Does this unit need to vent through a window? Also, what are the two hoses used for?
1794763
The hoses are used to vent the AC out the window. I'm not venting mine though. What good is a portable unit if it has to be by the window? I haven't had any problems by not venting it, so I don't plan on doing it in the future.
1794764
YES - all portables air conditioners need to vent through a window. A vent kit comes with the unit so you can easily - very easily install the kit in most windows - sliders or the up/down windows. The hose I do not use. It is for the purpose of allowing continuous draining into a small pan. Instead I simply unscrew the drainage plug at the bottom of the unit to let any water (condensation) come out. After running the unit all night on about 68 degrees, the amount of water is about 1/4 of a cup. It's a great unit and I am well pleased with it.
1794765
The unit must be vented outside. A window is the most convenient, although I vented mine through a wall.There is only one hose on my unit.
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.
1095133
It vents directly thru an outside wall. Everything you need to vent it is included with the heater
376639
The unit comes with a plastic piece that the hose fits into. Then the whole piece goes into the window opening, and the window closes on it. I tried one myself, but then I went to a window air conditioner.
1832792
Yes, this unit must be placed in the window to pull fresh air in and exhaust out the hot air. It is a great unit that cools the space well.
780477
The point in the hose is to close up the house from infiltration of heated outside air. The hose fits to the vinyl closer for either a door or window that allows that to happen. If you were to simply put the unit in front of a door and run it, it would be like leaving the door to your refrigerator open all the time - it would put some cold air into the fridge, but would be horribly inefficient. Hope that answers your question.
1575267
I got this for my daughter, so don't personally have experience, but my daughter doesn't vent through a window. She does have it in the entrance hallway of her very small home, and keeps the sliding door open a bit for air transfer. She lives in a very dry climate, and she says it works well.
1722719
No it does not, which is why we purchased a swamp cooler versus a room ac unit. We did not want to deal with windows and venting
1739992
mine came with a vent kit..it has what you need to set it next to a window and vent it
168005
Yes this unit does need to vent outside -- it comes with a plastic tube that I use to vent it to a window around 4' off the ground. It blows all the hot air outside, so I cannot see how it could be used without a window nearby. The moisture pulled in by the unit feeds out through a small tube at the bottom of the unit that I drain every few days (inside). This is separate from the hot air that needs to vent outside.
710107
You have to have the exhaust hose vented out a window. Otherwise you are defeating the purpose of cool air and the hot exhaust.
176753
Hello, the side windows do not vent. The front can be used completely open, with a screen, or with a windshield.
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.
1444119
This unit comes vented to the inside. It has the parts to vent it to the outside.
1641146
This unit is mounted outside the building so does not require additional venting other than what is right in the unit. There are also some units that are mounted inside the building, and those do require a vent to the outside.
1260134
All Air Conditioners need to be vented as far as I know. Otherwise hot air will just blow out into the room and negate the cool air flowing out. This one in particular though has a hose out the back to be vented out a window.
1575264
Not at all. No venting necessary. Just keep a window or two, cracked open a couple of inches.