When temperatures soar, you really can’t put a price on comfort. But if you’re in the market for an air conditioner, 3-On Your Side’s Jim Donovan found you don’t have to spend a lot to get a lot.
At The Home Depot in Cherry Hill air conditioners and fans have been flying off the shelves. Emmett Taylor at The Home Depot says, “The extreme heat is causing people to get air conditioners that were not otherwise considering getting air conditioners.”
John Rhodes and his fiancée Jennifer Frank were among those buying an air conditioner this summer. Rhodes says, “We’re going to take this one and swap it out for a dining room and move the dining room into the bedroom.”
These days window air conditioners are energy efficient, have digital timers, and even have remote controls. But with so many sizes to chose from how do you which is the right one for you? According to Taylor Emmett, “One of the first things we try to do is qualify them by asking what size windows they have, the openings for the windows.”
Room size is important too. Taylor says that once a customer gives him the room dimensions, he can find a unit suitable for their needs. In general, a 5,000 – 6,000 thousand BTU air conditioner can cool between 100 and 300 square feet. 7,000 to 8200 BTU units are adequate for cooling 250 to 550 square feet. While 9800 to 12500 BTU models can cool up to 950 square feet.
Prices for window air conditioners start at $100 and depending on size go up from there. Not bad, but Jennifer Frank likes to think more about down the line. She says, “Central air is the way to go in the next house.”
If you have a window air conditioner that only has an on/off setting, you don’t want to keep it running all day while you’re at work or your electric bill will be sky high. Just turn on the unit when you get home. These window units are designed to cool off a room within a short period of time.
The opposite however holds true for central air conditioning. In most cases you don’t want to turn it completely off during the day. That’s because it will take forever to cool off your whole house. Most systems have programmable thermostats. Set yours to somewhere in the high 70′s and you can always lower the temperature when you get home to be a bit more comfortable.
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