There are three windows in the room that I want cooled - one bigger window (~30 inches wide) and two smaller ones (~14 inches wide). All three are very tall, so the height is no issue. The room is about 230 square feet, but the ceiling is quite high (about 10 ft), so I've decided to try and get an 8000 BTU unit. The dilemma is that the bigger window would need an 11 foot power cord to reach the nearest outlet. The smaller windows are closer to an outlet, but are not wide enough to fit most units that I've looked at. I don't want to use an extension cord because I feel that the worry of causing an electrical fire would outweigh the benefits of having the air conditioner in the first place, and the place is a rental so I don't think I'd be allowed to have a new outlet installed. I've also considered a portable unit, but I've heard that they're generally less efficient at cooling, and I like my house to be quite cool. So, my question is whether anyone has seen a window unit, preferably 8000 BTU, with either an 11 foot power cord, or a small enough width to accommodate a 14 inch window. Thanks!

Hello to all from a newbie to the forum. I will try to make this as short as I can, Purchased a new mobile mansion about a year and a half ago, was amazed at the lower bills until late summer when the AC was running too much compared to earlier and the bill sky-rocketed, it was under "full" warranty so I called the co. that installed the unit and the same guy came out that installed it (his sweat worked looked really bad, I can and have done much better) He said one of the connections was leaking and he put more 410A in and said he would be back in a week to "fix" it. The AC ran great, as good if not better than before. during that week I picked up a sight glass and paid him a few bucks to install it when he "fixed" the leak, I don't think the unit ran as good as before after that but it was late summer and before long it was cooler and there were no issues. This brings up to this summer, as soon as it really started to heat up a couple months ago the unit seemed to run too much and the bills are about the same as this time last last year before the repairs. Called him again and he spent 10 min. doing a sub cooling test and declared all was fine took my money and left (now it is not under full warranty) If I watch the sight glass about every 3-5min I see a 10-15sec run of gas through the sight glass, is it possible he let air into the system when he repaired the leak and did not fully vacuum it out or am I possibly low on 410A? Obviously I am no expert but it seems pumping gas to the orifice is not a good sign.....