Beating Chattanooga Heat!
Submitted by JerryVH777 -
7/3/2019
I live in a small one bedroom apartment in downtown Chattanooga. The building was built in 1929. It has very thick brick walls, and the windows are original metal frames with plate glass. Summers here in Chattanooga get very hot & humid. I have an old 10,000 BTU window unit in my bedroom which does a pretty good job with that 175 sq ft room. I had another 10,000 BTU window unit to cool the remaining 475 sq ft of my apartment, and it never stood up well to our hot summers. It finally died, and I wanted to make sure I replaced it with a unit strong enough to keep me cool through a long hot summer. The building maintenance man asked that I get a unit that will run on a 115v line. This unit with 15,100 BTU was the highest BTU rating I could find that would run on 115v. That wasn't enough to make a decision; I also read a lot of reviews. I read many reviews on this unit, and other 15k BTU units by this, and other brands. Price was also a factor in my decision. This model had good reviews, and it was available for a great price. Installation took a few hours partly in just making sure to carefully follow the instructions; and partly to make adjustments to install into a metal frame window with a hard concrete window sill. I've had the unit installed now for going on 2 months. I got my first electric bill for a full month of it's use. Even though it's a more powerful unit than the one it replaced; I'm staying cooler, and I'm using about 13% less electricity compared to the same month last year. Today the heat index outside is 99º, and I'm keeping cool inside at 71º. I'm very very pleased! Remote sensor is cool too. Word of advice: If you live in a hot humid environment like my home in Chattanooga, and you like your home chilly cool, don't trust the recommended BTU guidelines when buying a unit. Go up a range, or two. If I followed guidelines I might have just gotten a 12k BTU unit, and I doubt it would have been powerful enough to get me the cool 71º I have today with the intense heat outside.
Originally posted on frigidaire.com
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