It is 1000 degrees F in the Pacific NW right now.

originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: DBCowboy

AC failed at my office once. I shaped together some 3/8 copper tube in a coil over the grill of a standing 20" fan connecting it in a few spots with zip ties. Connected the ends to some clear pvc tube i had sitting around from my aquariums gravel cleaner. One pvc end I connected to my pond pump and then dropped both the intake and return lines into a cheap styrofoam cooler filled with a little bit of water and a lot of ice. Kept me cool for a few days at the office while the AC was being repaired. I actually still have that aparatus (separated from the fan right now) in my garage should I ever need it again.

What you created is a thing known as a 'fan-coil' in the HVAC industry. Fan coils are the cooling component in most large office buildings. They don't circulate cool air through a ductwork system like a residence using a compressor and a condenser like how freon based cooling systems work (far too inefficient), instead they circulate chilled 'water' through a series of insulated pipes to air handling units with in-line fan coil units which draw in air through the return-air ducts, boost the air pressure with the air handlers and then run the air across a fan coil unit to cool it and the space the duct supplies. Essentially, the same thing you did, just on a much larger scale. Basically just a large heat exchanger system. The 'water' isn't pure water, it is usually charged with glycol to keep it from freezing during the winter, so it's a closed loop.

The thermo-dynamics of how this all works is pretty interesting. The resulting hot water isn't wasted either, in modern systems. This is used through another set of heat exchangers which work the exact opposite way, to partially heat incoming domestic water for domestic hot water at taps and hot water supply. The 'delta-T' (differential temperature) is far less than the delta-T on incoming water at ambient ground temperature versus hot water, so much less energy is used to create the hot water too.

I said last night that the breeze has been a good thing in heat and humidity. Welp no breeze here now, it's getting miserable now.

I live on the edge of the Sonoran desert. Have a little known indigenous tribe down here that's called;

Kwitcherbitchin!

a reply to: DBCowboy
I have central air but have to fight the wife on keeping the house cool. She seems to think 74 is a good cool temperature. I seem to think she is crazy.

originally posted by: incoserv
I live on the edge of the Sonoran desert.

Kwitcherbitchin'!

I live in the middle of it.

Well, I live on the surface of the SUN...so THERE!!

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Well, I live on the surface of the SUN...so THERE!!

But I bet you just live on the night time side of it.

I have survived. Barely.

It's down to the 60's (F) today with a projected high of 72F here on the coast.

Inland?

They're still suffering.

I'm finding it absurdly curious that the high desert of New Mexico has the weather we are supposed to have in the PNW, and we have theirs!
www.windy.com...,32.279,-106.504,9,i:pressure
www.windy.com...,46.205,-121.371,8,i:pressure
The chaotic confusion is to be stirred so we are concerned about immediate problems and can't focus on anything of major consequence.

originally posted by: Tarzan the apeman.
a reply to: DBCowboy
I have central air but have to fight the wife on keeping the house cool. She seems to think 74 is a good cool temperature. I seem to think she is crazy.

We keep it mid- to upper seventies in the day, bedroom down to about 72 at night. When it's 115°F outside, s 30° drop seems sufficient.

When I lived in Central Asia, winter temps would get down to -30°F to -45°F. We kept the house around 60°F. At -40 outside, 60° is a sudden jump of 100° and it was amazing how warm 60°F felt.

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Well, I live on the surface of the SUN...so THERE!!

You win 🤣

I saw an article saying the roads and bridges are buckling there due to the heat.
What in the heck are your roads made of? Cookie Dough?

I also saw something that said only 30% of people there have AC…
I am a spoiled spoiled person, I don’t ask for much in life but need AC or Heat year round!

a reply to: JAGStorm

It's a different climate here. We're not used to high heat.

We're delicate.

originally posted by: DBCowboy
It's a different climate here. We're not used to high heat.

We're delicate.

I'd spray you down with the appropriate-sized super soaker but I don't have access to a fire truck right now.

a reply to: JAGStorm
They must not have been built with those metal expansion joints in them.

I had to climb 4 stories worth of steps up a hillside today. Glad the heat index was only mid 90’s. But I was a little winded at the top. Only to find that the main entrance to the hospital was closed. Had to backtrack a block and a half...all told about seven blocks walking outside today which is 7/10 of a mile. Inside was about 3 blocks worth but not as bad in the AC. So about a mile walking total....Cincinnati and their hills.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: DBCowboy
It's a different climate here. We're not used to high heat.

We're delicate.

I'd spray you down with the appropriate-sized super soaker but I don't have access to a fire truck right now.

I'd dive into the ocean but the last time I did that, Japan got walloped by the waves I made.

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: JAGStorm
They must not have been built with those metal expansion joints in them.

Knowing Oregon, metal expansion joints are probably racist or something with patriarchy.

a reply to: DBCowboy
Didn't they bring slaves over in metal expansion joints?

originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: DBCowboy
Didn't they bring slaves over in metal expansion joints?

Which white people invented! With guns!

Climate change.