[Electronics-Talk] Accessible Portable Air Conditioners

[Valiant8086]

Hi.


Alternatively, a really dumb one with a thermostat knob that you can 
turn all the way over and then connect to a smart plug that has a temp 
sensor to use in deciding when or not to send power. I think the other 
option is better but this option does exist.



On 8/25/2021 2:28 PM, Peter via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Good afternoon everyone,
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> This morning a maintenance worker came to work on our air conditioning
> systems. He recharged the central unit with freon and cleaned the outside
> component. It seems to have taken the edge off of the heat in our apartment.
> Time will tell.
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>                  He told me that the reason why the portable air conditioner
> wasn't putting out cold air was due to the unit having been switched into
> fan mode. This was most likely caused by one of us bumping the mode control
> which is inaccessible to touch. I plan to have one of our caregivers look at
> the unit tomorrow to see if we can mark that control some way so we can fix
> it if it happens again until the new window unit for our master bedroom is
> installed.
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>                  Should we ever need to buy a portable air conditioner I'd
> like to know of models that can be used independently by a blind person.
> Hopefully someone has a smart unit that can be integrated with a home
> automation platform like the window units we bought last week. All the best.
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> Peter Donahue
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