Does positioning of a portable A/C matter?
So, this is our first Summer in the new place.
The living area is basically one huge square, with an old back porch that has been closed off & glassed in... the house is oriented such that the back porch cops the brunt of the sun all day. While this does a wonderful job of pre-heating the place in Winter, it appears that no-one told the sun-room it could take the Summer months off. :rolleyes:
Sadly, the original back wall has been largely removed, which gives us a lovely view from the kitchen and lounge but... well... we can't close it off from the rest of the house.
It has just topped 40°C outside and in front of my 'puta it's currently sitting at 29, held there by an ooooold portable split A/C. The kind where the other half sits outside, with heavy gauge flexible piping connecting the two units through a window. Needless to say, this old gal is working hard.
Without the A/C running, measuring in the sun-room showed little difference to exterior temps, while measuring on the opposite, shaded side of the living area 'twas only 31°C
So... I'm curious... would positioning and orientation of the AC make any real difference - whether in efficiency, economy or practicality?
ie. At the moment it's positioned where the old back wall was, pulling in the 40°C air from the sun-room, dropping it a few degrees and pumping it into the living area.
Would there be any discernible difference if I turned it around, pulling in the cooler air from the living area and pumping that into the hot box?