Window and Portable Air Conditioners
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Perhaps the most widely used air conditioners are the window air conditioners. They’re quite popular for heating and cooling in both domestic and commercial premises. The basic advantage of a window air conditioner is that unlike the central air conditioners and the split air conditioners, it fits well in the window giving a good look and it doesn’t occupy any space of the room in the least.
Moreover, window air conditioners don’t need to be shifted every now and again from one place to the other. All the same, like any other air conditioning equipment, it produces noise, the intensity of which differs with the type and size of the window air conditioners. Constant noise can so be very disturbing and distressing to the home and surrounding residents.
It’s, therefore, advisable for the consumer to compare window air conditioners by checking the sound power level labels on the unit or in the literature specifications. The background level* are often acceded decibel ratings and the higher the decibel level, the louder the unit will be. The instantaneous sound pressure increases by a factor oftentimes for every 10-decibel increase. For instance, 60 Decibels is 10 times louder than 50 Decibels and 100 times louder than 40 dBs. (more…)
