We never talk about the heat

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

Anyone here know a lot about portable air conditioners? I bought one a month or so ago, and it has been working really good until this heat wave came...now the water is draining out of it after it has been on for a decent amount of time. The manual suggests the water only needs to be drained at the end of the season, but it seems like I can drain it once an hour. The problem is of course it is leaking all over my carpet.

Is there anything I can do about this? Or is the weather just far too hot even for the AC unit?

Is this a window unit?

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Is this a window unit?

Not really, but it vents to the outside with one of those hose type things. There is a drain on the unit, but the only place it can drain to is in the house, not outside. I didn't have this problem when it was cooler outside.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

Not really, but it vents to the outside with one of those hose type things. There is a drain on the unit, but the only place it can drain to is in the house, not outside. I didn't have this problem when it was cooler outside.

Not familiar with those things at all.

I do know that my experience with window units has shown that after the temperature gets to a certain point they stop helping.

Might be what you're experiencing too.

[metallicat]

Yeah it could be...35 degrees is just crazy.

[Ice]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

Not really, but it vents to the outside with one of those hose type things. There is a drain on the unit, but the only place it can drain to is in the house, not outside. I didn't have this problem when it was cooler outside.

Is it humid? Portable AC pulls the humidity out of the air so the indoor air becomes cooler and dryer.

[Joborule]

I love it!

MORE HEAT! Yay to global warming!

[chid]

I love this humidity. I just got off work and its still 22 outside!!!!
I used to love living in SW ON because of all that humidity.

[PowerPlayoffs06]

I thank the heat for all the hotties walking around in bikini tops and short skirts.

Then I curse the heat for all the non-hotties walking around with muffin-tops spilling over their waistbands, no longer contained by proper length tops and shorts that didn't even fit last summer.

[llama64]

Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06

I thank the heat for all the hotties walking around in bikini tops and short skirts.

Then I curse the heat for all the non-hotties walking around with muffin-tops spilling over their waistbands, no longer contained by proper length tops and shorts that didn't even fit last summer.

... shorts that are rapidly vanishing from view. Seriously, just put a skirt on girls.

Soon as the temperature hits 24 or above, I'm out. My productivity drops, can't think as clearly as before and generally feel lethargic. My two hated seasons are Summer and Winter. Nothing pisses me off more then a cloudless sky and a glaring sun blasting the pavement with 30 degrees of flesh burning radiation. Certainly makes living in a basement suite attractive.

Give me Spring/Fall anytime (strangely coincides with Hockey starting and the playoffs... hmmm)

[ernie]

I used to be one of those Calgarians who said "my god it's 32 degrees I can't believe how hot it is!"

Then I moved to the US eastern seaboard for a bit and then Halifax and really found out what hot and the humidex really meant. I'd trade a 33 degree Calgary day for the the 30+ degree, dripping humidity weather we've had in Halifax this summer. Heck I empty out over 30 litres a day from our little house dehumidifier right now (thank god the temp has been more reasonable than it was in July). When I lived on the US eastern seaboard it often wouldn't cool down below 30 degrees at night so you never got a break from the heat.

[FireFly]

Bring On The Rain Already!

[bradster57]

Originally Posted by ernie

I used to be one of those Calgarians who said "my god it's 32 degrees I can't believe how hot it is!"

Then I moved to the US eastern seaboard for a bit and then Halifax and really found out what hot and the humidex really meant. I'd trade a 33 degree Calgary day for the the 30+ degree, dripping humidity weather we've had in Halifax this summer. Heck I empty out over 30 litres a day from our little house dehumidifier right now (thank god the temp has been more reasonable than it was in July). When I lived on the US eastern seaboard it often wouldn't cool down below 30 degrees at night so you never got a break from the heat.

See I don't really understand how the humidity works. According to the weather network, Halifax has not hit 30 degrees all summer in 2008. How much does the humidity factor increase how it "feels"?

[DESS]

Originally Posted by pepper24

My experience with air conditioners are they are useless and a waste money with Calgary's climate. Places like Kelowna to some degree and warmer climates they are a necessity.

