Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A Hampton Bay branded, Fedders manufactured, HBD160-D window/wall air conditioner from the early 2000s. This machine boasts an impressive 16,000 BTU cooling capacity on a 120v 15a circuit. This is the largest capacity machine I've seen to date that operates on a 120v 15a circuit. It's powered by the infamous Rotorex compressor.
The unit has a very high efficiency rating of EER 11, which is about the same or better than most of the units of this form factor that you can buy today. Real-time performance calculations confirm it's efficiency. Granted it was very humid at the time of the test which can reduce the performance, the BTU test only calculated out to around 14,000 BTU.
These machines are very nostalgic to me. I'm not exactly sure of the capacity, but there was a unit with this grill and this control panel in the 5th grade classrooms. I remember those two units vividly. Considering how well they worked and how large they seemed, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the exact unit that was in the classrooms.
A Hampton Bay branded, Fedders manufactured, HBD160-D window/wall air conditioner from the early 2000s. This machine boasts an impressive 16,000 BTU cooling capacity on a 120v 15a circuit. This is the largest capacity machine I've seen to date that operates on a 120v 15a circuit. It's powered by the infamous Rotorex compressor.
The unit has a very high efficiency rating of EER 11, which is about the same or better than most of the units of this form factor that you can buy today. Real-time performance calculations confirm it's efficiency. Granted it was very humid at the time of the test which can reduce the performance, the BTU test only calculated out to around 14,000 BTU.
These machines are very nostalgic to me. I'm not exactly sure of the capacity, but there was a unit with this grill and this control panel in the 5th grade classrooms. I remember those two units vividly. Considering how well they worked and how large they seemed, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the exact unit that was in the classrooms.
