It's too hot :(

Vulcan · 30 Jun 2025 at 21:47

andy_mk3 said:
Nice! We're still under 4Kwh for the house AC, although only 2 rooms and not a huge house. But bedroom is kept at 18ºC and living room at 20ºC, utter bliss.

2Kwh on my AC in the cabin, my server lives in there so keep it at 21-22ºC while I'm not in there to prevent anything from cooking.

Edit: On top of that, Octopus Agile has been 10-15p/Kwh most of the day so it's cost very little to run.

That's really not a lot of electricity. Do you have a proper A/C unit installed, or a portable unit?

Uther · 30 Jun 2025 at 21:48

steve45 said:
Can the AMOC hurry up and collapse already?

Sitting in front of the PC in boxers at the moment with fan on full blast. Its still 29-30 degrees in here I've got windows open all through the house but there isnt any breeze to blow through cooler air... I ******* hate this, nice weather is great when you can escape it. Good thing is its supposed to be at least 10 degrees cooler tomorrow even got a good chance of rain

A friend who moved up to Oban says it's 13c and he's loving it.

danlightbulb · 30 Jun 2025 at 21:49

It's great this, I wish it was like this all the time. Makes me feel so much more relaxed and happy, sitting just in warm air, it's perfect.

tonys · 30 Jun 2025 at 21:50

Freefaller said:
That gives me anxiety!

I'm in bed by 10pm but up by 6am don't think I could even stay awake till 2am!

That's what happens when you don't have to get up for work

tonys · 30 Jun 2025 at 21:52

danlightbulb said:
It's great this, I wish it was like this all the time. Makes me feel so much more relaxed and happy, sitting just in warm air, it's perfect.

Everyone's different, to me it's hot and humid. Don't like how much I sweat just doing nothing.

danlightbulb · 30 Jun 2025 at 21:54

tonys said:
Everyone's different, to me it's hot and humid. Don't like how much I sweat just doing nothing.

Yeah I think I was born in the wrong country.

steve45 · 30 Jun 2025 at 21:55

Uther said:
A friend who moved up to Oban says it's 13c and he's loving it.

I'd love that about now!
Wind has picked up a little, getting a little air pass through now. A little reprieve from the sauna. Down to 27 in the room now!

andy_mk3 · 30 Jun 2025 at 22:09

Vulcan said:
That's really not a lot of electricity. Do you have a proper A/C unit installed, or a portable unit?

Proper split system. 2.5kw (9000btu) in each room. 3.5kw in my cabin.

BUDFORCE · 30 Jun 2025 at 22:23

It's bloody horrible now, I don't mind the heat if it gets cool in the evening, but I think it's hotter in the house now than it was at 3pm.

CaptainRAVE · 30 Jun 2025 at 22:41

andy_mk3 said:
Proper split system. 2.5kw (9000btu) in each room. 3.5kw in my cabin.

This is us so far for 4 units, 1 not recorded on there. It uses very little electricity. For the most part the heating earlier in the year was on the night tariff. Will have cost less than £3 to run 5 units and to keep the whole house cool today, one of those units also fighting the heat from my gaming systems. Worth every penny.

Still 24C outside, crazy.

BUDFORCE said:
It's bloody horrible now, I don't mind the heat if it gets cool in the evening, but I think it's hotter in the house now than it was at 3pm.

It’s amazing how much heat the fabric of the building holds.

scarps · 30 Jun 2025 at 22:51

BUDFORCE said:
It's bloody horrible now, I don't mind the heat if it gets cool in the evening, but I think it's hotter in the house now than it was at 3pm.

Mine too. Trying to watch TV now and I'm sweating

Vulcan · 30 Jun 2025 at 22:54

andy_mk3 said:
Proper split system. 2.5kw (9000btu) in each room. 3.5kw in my cabin.

That makes sense, I recently bought a portable one, but I did research before hand how inefficient they are compared to the built in systems.

NickK · 30 Jun 2025 at 23:31

The backgarden thermometer in the shade hit 34degC earlier and that’s when I remembered to look at it.

Supposedly the same temps tomorrow..

jaybee · 1 Jul 2025 at 00:09

Defo going into the office tomorrow again for the AC.

chaparral · 1 Jul 2025 at 02:55

BUDFORCE said:
It's bloody horrible now, I don't mind the heat if it gets cool in the evening, but I think it's hotter in the house now than it was at 3pm.

And there me still using my electric blanket every night. Admit I have it on a lower setting these days

Plus my 13tog duvet and fleece throw over

Rroff · 1 Jul 2025 at 03:10

chaparral said:
And there me still using my electric blanket every night. Admit I have it on a lower setting these days

Plus my 13tog duvet and fleece throw over

I'd literally be dead... and I'm fairly heat tolerant. It is horrendous here tonight but still not so bad it'll keep me from sleeping as long as I have a bit of a breeze from a fan on me.

chrcoluk · 1 Jul 2025 at 04:17

I did having gone bed early, get an ok amount of sleep, but need to order a bunch of towels next day delivery, as I am going to be going through them rapidly in this weather.

marinersfan · 1 Jul 2025 at 05:59

I'm currently playing Forza Horizon 5 in my dressing gown with the windows open. It's a pleasant morning, for now.

darkgen · 1 Jul 2025 at 06:46

CaptainRAVE said:
It’s amazing how much heat the fabric of the building holds.

Aye, house temps did not drop below 26c overnight. Gonna be another stinker today too. *deflate*

squerble · 1 Jul 2025 at 06:56

CaptainRAVE said:
10kWh of air con today, definitely been warm. Worth every penny though, blissful. Happy to keep the house between 21-23C, nothing too crazy.

We used 5.1kWh in the 24 hours up to this post

translates to £1.30 to keep the whole house sat around 20-21ºC even after oven use. I don't think I'll ever regret getting proper A/C units