Costco Wholesale [
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Midea U 12,000 BTU Smart Inverter Window Air Conditioner Unit w/ MShield (White; MAW12AV1QWT-C) on sale for
$279.99 valid for
in-warehouse purchase for
Costco Members only.
Alternatively, if you wish to purchase this unit online, it is available for
$299.99.
Shipping is free.
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About the Product- U-Shaped Groove/Drop-In Install Design
- 12,000 BTU/32 dBA/1140W
- 4-Way Air Direction/
- 5 Cool Setting/4 Fan Speed
- 550 Sq. Ft. Maximum Coverage Area
- Energy Star Certified
- MShieled Air Ionizer Technology
- Smart Control w/ SmartHome App
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All AC's work by transferring heat from one side of the unit to the other side, as part of this process the coils on the inside of the room will be ice cold (so they can absorb the heat in the room and move it to the outside) moisture will condense on the cold coils, it will then drip down in the pan and be directed outside, that's why AC's always dribble water on the outside.
If you shut the unit off there will be a lot of moisture, all over the coils and in the pan. That moisture be food for mold in the right climates..
To avoid this, run it on the fan mode before turning it off, this will dry the unit out and avoid the mold issues
BTW: This air conditioner 12k uses nearly the same amount of energy as the 8k and idles down to 95W or so when cooling minimally. The 8K Idled back about the same cooling minimally. The main difference is that the 12K can ramp up to using 780W or so while the 8K maxed out at like 460W.
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These are quiet! Also, mine dont get along with GFCI outlets. Dont put on a GFCI outlet.
I have an 8k and a 12k. The 8k is a year older than the 12k. Both work really good. The 12k is used in our master during summer and keeps the master cold. We save $$$ by not cooling the entire house, and the power company cant cut it when demand is high (like they do to our central AC). The 8k is used for festivaling/car-camping. Inverter ACs start gently and dont require an oversized generator or a hard-start kit just to start them. I run the 8k on a 12V to 120V sine inverter.
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I also use foam filter to help keep it cleaner:
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Ahhh this is still like half the work of making the OP item work.
That's how I have it working with my horizontal window. Open the window. Make plywood cutout. Then make cuts on the piece for the ducts. Screw the ducts.
Now install that piece on window. Seal around it. Finally connect ducts from this piece to portable AC
https://youtu.be/esPGXI-nVjI?si=LiFYHgf
Same exact experience. It was full of mold at the end of last season. It's been sitting on my back porch disassembled all winter. It was great while it lasted (one summer).
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Some meters may measure RMS (root mean square) values which is typically about .707 of peak values.
This is important to me as I use my Mideas as home AC backup in case of an electrical outage, having a portable generator, not a full standby generator.
Going forward, I plan to only purchase a 12000 BTU since, as others have said, they can run at lower power/capacity as necessary, but may also be able to cool down an adjacent room or two.
My experience is that the 12000 unit also has a stronger fan that blows the air further away from the unit.
As it turns out, that purchase really payed off. Since then, it has seen over a month of use. In that time, a hurricane did come and had no power for about 10 days...and also since having it, my central AC catastrophically failed, so I was using it for almost 3 weeks to get by, allowing me to really consider options, find the right contractor, no huge rush to get installed, etc vs making rash decisions to get something slammed in as fast as possible. I was so impressed by the midea I had half the mind to get 2 or 3 more and just run them permanently!
They have capacitive buttons and a chrome trim strip on the front.
The newer versions have a drain plug, have a 'Flash Cool' mode and seem to do a better job actually reaching their rated capacity, and also support Matter for smart home integration. They're also a little bit more expensive.
We have a few of the 8K versions and it's basically central air conditioning for a tiny fraction of the price.
They have capacitive buttons and a chrome trim strip on the front.
The newer versions have a drain plug, have a 'Flash Cool' mode and seem to do a better job actually reaching their rated capacity, and also support Matter for smart home integration. They're also a little bit more expensive.
We have a few of the 8K versions and it's basically central air conditioning for a tiny fraction of the price.
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Some meters may measure RMS (root mean square) values which is typically about .707 of peak values.
This is important to me as I use my Mideas as home AC backup in case of an electrical outage, having a portable generator, not a full standby generator.