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We are pleasantly surprised by the cooling power of this AC. It works great on the hottest New York afternoons and cools down our living room and kitchen area (a bit less than 600 sq ft) very quickly.
This AC works great even while using the oven in the attached kitchen area. It is not too noisy definitely quieter than the lower capacity AC we have in our bedroom which we have to run constantly at the high setting to get good cooling.
This AC runs on the standard 110 volt wall outlet.
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I have a vault or cathedral ceiling for my large living room attached to a kitchen and the temperature in the room could rise up to the high upper ninety. The living room would get hotter than the outside of the house since I have no roof ventilation so the heat would build up during the day and the ceiling fan would just blow down hot air.I have several 8000 BTU window AC units for each bedrooms but I'm going to need a larger BTU for my living room so I decided to go with 15,000 BTU. My neighborhood's large chain stores were all sold out of air conditions so I thought I would give Amazon a shot on something this big and heavy and since I'm a prime member, why not? Having it deliver right to my doorstep, it doesn't get any better than this.
I've never heard of SPT brand before but from reading the few reviews I decided to give it a try and go with my gut instinct. Two days later, the unit came and I noticed box was in a pretty bad shape. I unboxed it anyway to find that the frontal frame and the casing were a bit off and not flushing. With the weather being so hot, I decided that it was just cosmetic damaged and decided to put it up anyway. I went ahead a built a frame for my side sliding window and installed the unit. I'm a big guy so I was able to lift the unit into its casing myself but I would highly recommend 2 people for this. I put the 4 screws back into the frontal frame and plugged in the 110 outlet. I then turned on the power and it started to vibrate vigorously and I can hear a loud cranking from the fan. I had to turn off the unit right away and thought to myself as to why did I purchased this. I had to undo everything and pulled the unit back down to see what caused the loud cranking noise. I found out that a piece of the fan broke off during shipping causing the fan to spin unbalanced. I was very disappointed and upset. I packed everything back into the box and went straight to the Amazon website to click on the return item. Amazon made it so easy to return the unit and I decided to get a replacement instead of refunds since it wasn't SPT's fault for what happened to the unit. They shipped out the replacement right away and sent a shipping company to pick up the damaged unit from my house the next day.
A few days later, the new unit came and the shipment was in good shape. I decided to plugged the unit and tested it before installing this time and it powered up and ran like a charm. It's now up on my living room window and surprisingly runs very quiet. Quieter than the small units in the bedrooms. I put up a curtain to block the cool air escaping into my hall way and the living room and kitchen are now very comfortable to relax in again.
Pros: Very quiet, regular household 110 outlet, fast cooling, nice frame and metal grill in the back, looks well built and sturdy, cool up the room fast, very easy to install.
Cons: Unit packaging could be better, not a lot of differences between low and high fan.
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Have had the unit installed for a few months now and am very disappointed with the overall performance. The unit it replaced did a much better job of cooling. The front is a lot of trouble to remove and there are no controls on the remote to adjust the temperature up or down. Will not buy this brand again.Honest reviews on SPT 15,000 BTU Window AC with Energy Star
I mounted this in the wall. Although it would have easily worked in a window that was big enough,it was easy to mounting a wall. Mounting is easy and all the parts including supports for outside are included. You don't need to buy anything else other than trim strips and weather strips for around the unit.This thing is awesome for a giant 110v unit. It is very very cold and the fan in pretty awesome. It is far more quiet than my 8k btu window model in my bedroom. The controls are far more than I need but nice to actually have the control. The remote works very well and the unit responds that it has received the command. The timer is great for having the thing on until the temp outside drops. Just saves a lazy button push.
Overall this is an awesome unit. It does make a lot of noise outside and pings, clangs, and clinks under ormaloperation just like the manual states quite clearly. So normal and I don't care.
Cooling is truly awesome. This old paper wall Ouse gets half a day of direct sunlight all afternoon. The heat increase was horrible. The 10k portable that I had could ot keep up and temps in the room were approaching 85 degrees on a mid 90s day. So sitting in front of the portable was the only choice. This unit keeps the room and kitchen down to the mid to lower 70s on an upper 90s day. Pretty good considering the western wall is warm.
I am very very happy. Awesome unit although very big and very heavy. Thi mounting is simplifies by having an exterior shell that is fully mounted and it quite manageable and light. Then the unit is slid into the shell and retained. The last step is still a two person job unless you are hulk or just dumb enough to pretend.
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