out of the air. I watch the humidity in the morning and at night the the difference is like 15%. HTH, Tim

[stlouisguy]

Tank room is in the basement so no way I can do a window unit. I can put a room one in though and vent to the outside

Guess I will do that way, seems pretty simple and it will accomplish the job

[nyvp]

yes that's true they aren't as efficient either from what I hear.

[jacob30]

I have two portable AC's and would never buy one again. They are pretty weak IMO. The two do work but I was planning on just one. In hindsight I would go with a mini-split system. Better and about the same price.

something like these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-TON-12000-BTU-MINI-SPLIT-HEAT-PUMP-AIR-CONDITIONER-AC_W0QQitemZ300024432614QQcmdZViewItem

Also, whatever you get make sure it comes back on after a power blip or outage. Mine do not (big mistake).


Jacob

[camarojweed]

I have one in my basement and it works great..I usually keep it on dehumidify and it blows cold air..works like a champ...I had the same issue with the small window so this works out great...

I got a big one so it would do the whole basement...much better than a chiller since the chiller just put out more hot air and a chiller to cool my 400 gallon system would have been more than the unit I bought...

actually, this is the one I got...

http://www.air-n-water.com/product/LX-140.html

Jason

[drummereef]

There's one in the 'server' room of a place where I work. The only thing with them is you have to vent to the outside. Sometimes that can be a pita.

[stlouisguy]

I need to vent to the outside no matter what I do, so thats not a big deal IMO

Seems like this would be a year round solution