Recommend me an Air Con unit

[twentysix by twentyfive]

...........a portable Air Con unit.

I promise I'll only run it off my solar panels.

I expect they are going out of stock as I type but I'll ride this heat wave out and be prepared for the next with the help of the good folks at Cycle Chat

 

[vickster]

How much do you want to spend?

Also better to put what you want a recommendation for in your thread title for people to click

 

[Cycleops]

Some of the small units are not terribly effective. We have split units running off the mains and even they don't run very cold but it's sufficient to allow you to sleep.

 

[Cerdic]

Pressure washer…

Feeling a bit hot? Grab your lance, point it straight up into the sky, give it a 5 second blast, luxuriate in your own personal rain shower!

 

[jowwy]

I use an air cooler, that uses ice packs…….cost less to run than air con, as basically its just a fan blowong cold air over the ice and therfore makes it colder coming out of the front. Works a treat

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

How much do you want to spend?

Also better to put what you want a recommendation for in your thread title for people to click

Thanks for the thoughts. 👍

I would hope I can get a properly effective one for a minimal price but I haven't researched much. Hopefully a few hundred squid would keep me cool sporadically for many many years. I'd probably want it to help with knocking the temperature down by say 10C in something like a 50 m^3 space. So 35 C->25C say.

Going to check how to edit the title....

 

[DRHysted]

Thanks for the thoughts. 👍

I would hope I can get a properly effective one for a minimal price but I haven't researched much. Hopefully a few hundred squid would keep me cool sporadically for many many years. I'd probably want it to help with knocking the temperature down by say 10C in something like a 50 m^3 space. So 35 C->25C say.

Going to check how to edit the title....

The main problem is venting it. I purchased one last year ready for this year, it works very well within about 5foot of it, but venting it is always an issue and you shouldn’t extend the vent hose.
Currently it’s in the middle of the landing with the vent hose stretching across the stairs to go out the stairway window. It can get the landing from 26C to 18C but the bedrooms still stay about 24. I’ve set up two fans either side trying to blow some of the cold air away.

 

[Cycleops]

What do you mean by venting it @DRHysted ? Is that the inevitable drain for water? If it is why can't you extend it as long it runs downhill?

 

[jowwy]

What do you mean by venting it @DRHysted ? Is that the inevitable drain for water? If it is why can't you extend it as long it runs downhill?

No….portable air cons come with a vent pipe, to vent hot air out the window

 

[DRHysted]

What do you mean by venting it @DRHysted ? Is that the inevitable drain for water? If it is why can't you extend it as long it runs downhill?

You need a vent pipe to take the hot air produced away. Here’s my set up.

 

[sheddy]

We bought a simple air cooler yesterday.
Basically a fan + ice.

Will report back once we’ve used it, I suspect it will be too noisy for sleeping.

 

[gbb]

I remember them setting one up in a portakabin / office at a former employers, they couldnt figure why it wasnt cooling the room. No-one thought tò set up the vent, there was as much hot air coming out the back as cold air coming out the front

 

[gbb]

You need a vent pipe to take the hot air produced away. Here’s my set up.

Even better if you can close the open areas around the pipe, keep the cool air in, stop the warm air coming in.

 

[presta]

I promise I'll only run it off my solar panels.

It's still consuming electricity that's no longer available for other uses.

 

[fossyant]

No….portable air cons come with a vent pipe, to vent hot air out the window

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We have one of these. Had it over 15 years. Other than a good hoover out of the fins inside, its been essential in our house, usual modern house that holds heat, costs bugger all to heat all year round, but cooling an issue.

Uses about 1kwh.

They are all a bit noisy.