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Well I while adding in the ducting for my air cooled lights I noticed , well was forced to remember just how much heat is radiated from the exhaust tubes of my 12K BTU portable AC unit. In the past I just had some insulation on the end neer the outlet. More to keep the hoses from leaking light at night. The insulation wrap that came with it did a very poor job.
I had ordered some of the extra insulated six inch ducting. It comes in three styles, the plain , insulated and wrapped. I decide to use the wrapped to cover the out put hoses. WOW no more heat leaking back into the room. THe AC unit hoses fited perfectly inside the 6 inch ducting.
After adding the insulation over both exhaust exhaust tubes, the unit works a lot better.
First photo shows stock pipe wrap
Second is after the 6 inch insulated ducting installed on a second unit. Make sure you use glove when working with this stuff. Also follow the directions on the package
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I had ordered some of the extra insulated six inch ducting. It comes in three styles, the plain , insulated and wrapped. I decide to use the wrapped to cover the out put hoses. WOW no more heat leaking back into the room. THe AC unit hoses fited perfectly inside the 6 inch ducting.
After adding the insulation over both exhaust exhaust tubes, the unit works a lot better.
First photo shows stock pipe wrap
Second is after the 6 inch insulated ducting installed on a second unit. Make sure you use glove when working with this stuff. Also follow the directions on the package
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