DeLonghi PAC290 Portable Air Conditioner
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: DeLonghiBrand: DeLonghi
Model: PAC290
Product features:
- Exhausts warm, humid air through window, door, wall, or ceiling
- Adjustable window bracket, 51-inch exhaust hose, semi-permanent installation kit
- Electronic room thermostat and 24-hour programmable timer
- Cools 16-by-16-foot room with 8-foot ceiling; uses ordinary, 110-volt current
- 22 inches wide, 28-3/4 inches high, 16-3/8 inches deep; weighs 97 pounds
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of DeLonghi PAC290 Portable Air Conditioner
Customer Review: five summers later no problems
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this in 2002 because my landlord doesn't allow window units, due the dripping and ugliness factor of window units. This machine has worked perfectly for five years of extremely hot summer days and nights. I set it on maximum cool and fill it with water twice a day. Spent a lot of money, but well worth it! Yes it is heavy and noisy and after five years it rattles a little. I spilled candle wax down it by accident two years ago but it still keeps working! One thing I have been doing that may be the reason for it's trouble free existence is that I flush it every summer month with descaling fluid.
Description of DeLonghi PAC290 Portable Air Conditioner
* Exhausts warm, humid air through window, door, wall, or ceiling * Adjustable window bracket, 51-inch exhaust hose, semi-permanent installation kit * Electronic room thermostat and 24-hour programmable timer * Cools 16-by-16-foot room with 8-foot ceiling; uses ordinary, 110-volt current * 22 inches wide, 28-3/4 inches high, 16-3/8 inches deep Model: PAC290Fully portable on sturdy casters and operating on ordinary, 110-volt household current, this air conditioner cools a room up to 16 by 16 feet (with an 8-foot ceiling) by exhausting warm, humid air by means of a flexible 51-inch hose. It comes with an adjustable 4-foot window bracket that the hose fits through. Or the hose can be placed in a 3-1/2-inch-diameter hole in a door, wall, or ceiling (bracket included). The air conditioner is energy efficient because it operates entirely inside--unlike a window air conditioner, which uses hot and/or humid outside air to cool its condenser. Filled with water, it features a "Super Cool" setting for operating at its full 8,500-Btu capacity for 8 hours, and it operates indefinitely at 88 percent (or 7,500 Btu) of capacity even when it's dry. It has a two-speed fan and can be left on around the clock thanks to an electronic thermostat that turns the unit on and off to maintain a selected comfort level and to a 24-hour timer that can be programmed to turn the unit on and off at selected times. To dehumidify a room, the unit collects about 51 pints of moisture from the air in 24 hours. In a patented process, it then employs that moisture to enhance the cooling cycle, exhausting excess through the hose and eliminating the need to empty a water-condensation receptacle. (The unit can be operated as a dehumidifier only.)
The unit measures 22 inches wide, 28-3/4 inches high, and 16-3/8 inches deep and weighs 97 pounds. It can be moved from room to room or installed semi-permanently. (Installation kit included.) Hand grips make it easy to move. Ruggedly constructed, it has a metal cabinet, copper piping, and a first-rate finned evaporator. The cabinet is fully insulated so the unit operates exceptionally quietly. Two antibacterial filters collect dust particles and prevent bacteria buildup. To prevent freezing, the unit shuts off automatically when the temperature drops too low. Made it Italy, it carries a one-year parts-and-labor warranty against defects, with the warranty extending to three years for the sealed system of compressor, evaporator, condenser, and factory-connected refrigerant tubing. --Fred Brack
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