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What do these cost, ballpark? Possible to DIY installation, or is that best left to the pros?Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
I've stayed in plenty of hotels/BNBs overseas that have these, and they seem to cool down a smaller space just fine. One in our master bedroom would help a lot when it gets this ridiculously hot.
^^^This. Wonderful for smaller spaces.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
Pretty sure I had a mild case of heat exhaustion this past Saturday..... Worked in the yard from 7-12. Temp was mid 90s. Wife and kids wanted burgers for lunch so my dumbass is out there in front of the grill, temp pushing 100.....Do not do this. Felt like shit the rest of the day. I am officially over summer.....
That is what I say every July 4th. Fucking August and September are there to torture me.Quote:
Originally Posted by seano732
It's 96 and getting hotter here. This is one of the few days I have just sat saying God dam it's hot! I might have to put on pants and go down to the river.
Forecasters: Odds improve for La Nina by fall
SALEM — Odds increasingly favor a La Nina weather pattern taking hold by fall, upping the chances for a cold and wet Northwest winter, the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center says.
The center pegged at 60% the chances of a La Nina prevailing in November, December and January. A month ago, the center put the chances at 53%.
Since then, the Pacific Ocean has resumed a cooling trend that started last spring, but paused in June and early July, according to the center.
A cooler-than-average ocean, especially along the equator in the mid-Pacific, triggers atmospheric changes to form a La Nina.
Its opposite, El Nino, is cased by higher-than-average ocean-surface temperatures and is linked to warm Northwest winters and below-average snowpacks.
Currently, the ocean and atmosphere temperatures are neutral, indicating neither a La Nina nor El Nino.
The center predicted a 36% chance conditions will still be neutral next winter. The center rated the chances of an El Nino forming at only 4%.
The last La Nina reigned in the winter of 2017-18. Washington's snowpack that winter was 113% of normal.
^^ Bring it on! Today wouldn't be soon enough; damn it's hot out. 102 on my car at lunch and I'm supposed to ride today after work. That may not be the most smartest thing I've ever done.
90* at 3:15
Dark-ass clouds coming in from SW. Thunder, lightning and rain starting. Nice smell of ozone
Hopefully my yard umbrellas don't go Mary Poppins on me like yesterday...
Did this to our little 1,650 sq foot home up in WA a number of years ago. Went the pro install route. It was about $1k for the unit and compressor and about $500 for the install. We just put one in our living/dining area. It was enough to cool down most of the living areas. So for a bdrm, this would really do the trick. You can always add to the system later as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
BIL owns his own HVAC company, and swears by https://www.mitsubishicomfort.com/pr...ng-and-cooling. Super quiet and high efficiency.
Yeah, my parents are installing one in upstate New York and I believe it's running them about $5500-6000 all-in. That's a single indoor head system that is sized to cool and provide supplemental heat for a ~1700 square foot 1980's construction home in the Adirondacks They finally got sick of going up there and being greeted by a 34 degree inside air temp. I'm amazed it took this long.
I have a Mitsubishi one in my current place and it is extremely quiet and energy efficient. I can't even hear when my outside unit is running, I should throw my decibel meter on it tonight, but they are staggeringly quiet compared to an AC unit. It does a great job cooling my roughly 1000 square foot place, despite it being poorly insulated.
90s is cute, try 118.
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Originally Posted by cdlv
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What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas. That goes for 118, too.
130 F today in Death Valley, possibly the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on earth. Looks like it will be sub 100 tonight though, still a ways away from the hottest low ever recorded of 108.7 F.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/death-v...ars-heat-wave/
Thu sounds about right. The last few I've done ranged from $5-13k. More heads cost more, but the main cost is the exterior unit and labour.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
I like mini-splits, but I always try to steer my clients toward evaporative coolers instead. Why not save $4+k and use even less electricity? In arid places they work fabulously.
The swamp cooler isn't going to heat your place in the winter, though.
If it's just for your bedroom, and you're not concerned what the neighbors think, you could get a window unit or a portable AC. A window unit is cheap and effective, but is a pain if you want to move it around. Portables are a bit more expensive, but you've only got a small duct pushing air rather than a unit hanging off your house, and it's easy to move around if you want to cool off another room. Both options are much, much cheaper than a mini-split, can be moved where they're needed, and can be tossed in storage when they're not.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
True, and if your existing boiler/furnace needs to be replaced the equation changes. For new construction the mini splits are a solid choice. If you're just trying to add cooling capabilities though and live in an arid area, the choice is easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
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Santa Cruz was over 100F on Friday for four hours. Saturday and Sunday also saw several hours of 100F plus temperatures. I live less than a mile from the ocean as the crow flies. Fucking hot.Quote:
Originally Posted by MTT
Smoke layer seems to have mellowed the temperatures and we are now in the 80s for a few days. Sure prefer this warm, but not hot, but the fucking smoke sucks.
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Originally Posted by cdlv
That is hot. But I'm more impressed with the 110F reading from my house in Santa Cruz on Friday. Never seen it that hot here bore and was above 100F from 1PM to 5PM on Friday. Fucking insane.
Didn't drop below 80° here last night. Was 85° at 6am. Add to that a low cloud ceiling and thunderstorms which raised the humidity and it's not pleasant. Stick a fork in me...............Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
It's a real good thing I shipped my sick horse off to WSU on Friday. He's living in AC right now. Don't know if he'd have made it through the heat here with whatever it is he's got (they still don't know, running every test they can think of - process of elimination and guessing at this point).
Hard not to believe future climate expectations do not figure into where people will live going forward. Places that are hot and dry will be hotter and drier. Exacerbated water issues. Definitely something I am considering even if the more serious impacts may occur down the road.
This is the hottest,driest summer( the year of the nonsoon) in my 16 years in the SW.
I've considered that too. We just don't need A/C except for maybe 4-6 days out of a year, if that. $5K for a mini-split isn't worth it for our situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley