Midea U Window AC 8000BTU - 108° TORTURE TEST 🥵🥵🥵

#airconditioner #airconditioning #midea

Followup torture test at 108° FIRE!!! Wow what a difference!!!

@richardsmith1161 was correct; outside heat appears to drive power consumption
@CapeCodChrisJ you can run the 4090 safely in the blazing summer heat...on ECO LOW

[CapeCodChrisJ]

Thanks for the update. Your review has been the most helpful for me.

[A_Name_]

Just wanted to say iv never run into a more perfect video lol.

Was thinking of buying this for my room (i live in florida) and my new 7600x + 7800xt system will be on the same circuit and just wanted to see what kinda power draw this had.

And you have a video showing it all on a lets burn it down day outside with conputers in mind. Just amazing

🍻🍻🍻😂

[MHdollrevievs]

Had a chuckle every time you said 1200 BTU instead of 12, 000 BTU. LOL

[davidmlong]

I have the 8000 BTU unit. The temperature in my backyard hit 104.7 last week. I keep mine in auto mode set at 70°. As of June 23rd my unit has used 77.9 kilowatt hours for the month of June. I don't think it's ever gone above 700 w. The house is always nice and cool and comfortable.

[lonniemcclure]

When we hit 105 F earlier this week, my 12, 000 BTU unit showed as pulling 1168.87 watts. That's the highest I've seen thus far. When we hit 102 F on another day, it checked in at 1033 watts.

[WizzRacing]

I used Midea Windows Units. They will stabilize once you reach the room temp you programmed...Why it's always a good idea to buy one one size bigger then you think you need..it runs less. Cools faster and last longer. Just clean them once a year with Frost King foam..

And don't worry about Amps used. As the NFPA70 rates the circuits at 100% only when on constant loads. Which for 20 amp breaker is 16.5 amps...That number can be 20 amps for short duration loads like startup and inductive loads...Which only stay on for 1 hour or less..As it's all about heat buildup of wiring...

[gabrielspcs]

ECO mode just means that the fan cycles on and off instead of constant on. Does not change compressor duty cycle. On other Midea/Toshiba/Whynter models it may be labeled Fan-Continuous on/off

[Moondoggy]

I purchased a 12K BTU for a 400 sq ft room, we have central air and are elec. cost between 33 Cents a KWH to 75 cents KWH, between and 4pm and 9 pm the elec. is really expensive, I run the Midea after the central AC has cooled down the house, and then I turn the central AC up to 80 degrees, the Midea does most of the medium lifting. It is really nice when the TV is on, it is very quite, with central AC on, the tv must be turned up to 23, with the Midea around 9. Our summers are 95 to 115 low humidity around 33. First month using it, I wonder how the elec. bill will work out. Right now we are in a heat wave.

[cybeer]

Thanks for sharing !(Specially with the wattage usage).
Planning on installing it on a camper van and every watt counts ;-)

[CorvetteCoonass]

Honestly the initial draw isn’t too bad when you consider that it will idle at a much lower wattage once the unit stabilizes the temperature in the room.

[davebean]

Would you mind sharing a link to your electric meter tool or describe brand and where to buy?

[uncontrollabledogs]

Ok.watched this vid twice. When this thing is drawing 9.5 amps, the wattage is closer to 1100 watts--- not 800 assuming close to 1PF.
I think the wattmeter is wrong. What i would like to know, if this inverter unit is running flat-out (max cooling) and not turning off, it looks like it is about the same wattage as a standard conventional window unit of a seer about 12ish.
It looks like the efficien cy gain is because it is essentially a variable ac unit, soft start and no spikes etc. Did you ever check the outlet air temp? Overall, an informative video. TY

[Moondoggy]

That voltage tester puts my Kill-A-Watt to shame.
Do you have a link for it?

[forcedairgt]

Thanks for the review. I'm thinking about the 12K BTU from Costco at $399.

[mpadrezas]

changing the fan speed befor the room cools doesn't really say how much power this unit will be using. changing fan speed low will cool down room in 2 hours, med 1 hour high 30 minutes. times are just my guess but the proportion is the example. it would be interesting to run the fan speeds again after the room has reached temp. l you have to remove the the same mount latent heat in the room no matter hat the fan speed is.

[photog]

You never tested it with Eco mode off, would have been a nice comparison to make.

[BigBaoSmallBao]

Interesting, mine on low not on eco at 90 degrees ramps to 400 and stays at around 250ish.

[spazzman]

These are the best window type AC units at the moment. Period. Wish they would add heat function since everything is there except a reversing valve. I finally replaced mine with some 12k R32 refrigerant mini splits. In cooling mode, they consume between 140 and 1000 watts. And it's got to be over 100 outside to hit the 1000 watts. Very interesting logic regarding the cooling power on any inverter system, whether window unit or mini split.

[apl]

Most consumer air conditioners are fine to about 115F ambient at which point they begin to de-rate significantly....and will continue operating with cooling capacity until 135F. After that it's likely the system will trip on high temperature or high head pressure depending on the safety switches that the unit is equipped.

[rdsii]

I just bought the 12, 000 btu unit tonight.