Amana Portable Air Conditioner/Heater, Do I Need To Use The Vent When Operating The Heater?
This Model is Amana AP125HD, no where in the owner's manual does it say whether or not I have to use the exhaust vents while operating the heating unit, it only states that I need to use the exhaust vent when operating in Air Conditioner mode. I read so much stuff about the dangers of carbon monixide poisioning with respect to unvented heaters that it got me thinking.
Answer:
With all unit they must be vented to exhaust the heat while in the air condition mode, a flexible dryer hose usually comes with the unit and there is a port at the bottom in the rear. You can also use it as a dehumidifier, the heater in my unit is electric so in the heat mode I have not needed the vent. If it's any other source of heat then electric it must be vented. if it's electric it doesn't need venting...what kind of electricity vents ??? (none...) (it vents the a/c because of humidity..not gas) Unless it has natural or LP gas as a fuel source, it does not need to be vented in heating mode. Most likely, it has electric heat strips and/or a heat pump compressor.