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Muggles[_19_]

On 3/23/2017 6:23 PM, wrote:

Where do you exhaust the heat from the portable air conditioner?

It has a flexible vent you insert into a partially open window similar
to a dryer vent.

How well sealed is that "partially opened" window??? A double hung
(or single hung) window that is not tightly closed generally has a
HUGE air leak between the 2 sashes. What have yoiu done to seal that?
If it is left leaking you WILL have serious humidity problems. That
window needs to be 100% air-tight, or as close to that as possible.
Stuffrinf the gap with sponge rubber is a start, but only a start.
Taping it up with vapor barrier tape helps too.

It has insulation we put around the window where the air might leak, and
we tape it, too.

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Maggie