This is a great point, and one I didn't consider until reading another person's similar post here in the Group. I unfortunately already own the machine and used it last year.
On that note and to answer your question, yes, we did this last year. The AC worked fine. However I think it's 8k BTU and ran off an eu2000i, so perhaps it was working harder than it needed to. What is the better option when using an AC? I think some people run the "window-mounted" style, but I assumed that used inside air as well? Thank you. On Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:56:03 AM UTC-7, Vladimir Khodel wrote: > > Did you try this before? "Theoretically" single hose portable A/C actually > drops the pressure in the yurt due to pushing out all that hot air, so any > extra vents you create would not function as exhaust, but as major > intake... Even if you remove all vents, it will suck the air in through all > the gaps, so I am curious what the steady state is for the relatively small > volume of the yurt. > > They do make dual hose portables, I wonder if that would work better... > > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Tim <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I've pieced together some comments that furnace vents should be on >> opposing walls, about a foot off the ground and preferably in-line with the >> direction of the playa wind. >> >> A few remaining questions >> >> - Our A/C is the free-standing portable type, so it's intake valves >> stand a few feet off the floor and simply suck in air from inside the >> yurt >> then ports the exhaust out a hose. >> >> - Will it make a difference if the exhaust port is higher or lower on >> the wall? >> >> - In theory, would we want the intake vents on the unit to be at a >> higher or lower elevation in the yurt? We can't make them lower than >> they >> already are since they're manufactured on the top of the unit. However >> if >> raising would help, we could put it up on a table to get the ports >> higher >> in the air. >> >> - Last year our exhaust port was on the wall facing where the sun >> rose. I noticed quite a lot of heat coming off since it wasn't insulated. >> In regards to air flow is there any reason we shouldn't put the exhaust >> port on the same wall as the one of the furnace vents? For example, >> situate >> the vent near the floor, and then on the same wall near the ceiling have >> the A/C hose vent out the top? I suppose that's cutting two holes in the >> same wall. Hm. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
