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INTRODUCTION
Thisportableairconditionercanaltertheroomtemperatureandhumidity.Ithasmultiplefunctionsofcoolingdehumidifying
(drying)andfanventilation,andcanbemovedfromroomtoroomandtransportedfrombuildingtobuildingeasily.
Theairconditionercanmaintainsetroomindoorairtemperaturesbetween18°Cand32°C.Thesetroomtemperatureis
displayedontheremotecontrolandinthecontrolpanelontheunit.Thisdoesnotmeanthattheairconditionerwillnecessarily
reducetheactualroomtemperaturetothesetroomtemperature.
HOW YOUR POLOCOOL PORTABLE
AREFRIGER TED
AIR CONDITIONER WORKS
Hot air is blown outside through the exhaust hose, using the
window kit supplied with the air conditioner.
Air from the room is drawn into the air conditioner, cooled by
refrigeration, and blown into the room through the front grill.
Hot air must be exhausted outside the room being cooled,
or you will not cool the room.
VARIABLES INFLUENCING THE COOLING
EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AIR CONDITIONER
The ability of the air conditioner to cool the air in your room depends
on a number of variables. The critical variables are:
1. Orientation of the room to the sun.
Rooms facing North and West are exposed to the midday and afternoon
sun, and are the hottest in the house. Rooms facing the morning sun
(East), and away from the sun (South), are the coolest in the house.
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3. Air Draughts
4. Multi Storey Buildings
. Insulation
Insulated roofs and walls reduce the amount of heat entering the room.
Windows admit heat into the room. This heat can be reduced if the windows are
protected from the direct sun (eg by outside blinds, well lined inside curtains, pergolas, thick foliage etc).
Rooms protected from draughts are more easily cooled. Windows and doors must be kept closed.
In multi storey buildings, upper storey rooms are usually hotter and therefore harder to cool than
ground floor rooms.
SIZING
GUIDE
In general the higher the cooling capacity (BTU/kW) of an air conditioner, the bigger the room it will cool.
(a) The PC-53AP/C – 19,000 BTU air conditioner, subject to the variables explained in box 2, can effectively
cool rooms with a floor area of between 18 and 39 square metres.
TIPS ON GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR POLOCOOL
PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONER
Portable air conditioners are not designed to cool large open spaces.
To maximise the cooling effectiveness in an enclosed room:
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Turn the air conditioner on early in the day before the room heats up. It is more
efficient for the air conditioner to maintain the room at a comfortable temperature
than it is to reduce an already hot room to a comfortable level.
•
Close all doors, windows, curtains and external blinds of the room being cooled.
•
Seal or block major draughts.
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afternoon
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morning
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(b) The PC-44BP/C – 15,000 BTU air conditioner, subject to the variables explained in box 2, can effectively
cool rooms with a floor area of between 9 and 30 square metres.
Example 1:
Uninsulated upper storey
room with one West facing
external wall.
In this example, the air
conditioner is suitable for
effectively cooling a room
of up to 9 square metres.
Example 2:
Insulated ground floor
room with external
walls facing East
and/or South.
In this example, the air
conditioner is suitable for
effectively cooling a room
of up to 30 square metres.
3m
3m
Example of maximum
room size
3m x 3m = 9m
2
5m
6m
Example of maximum
room size
6m x 5m = 30m
2
cool air
room air
hot air
(outside)
Example 1:
Uninsulated upper storey
room with one West facing
external wall.
In this example, the air
conditioner is suitable for
effectively cooling a room
of up to 18 square metres.
Example 2:
Insulated ground floor
room with external
walls facing East
and/or South.
In this example, the air
conditioner is suitable for
effectively cooling a room
of up to 39 square metres.
4m
4.5m
Example of maximum
room size
4m x 4.5m = 18m
2
6m
6.5m
Example of maximum
room size
6m x 6.5m = 39m
2
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