It's too hot :(

VincentHanna · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:30

So that circulates small amounts of moisture around I guess?

dowie · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:31

VincentHanna said:
It's a fan that actually brings the temperature of the room down by approx 8°C

Ah right, so surely that's a form of aircon then?

Edit - actually where is that claim made and how does it do that? I mean if it is just a fan then, while it can cool a person down via better evaporation of sweat and disrupting the trapped air near your skin it shouldn't actually cool the room itself, if anything technically the opposite.

Things change I've changed · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:35

VincentHanna said:
It's a fan that actually brings the temperature of the room down by approx

I have Dyson hot/cold purifier for the bedroom, but i'd say the cooling ability isn't amazing. I use it more to keep the pollen/pollution at bay (we live quite near a main road that gets a lot of slow moving traffic)

If that actually does that I'd be amazed because of even my portable air-con doesn't take 8°C off in the summer.

VincentHanna · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:38

I should have said "up to" not approx.

dowie · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:40

How does it cool the room though - is it circulating water like some of the other cheap aircon alternatives?

robj20 · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:41

Once the majority of the house is decorated I think in going to go for a 2 unit AC system, one in the living and one in the master bed room.
Be easy to install.

200sols · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:43

dowie said:
How does it cool the room though - is it circulating water like some of the other cheap aircon alternatives?

No its just a fan! Sounds like good marketing to me.

ShiWarrior · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:44

good read :
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/air-conditioners/article/how-to-buy-an-air-conditioner

dowie · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:45

200sols said:
No its just a fan! Sounds like good marketing to me.

Yeah that brings the temp of the room down by 8 degrees claim did sound a bit BS.

I got myself a 50 watt fan, I suspect it is more powerful than that one too, albeit probably louder... not too fussed about a bit of fan noise though.

chrcoluk · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:48

As expected rain never made it here last night although air was a bit fresher in morning. Just a bit tho.

So how did nottingham get such heavy rain and a storm for hours whilst Leicester was bone dry, they not that far apart.

Freakbro · 24 Jul 2019 at 13:06

Quite an impressive lightning storm at 3 this morning, I woke up and watched it for a while.

labcoattech · 24 Jul 2019 at 13:14

Same in Nottingham, non stop lightning and thunder, the rain came down hard. Guessing the rain will add to the humidity today?

V_R · 24 Jul 2019 at 13:19

We had some good lightning at around 1am, I watched it for a bit too. Can't believe the baby didn't wake up!

TonyTurbo78 · 24 Jul 2019 at 13:38

Yep, bloody roasting. Work done for the day, lunch and a beer (in my hand

)

Minibiker · 24 Jul 2019 at 13:40

V_R said:
We had some good lightning at around 1am, I watched it for a bit too. Can't believe the baby didn't wake up!

Our 2 stayed asleep through the whole thing, even when it got really loud :eek:

glenimp617 · 24 Jul 2019 at 13:49

Currys sell a 10000 Aircon unit for £300

Any good?

Semple · 24 Jul 2019 at 14:21

TheOracle said:
Currys sell a 10000 Aircon unit for £300

Any good?

Most aircon's this sort of size/budget are fine for good sized bedrooms/living rooms, but you have to bear in mind that the the air con generates a lot of heat cooling the air down, and that needs to be piped out somewhere.

If you have somewhere where this can be piped out easily enough, then it'll work wonders. If not, then it's likely the heat generated from the unit is going to offset how much the aircon is cooling the room down by.

glenimp617 · 24 Jul 2019 at 14:25

Semple said:
Most aircon's this sort of size/budget are fine for good sized bedrooms/living rooms, but you have to bear in mind that the the air con generates a lot of heat cooling the air down, and that needs to be piped out somewhere.

If you have somewhere where this can be piped out easily enough, then it'll work wonders. If not, then it's likely the heat generated from the unit is going to offset how much the aircon is cooling the room down by.

That's the one thing putting me off. I have to vent the hot air out the window, which is going to be a pain. The air coolers pump moisture into the air, so not really feeling that....and fans are useless.

VincentHanna · 24 Jul 2019 at 14:26

Yeah, those air con units with hoses hanging out of open windows seem pointless, as a lot of the cool air will also escape through the same window.

Rroff · 24 Jul 2019 at 14:29

VincentHanna said:
Yeah, those air con units with hoses hanging out of open windows seem pointless, as a lot of the cool air will also escape through the same window.

Yeah the more sealed (insulated) the room is from the outside environment the better AC can function - likewise you want to be venting as much as possible of the heat from any power supply (if appropriate), etc. that might be part of the AC so that isn't offsetting the work the unit is doing.