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What the title says really. Basically home gets unbarably hot at this time
of year, mainly due to it being like a goldfish bowl I guess (1st floor
flat with large windows...). I am aware that there's no real comparison to
AC, but does anybody have any experience with Air Coolers often cool the
surrounding air with ice? I'm not sure I could afford an AC unit at this
time of year, so was just wondering wether a cooling unit would good
instead, as it would be ALOT cheaper?
Thanks in advance!
Cliffy
I'd say bear these few hot days as its not going to last long at all. And
really to be honest its not even as hot as when I was caught up in a heat
wave in New York a month ago - now that was hot!! Just get some fans to
waff in a breeze(really hate it when no draught from outside) or buy some
cooling spray from Boots which works nicely. Dunno about you but the thing
I hate about air conditioning is the heat/humidity difference when you step
outside as it hits you harder.
The main problem I've got right now with the windows opened is those
goddamn moths flying in!!
fudge
Air Conditioning...wouldnt live a day without it.
SyntheticTrust
presumably you're talking about some sort of evap cooler?
The evaporative cooling process is unsuitable for humid climes, but in your
neck of the woods maybe worthwhile.
What do you define as "unbearable"? 25 degrees? :mrgreen:
windsonian
Well it was around 30degrees this weekend, great weather to do jack shit in
but not for working. When the other 360 days are rain and cool/mild
weather we tend to moan when things get a bit hot. Sure some people live
in places where it goes up to 50 because they get that weather very
frequently so they can cope with it but put them in England for a few years
and they'll become the same moany brits.
fudge
About 30 outside but inside was much worse, probably because as I said,
living in a 1st floor flat all of the heat from the woman downstairs rises
and the windows make the climate much more greenhouse like, lol. Also, bear
in mind the kind of heat we get as apposed to what you guys get is much
more sticky...I think.
Well, I got a cooler today and it seems to work ok! It's not just on warm
days that my place gets hot though, it's all the time throughout summer,
and in winter it's too cold, lol. Need double glazing.
Cliffy
how in the world does this "air cooler" work?
dvdrose18
You're all pansies.
End of story.
dodgerforlife
hmmmmm.... might wanna research that first Cliff.... hehehe
windsonian
It seems the one he's talking about just blows air over ice.
The swampies I'm thinking about cool the air by evaporating water into it.
This process, while increasing humidity (obviously) cools the temperature
of the air.
The difference between this and air-con is that air con does the opposite
as far as humidity is concerned. It blows air over a cold coil of metal,
which cools the air, and actually takes water out of the air as it cools.
Hence you get condensation on the coil (and water dripping out the back of
your old window rattler).
windsonian
You won't go outside for 9 months out of the year with just a T-shirt?
Does you're clit get too cold???? Call the Waaaahhhhmbulance!:laughing:
giant016
lol actually I never wore a winter jacket at all this past winter, even
when it was -30....just wore my bunnyhug. Right now we're sitting in the
mid 30's, with the humidex pushing it to the 40's, and wearing nomex all
day is just joyous lol
dodgerforlife
