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Is it okay to plug an air conditioner into a power strip? I have one plug under my desk that uses a power strip which my computer runs off of. Is it okay for me to add an air conditioner to this strip? I’ve heard that air conditioners aren’t supposed to be in power strips but I have no other choice.

Andrew
Thanks for the help everyone. Looks like it’s not going on the power strip.

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I live in a house with no air conditioning. So i was thinking, this summer i would buy my own air conditioner and put it in my window. know any air conditioners you can recomend?

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Most air-conditioners and heat pumps sold around the world use a refrigerant called R-22. Emissions of R-22 are considered by some experts to be a significant factor in depleting the ozone layer that protects animals and people from harmful rays from the sun.

Families now have the choice to ask for an air-conditioner or heat pump that uses a more efficient and environmentally friendlier refrigerant called 410A or R-410 when buying a new system for their home.

All air-conditioning systems use an oil that circulates through the inside of the system to keep all of the parts well lubricated, just like the engine of your car. R-22 air conditioners use an oil known as mineral oil?that has been used for decades. R-410A air conditioners use newer synthetic lubricants that are usually more soluble with the R-410A than the old mineral oils are with the older R-22 refrigerants. This means the synthetic lubricants and R-410A can mix and circulate more efficiently to keep the compressor and other moving parts lubricated, reducing wear and extending their life. Also, just as many new cars use synthetic oils because they are less likely to break down under high stress and heat, the new synthetic oils used in R-410A air conditioners are less likely to break down under extreme conditions.

R-410A offers some wonderful advantages, but it required the manufacturers of air conditioners to redesign their products to take advantage of the properties of the refrigerant. The reason why a refrigerant works is because it captures the heat from one place, and then releases the heat somewhere else. R-410A captures heat and then releases it better than R-22 did, so manufacturers have found that they need less refrigerant in an R-410A air conditioner than they needed in an R-22 air conditioner. Because there's less refrigerant, they need less copper tubing, and often can use a smaller compressor. The bad news was that R-410A couldn't be used in air conditioners that were made to use R-22, but the advantages for new air conditioners were too great to pass up.

It’s obvious that air conditioners manufactured for using R-410A are more efficient, more reliable, and may even be less costly then the older units that still use R-22. Compare the SEER or EER ratings and the ENERGY STAR rating to be sure.

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If you find that all of the rooms in your house are cool apart from a few, it might just be a result of certain aspects of the composition of your home–there’s a good chance your central air conditioning unit is performing just fine. To resolve the problem, room air conditioners are a great solution, and these units will help you to keep every room in your home cool, without continually needing to run the central unit in your home. Following are several units you might want to consider.

The Kenmore 75050 is a good unit to consider, and is among the room air conditioners that will keep going for years. It is quite low-priced insofar as air conditioning units go, however it is not EnergyStar rated, and so it might expend more energy than is suggested by the EPA; it will cost about 10 percent more to operate each year. However if you do not use the system a lot, the energy output from this and your central unit may balance out. This room air conditioner does a good job of cooling down bedrooms and home offices of any size, but has mechanical dials instead of digital ones. Overall, customers are pretty pleased with this unit.

You might also want to take a look at Frigidaire for more good deals on room air conditioners. If you are trying to cool down a space that’s 200 square feet or less, this is among the best units to get. This system is EnergyStar rated, and it’s very simple to use. It has digital controls which means you can adjust the temperature with just a single touch, along with low-voltage protection that will assist you to manage fluctuations involving power surges or brownouts. Even though some consumers say that the unit is rather noisy, it is very energy efficient.

Alternative room air conditioners that you may want to look into include the LP6000ER by LG. This company is recognized for creating reasonably priced electronics that are made from quality materials, and its air conditioning unit is no exception. The profile of this unit is slender, so it won’t hinder as much natural brightness from coming into a room, and the digital display makes this one of the room air conditioners that’s very simple to control. As well, this equipment has auto-restart, which means it will start working automatically after there is a power outage.

There are also portable air conditioning units that you can buy for your house or office from good companies like Haier or Sunpentown; these room air conditioners are somewhat smaller than typical room units, and you can transport them anywhere.

In many parts of the world, the weather changes so drastically from winter to summer that both heating and air conditioning equipment are essential for any residence. Find out more at the Residential Air Conditioning site.

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