Too hot...

[BuzzKillington]

I'm currently balancing school and graveyard shift which isn't so bad except the fact that it's 90* in my room and my fans may as well be heaters.

I was in lowes and was looking at fans. (they are extremely overpriced there... go to walmart for fans.) and began looking at some A/C units. I found one for only 100 bucks that said it could cool a room up to 150sqft which is about the size of my room. I almost bought it on the spot but remembered I have BARS on my windows....... (effin' landlord).

I took a glance at their portable units and they started in the 399+ range! and were only 8-9500 btus.... wth?

I found one on eBay for 340 buy it now w/ free shipping. It had only been listed for 30 minutes or so. http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3271/image04ebay.jpg

It's 13000BTUs (supposed to be able to handle 400+sqft) and retails for ~$600 + tax.

I'm pretty damn excited.

[Zephik]

Did you get it?

We have one thats meant to cool an average sized house. Its pretty damn awesome, but you have to dump the water it collects every couple hours. But damn, for such a small size it really can throw out that cold air. Spent way too much for it though. Glad we have it in any case.

If you want the a really good fan and don't mind dropping a penny or two for one, check out Vornado.

[chaksq]

Sounds awesome, just remember you have to have some way of getting rid of the water from it. I can't remember how they get setup though if it has a hose or a tank.

[Collinstheclown]

You should mod a small pump in there and have it pipe to a sink or something. Like a small DangerDen pump or something. I've been considering one of these for a while now since it get's hot when I have all my stuff running.




-CollinstheClown

[mtekk]

Those sharp units have an auto purge pump for their dehumidifier (they are a dehumidifier/AC combo unit), you can hook a hose up to it and it'll do everything automagically.

[Zephik]

You should mod a small pump in there and have it pipe to a sink or something. Like a small DangerDen pump or something. I've been considering one of these for a while now since it get's hot when I have all my stuff running.




-CollinstheClown

The pump would overheat when there isn't any water in the "container" section. You would have to wait for it to fill up, then turn it on. Its much easier just to dump the container.

[OvRiDe]

The pump would overheat when there isn't any water in the "container" section. You would have to wait for it to fill up, then turn it on. Its much easier just to dump the container.

There is a pretty easy solution for that.. a float switch. When the water reaches a certain depth / the float reaches a certain height.. the switch contacts close and pumps the water out. Once the water is pumped out, the float goes back down and turns off the pump.

We got a couple of those for auxiliary cooling for some of our training rooms. They do a pretty darn good job. We had to empty the water reservoir quite a bit in the rooms, because nothing adds humidity to a room like 30 people!

We also used one for a temporary server room while we were moving our facility, and it kept the room (albeit a small room) a VERY server comfortable 71* and relative humidity level of around 45%.

The bucket can fill pretty quickly if the rooms humidity is pretty high, we were having to empty the one in the makeshift server room every hour at first. Once the humidity was pulled out of the air by the AC it would go around 6-8 hours without needing to be dumped. Later we set it on a small stool, and ran a hose into a 5Gal bucket so it easily went 18 hours between empties. Some of that can be attributed to the fact we weren't opening and closing the door to that room very often, so we were not introducing warm/wet air to the environment.

Hope you get it soon, its hot out there, and I bet it will be a great investment!

[Zephik]

That... is actually a pretty good idea. Do they make 10 gallon buckets? :P

[OvRiDe]

I dunno about 10 gallon buckets.. but there is always the good old...

http://www.arizonabarrels.com/images/55_gallon_closed_top_blue_large1.jpg

55 Gallon Drum!!

Might be hell to empty without the pump. :P

[Zephik]

Lmao!

[Collinstheclown]

There is a pretty easy solution for that.. a float switch. When the water reaches a certain depth / the float reaches a certain height.. the switch contacts close and pumps the water out. Once the water is pumped out, the float goes back down and turns off the pump.

Beat me to it. They use them in sub-pumps, I should know, I have one.

For a 55 gallon drum you'd need a freakin pond pump!




-CollinstheClown

[nevermind1534]

They have those in bilges, for the bilge pumpes, as well.

[Mark_Hardware]

Alright pplz, lemme tell you about hot....
I live in arizona. Desert country. Yesterday when I went to work it was 115 degrees. It got down to about 96 through the night.
Now lemme tell you about my job.
I work for a transportation company. Our terminal here is approx 1/2 sqare mile. All asphalt and concrete, which gets really hot and stays really hot. Furthermore, the equipment I use while at work is large, lumbering dirty... No ac and the cab sits atop the engine, so its easily 10 degrees warmer in there at any point in time. I have a fan, so if I get really desperate and want a facefull of hot air full of dirt and brake dust I can flip that on. fun times. I love my job. (I keep telling myself)
Don't get me wrong, this is not a bitter rant post. Just sharing my work environment with ppl lol