I had one in my last home and our most recent home we built I made sure not to add one. The cost and benefit doesn't add up in Calgary's climate where we might have a few days in the summer where it'd be a luxury to have. I shut the shutters and windows during the day and open the windows at night. Cheap and effective. Tomorrow we are back to normal weather and all will be good.

That's a pic from my van yesterday. ZOMG!

Whether or not an air conditioner is important depends on your house. We live in a new neighbourhood with no tall trees for shade. We have a walk-out basement and the rear of our house faces west. That's three stories of 7' windows facing the sun from about 12:01 pm until the sun sets. Our air conditioner runs from April - October. Without ac our house is uninhabitable.

[Berger_4_]

I'll agree with you that this is hot. But it's nothing compared to the middle of freakin' Central Europe. I went out to the car the one day and it was 27 C out. Which isn't bad until you consider the fact that it was NINE IN THE FREAKING MORNING!!! And nobody, NOBODY has airconditioning over there. Crazy effing Euro's. And don't get me started on the goddamn death marches we did on black pavement wearing black suits in the middle of Budapest, where 35 was cool.

[bradster57]

Originally Posted by Berger_4_

And don't get me started on the goddamn death marches we did on black pavement wearing black suits in the middle of Budapest, where 35 was cool.

How do you figure? In July, Budapest has an average high of 27, average low of 16. 35 seems pretty hot to me.

Just put me in the group that Calgary weather isn't that bad.

[Lithium]

Originally Posted by bradster57

How do you figure? In July, Budapest has an average high of 27, average low of 16. 35 seems pretty hot to me.

Just put me in the group that Calgary weather isn't that bad.

You can use facts to prove anything, facts shmacts!

[Berger_4_]

Originally Posted by bradster57

How do you figure? In July, Budapest has an average high of 27, average low of 16. 35 seems pretty hot to me.

Just put me in the group that Calgary weather isn't that bad.

35 is pretty hot haha. Unfortunately I don't think it ever dipped below 30 any day I was there, and the suits certainly didn't help at all. And yeah, 35 was probably the hottest day there. But when it gets around that temperature, a degree or two doesn't seem to matter. Hot is still hot haha.

[Engine09]

What heat? Went to the Vipers game last night and froze.

We don't get more than 5 hot days here in Calgary each year, enjoy it.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by bradster57

See I don't really understand how the humidity works. According to the weather network, Halifax has not hit 30 degrees all summer in 2008. How much does the humidity factor increase how it "feels"?

Believe me Halifax has hit 30 degrees several times this summer and has been far hotter than that. The weather channel can say what it wants but I know what my car (and everybody's car has said) and I know what the weather channel station actually said as I watched it right on that screen. I'm not embellishing, many many many times there was a current temp above 30 degrees right there in the bottom left hand corner of the screen (from early June to mid July). The humidex on many days was ridiculous.

Since moving to the east coast I have never felt as hot in the summer as I did out west. Conversely I have also never felt as cold in the winter as I do here. The thermometer in the winter may look fine but with the drizzle and humidity it chills you to the bone.

[Lithium]

Originally Posted by ernie

Believe me Halifax has hit 30 degrees several times this summer and has been far hotter than that. The weather channel can say what it wants but I know what my car (and everybody's car has said) and I know what the weather channel station actually said as I watched it right on that screen. I'm not embellishing, many many many times there was a current temp above 30 degrees right there in the bottom left hand corner of the screen (from early June to mid July). The humidex on many days was ridiculous.

Since moving to the east coast I have never felt as hot in the summer as I did out west. Conversely I have also never felt as cold in the winter as I do here. The thermometer in the winter may look fine but with the drizzle and humidity it chills you to the bone.

MAX TEMP : 29.1 °C MAX TEMP. DATE Jun.9 2008 MIN TEMP : 5.4 °C MIN TEMP. DATE Jun.1 2008
Halifax, NS.
June 1, 2008 to July 15, 2008.
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