Does this unit require a window to snake a hose through in order to use ? I need a unit for a room with no windows .
1399262
Yes, it does need to have access to w window. I've never heard of one that does not need some way to exhaust the hot air it produces. Would love to hear if you find one. Good luck!
1399263
Yes, this unit requires an exhaust through a window. I'm not aware of any non-exhausting portable a/c. Good luck.
1882476
Neither. This is a room to room unit, however it does need to exhaust through a slot in the window. It has a hose and frame for this purpose. Easy to install or remove and the unitworks good.
118291
We do have a window in the room where the warm air vents. From the outside of our house you really can't see the vent. Overall, I would not recommend this unit - it is big and clunky and difficult to drain the water from (which happens often) and for its large size it only cools the master bedroom and not even really the adjoining master bathroom.
1260133
If it's not vented you'll be throwing the hot air back into the room defeating the purpose of this AC unit. This unit blows the hot air out the back of the unit ( like most portable AC units). You don't need a window, but you defiantly need to vent the hot air out of the room you're trying to cool. The unit comes with a hose and I cant recall exactly how far it can extend but you would want to run that hose so the hot air is expelled from the room your trying to cool. It may be more expensive, but you might want to look at a ductless AC system if you don't have windows in that room. Either that or cut a hole in the wall so the AC unit can vent out the hot air. Hope this helps! If it's not vented you'll be throwing the hot air back into the room defeating the purpose of this AC unit. This unit blows the hot air out the back of the unit ( like most portable AC units). You don't need a window, but you defiantly need to vent the hot air out of the room you're trying to cool. The unit comes with a hose and I cant recall exactly how far it can extend but you would want to run that hose so the hot air is expelled from the room your trying to cool. It may be more expensive, but you might want to look at a ductless AC system if you don't have windows in that room. Either... » Read More If it's not vented you'll be throwing the hot air back into the room defeating the purpose of this AC unit. This unit blows the hot air out the back of the unit ( like most portable AC units). You don't need a window, but you defiantly need to vent the hot air out of the room you're trying to cool. The unit comes with a hose and I cant recall exactly how far it can extend but you would want to run that hose so the hot air is expelled from the room your trying to cool. It may be more expensive, but you might want to look at a ductless AC system if you don't have windows in that room. Either that or cut a hole in the wall so the AC unit can vent out the hot air. Hope this helps! « Show Less
710105
The actual unit is not in a window, but, there is a hose connection from the Frigidaire that must be installed in a window to act as the vent for the unit.
619656
I do not believe venting through an open door is an option. There is a hose that goes to an 8 to 10 inch piece of plastic that extends to fit under a window that is part way open.
1213335
No you don't need to open your windows. It will stay cooler if you do close them. You can use it in a some what closed area, but it does have a filter in the back that needs to pull in air to run. I use it in all my rooms.
1903348
I didn't even use the hose, I built a wooden box to line the AC vent with the vent plate I mounted to a piece of plywood that stays in the window all the time. It takes up a lot less room this way and looks a lot nicer too.
2106255
yes, there is a hose that comes with the unit. You must have a direct drain either in a sink or floor drain to the hose to work. We didn't have the drain so we empty the bucket. IT does a really good job in keeping our garage dry and we empty the bucket about once every day.
1879276
definitely does. without venting out a window, the hot air from the compressor would just pump back into the room. But it comes with the vent tube and window adapter...essentially everything you'll need to plug it in and get cool. not the highest output unit available, but it cools a smaller room quite well (as long as its vented properly and there's not a lot of warmer air seeping into the room)
1731292
You definitely need to vent the hot air out of the area you want to cool. Bottom line if you don't have a window to vent the hot air this ac unit would be useless to you.
1186402
hose is extendable. I'd say enough to have your unit 3 feet away from the window
1718299
This unit can't be vented through a window anyway. It has to be vented through an outside wall which is what I did. It doesn't come with the hardware to vent it through a ceiling space but it would work. Your installer will need to review what you need. Might not be to attractive since here are two hoses that come out the back of the unit. Works great for us! Good luck.
91992
....You don't need any window to install it. You can use it as a free standing dryer though I recommend that you put it near any open space or near any exhaust because it's going to be hot inside your room....
72083
It does but it doesn't last that long, you would have to always be replacing it. Although it does do what I needed it for which is just to cool down the room a bit. If you need something to really cool down a room you need to get an air conditioner in which you need to be able to run a hose outside through a window. I just didn't want to do that because of security reasons.
768082
Yes that's what pulls the heat out. Without that the heat has no where to go but back into the room. It does not go outside of the window. You just have to be able to have the window open with the hose at the base of the window like where you have the screen. I hope this helps because it works very well.
1459452
Do you have a picture of the exhaust hose panel? I am trying to figure out if there is a way if the tube is tiny enough to leave part of the window slightly open or if it is too big and if so what alternatives exist?