Not a fun night!

Well. When we were running the two of them all day all night, yeah, the power bill jumped a bit but not horribly. They have a variety of them over at the Future shop website if you want to look at the specs of them all.

It has a thermostat so it does turn off and on as needed and usually they come with remotes.

Yes, me as well, I always use more power when I use AC, however I did not notice a big differance between consumption of the window air and the portable unit. The down stairs takes a little more because it has a higher BTU and covers a larger space. Over all well worth the money!Since I dont use the dryer in summer ( hang out side) I dont notice a huge differance.

alnhwrd wrote:

Juliebove wrote:How do all of you people sleep with a fan on? There's no way I could.

Its all a matter of what you are used too. When I started sharing a bedroom with Mrs. Alnhwrd, she ran a fan in the room and said she couldn't sleep without it. I was an "any noise in the bedroom will keep me awake" kind of guy, but quickly adapted and now can't sleep without it myself. The Power of Love is a wonderful thing!

I am used to noises. I grew up with a busy street near my bedroom so got used to traffic noise. Then as an adult, I lived in a house in the woods. It was so quiet at night I couldn't sleep until a bus went by. There is just something about fans I dislike.

I do have a little one near the computer and if I find I am really sweating, I will put it on me briefly. But only briefly. I can't stand having one on all the time.

I have trouble with AC as well. I can't stand the blowing air, but do find that I need it sometimes to cool the air.

SleepyHead09 wrote:forgot to put this in my last post, but have you tried diffent kind of sheets. i like flannel over cotton because for me it seems to keep me cooler. even in the summer

I have Egyption cotton sheets on there now. They seem to be the best. Flannel is just too warm for me except during cold weather. Tried the T-Shirt sheets and hated them.

dels wrote:They now make air conditioning systems that are ductless and work pretty good. They dont go into the window. I read you say you cannot put one in your window, this may be a solution, how ever I am pretty sure a good handy man can figure some thing for the window. My bedroom window also could not take one, but a great handy man figured out a way and I have one now. Air Conditioners are so small now for the windows and it would be cheaper than they new ductless central conditioning units.

I will look for those. Have not seen them. Last time I looked was last summer and all of them needed to be vented somewhere. Not sure I could afford one though or have a place to put it.

I do not want to put one in the window. We were already robbed once. The window was left open. Now I feel I must keep them shut all the time except for this highest ones.

This area has gotten really high crime. Too many people moved in and not enough law enforcment to do anything about it. Sad.

Froro wrote:I have a portable airconditioner/heater combo thing. It's pretty big actually but it will cool a whole floor. I used to use it in my warehouse back in the day.

The exhaust is a simple flex tube. When I moved my business home I set it up in the garage and put it near the wall, boring out a hole for the exhaust tube. A standard dryer vent capped it outside and it works like a charm.

Last summer our AC died during 100+weather. While we waited for the guys to come and put a new unit in we ran my portable on the main floor and another on the top floor. The house was pleasantly cool. You may want to look into this if it's an option for you.

They run about $500 up here. It's a combo unit available at homer depot. A/C, dehumidifier, and heater. They are pretty quiet too considering the size of them. There are smaller ones as well.

You can also install the exhaust in a window adapter thing (hard to explain but it's easy)

Thanks but won't put a hole in the wall and can't exhaust it out the window.

Juliebove wrote:

Froro wrote:I have a portable airconditioner/heater combo thing. It's pretty big actually but it will cool a whole floor. I used to use it in my warehouse back in the day.

The exhaust is a simple flex tube. When I moved my business home I set it up in the garage and put it near the wall, boring out a hole for the exhaust tube. A standard dryer vent capped it outside and it works like a charm.

Last summer our AC died during 100+weather. While we waited for the guys to come and put a new unit in we ran my portable on the main floor and another on the top floor. The house was pleasantly cool. You may want to look into this if it's an option for you.

They run about $500 up here. It's a combo unit available at homer depot. A/C, dehumidifier, and heater. They are pretty quiet too considering the size of them. There are smaller ones as well.

You can also install the exhaust in a window adapter thing (hard to explain but it's easy)

Thanks but won't put a hole in the wall and can't exhaust it out the window.

Julie I was concerned about this as well, BUT, a friend of mine used a heavey piece of wood, and cut out the exhaust hole , the same as what came with the portable unit. ( its a flimsy plastic thing that comes with it. He then made groves for it to go into the window, and then secured it to the frame, bolted it in. He put a screene on the outside so no bugs or pests can come in. I just attatch the hose into the hole as I need it, nothing to move or remove. At ther end of the season he unbolts everything. It is as secure as my windows being completely closed. If you PM your email to me I can send you a picture of what he made. Bottom line is no one can get in this way, or at least no one can get in easier than if it was just the window. Hope that helps.

dels wrote:

Juliebove wrote:

Froro wrote:I have a portable airconditioner/heater combo thing. It's pretty big actually but it will cool a whole floor. I used to use it in my warehouse back in the day.

The exhaust is a simple flex tube. When I moved my business home I set it up in the garage and put it near the wall, boring out a hole for the exhaust tube. A standard dryer vent capped it outside and it works like a charm.

Last summer our AC died during 100+weather. While we waited for the guys to come and put a new unit in we ran my portable on the main floor and another on the top floor. The house was pleasantly cool. You may want to look into this if it's an option for you.

They run about $500 up here. It's a combo unit available at homer depot. A/C, dehumidifier, and heater. They are pretty quiet too considering the size of them. There are smaller ones as well.

