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Any Window AC Experts?

posted 5 years ago by BillHicksFan (10087)
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It's counter-productive now because of the colder weather. It got down to 49 degrees, and I guess the machine can't convert cold air into cold air. It's odd how my room is so much colder when it's been a hot day.

I have a small bedroom, and I turn it on about an hour before I go to bed. Door closed.

This happens in the early warm Spring days. I'll wake up many times throughout the night, and become delirious, and eventually being so restless (body or mind) I have to get out of bed (and then suffer for 20 hours).

Any advice would be SO appreciated!

[–] beavis (3249) 5 years ago

all i know is that the window inserts are far more efficient than those portable ones with the hose

[–] BillHicksFan (10087) 5 years ago

Yes, those hose ones are terrible. The machine brings in so much heat, and it's hard to create holes, especially when you rent a house.

The AC machine itself works fine, its just the weather. I posted this elsewhere, and someone suggested dumping a bucket of water over the machine; said it helped her situation in the summer, not sure how that does in the fall.

I do have a fan feature, would that bring in cold air from the outside, inside?

I had the same hell in Spring, and the machine just worked great when it was hot just a few days ago. Last year, too, and I'm already an insomniac taking sleep aides, so it's double-awful. Feels like the worst flu. Body aches everywhere, chills, weakness, irritability, burning eyes, no energy to even watch a simple movie.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

I was looking at that the thread title and thinking "Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 10...never heard of Windows AC before".

It sounds like maybe a fan and/or a dehumidifier would be a better solution on days like that.

[–] kspkap (13011) 5 years ago

😅LOL!

[–] exithereplease (3553) 3 years ago

Hopefully this year will be better then last year.

[–] exithereplease (3553) 3 years ago

Did you ever find a comfortable and easy to afford AC unit bill?