The wather forecast is for warm weather this weekend so I put in AC this morning. I have an old house and we just have window units. Last year I replaced some old ones with Midea U shape that allow the window to go down between the control side and the compressor. It works really well to lower the noise and really I only hear the fan. So now the AC does not completely ruin listening to music, whereas before the AC was just too loud.
The 10000 BTU unit has a spec of 42 dBA. This is also what I measure at about 1 meter with the fan on low. Near the center of the room where I sit for listening to music, at various fan level I measure:
Fan Low: 38dBA
Fan Medium: 42 dBA
Fan High: 45 dBA
[edit: with AC off it is 35dBA right now, although it gets a good bit quieter in winter esp with a blanket of snow]
How does this compare with central air that some of you have?
The 10000 BTU unit has a spec of 42 dBA. This is also what I measure at about 1 meter with the fan on low. Near the center of the room where I sit for listening to music, at various fan level I measure:
Fan Low: 38dBA
Fan Medium: 42 dBA
Fan High: 45 dBA
[edit: with AC off it is 35dBA right now, although it gets a good bit quieter in winter esp with a blanket of snow]
How does this compare with central air that some of you have?
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