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Where can I buy a portable air conditioning unit for my caravan?

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:50pm
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judygirl

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Hi

Does anybody know where I can purchase a portable air conditioning unit for my caravan please? Amazon are doing a decent one for £79.00 but can't be doing with taking it onboard a flight and paying something like £50 extra.

Also anyone know of a good tiler to tile the awning area?

We are siting up on Camping Villamar in Benidorm. 

Thanks

Pauline

elddischarles

Posted: Sun Apr 3, 2016 10:12am

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Posted: Sun Apr 3, 2016 10:12am

Portable ones are rubbish, they take up space, are noisy and are inefficient because they drag warm air into the room from outside. I take it your caravan stays put so a 2.5kw inverter split system would be ideal and they have never been cheaper, Samsung ones are less than £300 here. The pipes are that small you don't need benders, anybody with decent diy skills can fit them. All you'd need is a flaring kit.

elddischarles

Posted: Sun Apr 3, 2016 9:30pm

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Posted: Sun Apr 3, 2016 9:30pm

Lol, I've only been installing them for 20 years, I obviously have a lot to learn.

Air from the room gets sucked into the unit and cools the condenser and compressor then is blown out of a pipe that you stick out of a window. So like it or not warm ambient air is sucked into the room. They are noisier than splits because the compressor is right there in the room with you, on a split the compressor is outside. As far as weight is concerned, New ones are a lot lighter, they vary a lot according to capacity of course, but was weight even mentioned?

soldierboy001

Posted: Sun Apr 3, 2016 9:38pm

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Posted: Sun Apr 3, 2016 9:38pm

After 20 years I would have hoped you had learnt something by now as warm air gets sucked into the unit is cooled and returns to the room cooled in a recirculated flow. Just turned mine on and it is not much noisier than the wall unit in my house and that also is not very noisy.

judygirl

Posted: Mon Apr 4, 2016 12:05am

judygirl

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Posted: Mon Apr 4, 2016 12:05am

elddischarles wrote on Sun Apr 3, 2016 10:12am:

Portable ones are rubbish, they take up space, are noisy and are inefficient because they drag warm air into the room from outside. I take it your caravan stays put so a 2.5kw inverter split system would be ideal and they have never been cheaper, Samsung ones are less than £300 here. The pipes a...

...re that small you don't need benders, anybody with decent diy skills can fit them. All you'd need is a flaring kit.

Thanks for your reply.

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Karen2610

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:13pm

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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:13pm

Hi, we have just bought a caravan in Benidorm, anyone on here know where we can buy a free standing calor gas cooker in Benidorm or surrounding area

Jon64

Posted: Thu Apr 5, 2018 11:59pm

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Posted: Thu Apr 5, 2018 11:59pm

judygirl wrote on Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:50pm:

Hi

Does anybody know where I can purchase a portable air conditioning unit for my caravan please? Amazon are doing a decent one for £79.00 but can't be doing with taking it onboard a flight and paying something like £50 extra.

Also anyone know of a good tiler to tile the awning area?

We are siting up on Camping Villamar in Benidorm. 

Thanks

Pauline

Hi we have a portable a/c unit, it works great, but surplus to needs.. €70....Benidorm old town.

soldierboy001

Posted: Fri Apr 6, 2018 9:59am

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Posted: Fri Apr 6, 2018 9:59am

elddischarles wrote on Sun Apr 3, 2016 9:30pm:

Lol, I've only been installing them for 20 years, I obviously have a lot to learn.

Air from the room gets sucked into the unit and cools the condenser and compressor then is blown out of a pipe that you stick out of a window. So like it or not warm ambient air is sucked into the room. They are noisier than splits because the compressor is right there in the room with you, on a ...

...split the compressor is outside. As far as weight is concerned, New ones are a lot lighter, they vary a lot according to capacity of course, but was weight even mentioned?

Yes but the air from the room gets cooler as you use it and the hot air from the unit is passed outside the caravan, depending on size they are good and mine works perfectly thank you and I have been using it for years.

Julie1966

Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2019 5:33pm

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Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2019 5:33pm

Where did you buy your free standing aircondition unit or cooling unit, I'm coming to Benidorm 24th, also hiring a car so I can picjbit up.

Julie1966

Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2019 5:41pm

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Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2019 5:41pm

I am looking to buy a free standing aircondition unit or cooler for my tourer caravan, I don't want it fixed in.

I will be looking in Benidorm I can also collect.

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