You can also install the exhaust in a window adapter thing (hard to explain but it's easy)

Thanks but won't put a hole in the wall and can't exhaust it out the window.

Julie I was concerned about this as well, BUT, a friend of mine used a heavey piece of wood, and cut out the exhaust hole , the same as what came with the portable unit. ( its a flimsy plastic thing that comes with it. He then made groves for it to go into the window, and then secured it to the frame, bolted it in. He put a screene on the outside so no bugs or pests can come in. I just attatch the hose into the hole as I need it, nothing to move or remove. At ther end of the season he unbolts everything. It is as secure as my windows being completely closed. If you PM your email to me I can send you a picture of what he made. Bottom line is no one can get in this way, or at least no one can get in easier than if it was just the window. Hope that helps.

I had wood in my window before when I had a window unit. Different house, different kind of windows. This whole thing is moot anyway since I can't afford such a unit and have no place to put it. I have a very small house.

Julie, have you looked into the air coolers? I see there's a lot of them on the market now, so I'm going to be researching which is best for my bedroom that won't need special electric or setup. I once had a small tabletop air cooler that was no bigger than my cpap machine just a little taller. It was supposed to cool the area 3 feet around it by 15 degrees, and having it sit on my nightstand or desk was just enough to make my non A/C office and bedroom tolerable. I will go a step up this time around, but it seems a good solution for me as my breathing won't tolerate a fan or room A/C well, and they have models under $100. I'm just hoping I cam get my hands on that amount of money before the heat sets in.

I hear ya about being miserable. I do not tolerate heat well either. Hope you can find relief.

kteague wrote:Julie, have you looked into the air coolers? I see there's a lot of them on the market now, so I'm going to be researching which is best for my bedroom that won't need special electric or setup. I once had a small tabletop air cooler that was no bigger than my cpap machine just a little taller. It was supposed to cool the area 3 feet around it by 15 degrees, and having it sit on my nightstand or desk was just enough to make my non A/C office and bedroom tolerable. I will go a step up this time around, but it seems a good solution for me as my breathing won't tolerate a fan or room A/C well, and they have models under $100. I'm just hoping I cam get my hands on that amount of money before the heat sets in.

I hear ya about being miserable. I do not tolerate heat well either. Hope you can find relief.

I have, but... They're pretty expensive. Not sure how big they are. And I've been told by several people that they aren't very effective.

There's no doubt about it Julie, some things in life can be overwhelming, and can't be helped.
That's something everyone experiences -- both when life makes us feel helpless, and when other people keep pointing out that we really can't help them - thereby giving us a reminder of our own helplessness, and a taste of theirs.
Life can be very very tough.
Each one of us has to choose the places they will attempt to improve the situation, and the places where they have to accept things as they are.
And in the end, even after we've chosen our battles wisely, and fought courageously, and succeeded, even then, in the end, we die - which feels like the ultimate defeat and disappointment if we haven't deeply and truly accepted the fact nobody is invincible or immortal.

Don't waste your energy on things that can't be fixed, learn to accept them and save your energy for those that can.
O.

This whole thing is moot anyway since I can't afford such a unit and have no place to put it.

There's some cost effective options for temp. relief ........when I lived in a dorm room on 3rd floor w/o AC in hot humid weather, I froze gallon jugs of water (recycle distilled water containers ) and put them up against my naked back which cooled me enough to get to sleep and have some relief. Also, cold or cool water baths before going to bed, sleeping in the birthday suit with only a thin sheet if you need covers..... ice packs applied to the neck and armpit area can cool you quickly......and may give you enough relief to get to sleep..........hey, I wouldn't be opposed to trying ice cubes in my humidifier...just remember when using frozen objects for comfort to protect your skin as needed......be creative and find relief in "small things." For the cats, when my AC went out on my car, I put bags of ice in bottom on their carriers or put their carries on top of open cooler filled with ice!!!! Again sometime creativity takes the edge off of things otherwise seems impossible to cope with!!!!

elg5cats

Juliebove wrote:

kteague wrote:Julie, have you looked into the air coolers? I


I have, but... They're pretty expensive. Not sure how big they are. And I've been told by several people that they aren't very effective.

I used air cooler when I lived in Las Vegas NV a few years ago when the A/C died in latter part of June. Borrowed one temporarily from someone we knew (people do use them out there for one room cooling to save on over all electric bill) so I don't know the cost but it was quite effective in keeping the large bedroom that I slept in very comfortable as I just can't sleep when I am too hot. Even in the winter I have a fan on me and turn heat way down.

elg5cats wrote:

This whole thing is moot anyway since I can't afford such a unit and have no place to put it.

There's some cost effective options for temp. relief ........when I lived in a dorm room on 3rd floor w/o AC in hot humid weather, I froze gallon jugs of water (recycle distilled water containers ) and put them up against my naked back which cooled me enough to get to sleep and have some relief. Also, cold or cool water baths before going to bed, sleeping in the birthday suit with only a thin sheet if you need covers..... ice packs applied to the neck and armpit area can cool you quickly......and may give you enough relief to get to sleep..........hey, I wouldn't be opposed to trying ice cubes in my humidifier...just remember when using frozen objects for comfort to protect your skin as needed......be creative and find relief in "small things." For the cats, when my AC went out on my car, I put bags of ice in bottom on their carriers or put their carries on top of open cooler filled with ice!!!! Again sometime creativity takes the edge off of things otherwise seems impossible to cope with!!!!

elg5cats

Thanks!