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| Main - General Chat - Introducing: GhettoAC, the latest in crappy room cooling. | New thread | New reply |
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Level: 105 Posts: 1467/2846 EXP: 12035047 Next: 227213 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6067 days Last view: 2804 days |
What do you do when it's over 85F in your room and it's colder outside than it is inside, by over 20 degrees?
Open your window? Doesn't work. Turn on your newly-bought $11 boxfan? That doesn't work either (it helps, but not by much.) Or you can build the GHETTOAC UNIT MK. II. (Version 1 was backwards. Oops.) 
Yes, my window opens sideways (it's fully opened in that screenshot) and despite what I'm sure you think, it's actually rather stable. Well, so far. So far it's done a great job of moving air in (room's down to 79 already) and it just keeps getting better, but it's really, really noisy. ... Oh well, at least it costs a billion times less to run than that damn AC unit  ____________________ I dealt with it. |
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 Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 193/485 EXP: 846609 Next: 37274 Since: 02-19-07 From: Ontario, Canada Last post: 5464 days Last view: 5464 days |
It's seems really bulky to me, but it actually looks like it works. ACs are indeed very expensive, so that looks like a good alternate.
As for the noise .. well, you could always use earmuffs ____________________ Want custom overworld music in your SMW hack? Download this. Don't forget to RTFM. |
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 Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 64/181 EXP: 193010 Next: 13432 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6104 days Last view: 2892 days |
Even better: Home Depot (because the equivalent ones at Lowe's suck from the ass and broke on me) folding noise-reducing earmuffs. Pop the speakers out of a pair of headphones, stick them in the earmuffs. SPLADOW.
In the meantime, though, you'd probably be better served by getting the picture to show up. 
EDIT: Even better, flip it around and you get the Officially Licensed Unofficial Dorm Room Ganj Ventilation System. (Slightly moist towel for the door not included.) |
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 Lantern Ghost Level: 60 Posts: 233/766 EXP: 1680494 Next: 92284 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5971 days Last view: 5778 days |
interwebs still dieing tuna?
looks like you might have to upgrade to MK. III ____________________ I miss post headers more. |
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Level: 105 Posts: 1468/2846 EXP: 12035047 Next: 227213 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6067 days Last view: 2804 days |
Posted by drjayphdUnfortunately, my room isn't the rest of the house. 
Our wiring is crappy and really old, so when it gets hot, the signal quality (yay cable) drops like a fucking rock. I wish there was something I could do about it other than "run a new cable from the line to your house", but that's really all there is (and there's no hope of us ever actually doing it...  )____________________ I dealt with it. |
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Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 357/705 EXP: 1483812 Next: 2116 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
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Hahahaha
That's hilarious! At least you have a way to cool your room down, at least. ____________________  |
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 Red Paratroopa Level: 31 Posts: 78/174 EXP: 181677 Next: 3686 Since: 03-09-07 Last post: 6027 days Last view: 3229 days |
I had a box fan I used to put in my window...and I had the same problem as you. Eventually I went out and bought a portable air conditioner for my room....although they are expensive, its worth more then having to suffer being hot all the time. |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1535/1881 EXP: 6465848 Next: 184816 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6153 days Last view: 6144 days |
I used to do stuff like that at my parents' house. Even Michigan gets unbearably hot in July, and the AC in that house is horrendous. Eventually we got another window AC unit for the other side of the house. |
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Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 142/480 EXP: 831954 Next: 51929 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 5775 days Last view: 5640 days |
Right now, it's 66F here. A bit warmer inside. ____________________ There are things I want to put here. Like a cool picture, my 8-bit theatre character test result, my MS and RO characters... But it's 12 AM, and I'm sleepy. |
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Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 359/705 EXP: 1483812 Next: 2116 Since: 02-19-07 From:
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Yeah, the reason I thought it was funny was that he had to stack stuff up to the window, because he can't put the fan in the window itself, coupled with the thread title. 
Other than that, a fan in the window isn't really all that new to me. We have a beach house in NJ that we go to in the summers, and it's old, so there isn't any air conditioning. Nowadays, we have a window AC unit in every bedroom, and the dining room (which doesn't have any walls seperating it from the main living room, so the air goes into there too). But before all of that, we used the simple place-a-box-fan-in-the-window technique. I think two of the units were actual window-fans, designed for such use, but it was mostly just box fans. ____________________ |
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 Porcupo Level: 41 Posts: 231/317 EXP: 446036 Next: 34109 Since: 03-29-07 From: Somewhere far, far away. Last post: 6069 days Last view: 5254 days |
Hey, whats with that green spot on the wall left of the window?  |
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Level: 75 Posts: 1017/1301 EXP: 3719535 Next: 107369 Since: 02-19-07 From: Canada |
Oh, Xkeeper. That's so cool. XD |
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 Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 67/260 EXP: 330650 Next: 7603 Since: 04-23-07 From: AIDS Last post: 6155 days Last view: 5937 days |
You have a messy room.
And there ARE fans that can be hooked to your window so they stay there without having to be supported by a box and a night stand with a clock on it. xD I myself have one of these. But then again, I still live with my parents, obviously, and they pay for teh A/C.  ____________________  |
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 Red Paragoomba Level: 19 Posts: 11/53 EXP: 30578 Next: 5199 Since: 02-22-07 Last post: 6079 days Last view: 4650 days |
Do you have a blue camera/lightbulb or is it just hot down there in world 1-2? |
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 Mole Level: 42 Posts: 263/351 EXP: 521233 Next: 129 Since: 02-19-07 From: Massachusetts Last post: 5972 days Last view: 5409 days |
Hey hey, those warp zones provide horrible ventilation D; |
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Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 68/260 EXP: 330650 Next: 7603 Since: 04-23-07 From: AIDS Last post: 6155 days Last view: 5937 days |
Posted by Someguy I second that.
Maybe his room shines like the stars... which would be explained by the fact that he said it's hot. Maybe Xkeeper secretly lives on Sirius. D: ____________________ |
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Porcupo Level: 41 Posts: 237/317 EXP: 446036 Next: 34109 Since: 03-29-07 From: Somewhere far, far away. Last post: 6069 days Last view: 5254 days |
Posted by Keitaro Hey, I have an apartment in bowsers castle. Stop complaining. |
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Level: 105 Posts: 1477/2846 EXP: 12035047 Next: 227213 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6067 days Last view: 2804 days |
Posted by SomeguyMy walls are green-blue, and although I have a light (lower left of the picture), my fan light is neon blue. Very stylish. Posted by TheLesserBlackDope6xI have no shelves/desk/anything, so everything has to go on the floor or stacked on crap. Sucks, yes. And I know, but I don't have those (obviously). That, and my window is a little different... besides, this way, I can move it out easily, like during the day when the GhettoAC would actually make my room hotter by about 20 degrees. (By the way, that's actually a computer, not a nightstand. And yes, it's running.) Oh, an we have AC here too (it's even on)... it's just we have to leave it pretty high, or else Nevada Power will utterly rape us. (Hello, $400+ power bill!) Posted by JrShrooboidIt's a holographic  sticker my mom put there (there's another two on my ceiling and light switch) ____________________ I dealt with it. |
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Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 75/260 EXP: 330650 Next: 7603 Since: 04-23-07 From: AIDS Last post: 6155 days Last view: 5937 days |
*cracks window and lets in nice breeze*
Well, I can honestly say it sucks to be you in terms of where you live. xD Seriously, when it gets hot here, it doesn't usually get to the point where I need to crank the A/C. And even when it does, it doesn't cost us that much. ____________________ |
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