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How well does the air con work @exxos!

My better half is making a lot of unsubtle hints about us getting something better than just a fan...

JezC wrote: 23 Jun 2026 17:13 How well does the air con work @exxos!

My better half is making a lot of unsubtle hints about us getting something better than just a fan...

Does the job I suppose. But think its struggling a bit today. The room is a lot cooler ! Part of the problem is no proper seal against the window, so its got some warm air being shot from the right side of my wood sheet at the moment, waiting for some foam to be cut to size to pad the gap. Then going to put a adjustable curtain rail across the middle to hold the board up properly.

Really there is no where for the hot air to actually go. It's like a fridge on the floor and baking hot higher up in the room :lol: :roll: Really need a small extractor fan on the ceiling to shift the hot air out. But .. effort... :P

I got this one

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317043070717

It was £295 when I bought it though last year.


I brought it basically as it had 2 speeds (wanted 3) but the speeds are basically loud, and louder ! :lol: Plus it was the smallest size for the output (if to be believed) Along with energy class. I went with it having a quiet mode, but its BS really, the compressor makes all the noise and you need that for the cooling.

It cools my room , but my room isn't big. You probably would be struggling to cool a room if it was much larger than mine. I wouldn't go with less than 9000 BTU cooling put it that way. If your looking to cool a larger room your going to need something much bigger.. unless you go for a small one like me and basically sit next to it !

Ok, thanks....the basic calculation (room size in feet l x h x d x 5 = BTU rating) suggests over 9000 BTU for our lounge so will check out options...

JezC wrote: 23 Jun 2026 18:13 Ok, thanks....the basic calculation (room size in feet l x h x d x 5 = BTU rating) suggests over 9000 BTU for our lounge so will check out options...

My room is about 3M square, Thats BTU: 3600-4325... no way ~5000 BTU would cool the room. 9000 is losing the battle already.

exxos wrote: 23 Jun 2026 18:23

JezC wrote: 23 Jun 2026 18:13 Ok, thanks....the basic calculation (room size in feet l x h x d x 5 = BTU rating) suggests over 9000 BTU for our lounge so will check out options...

My room is about 3M square, Thats BTU: 3600-4325... no way ~5000 BTU would cool the room. 9000 is losing the battle already.

Yeah, not sure the formula is intended to allow for hottest ever days ;)

My Foam "strip" came. Supposed to be 1cm think and came as 11cm !! Proving YET AGAIN that everything has to be more effort than it needs to be. Now I have to deal with all that now.. The amount of fu*kups I have to deal with down to other people all the time is a bloody full time job these days !


So trying to think of a simple way to cut the thing, or go down dispute route. Either way, messing about and waiting around :roll:

Maybe I can hookup some resistor wire 1cm above a base plate and pull the foam though and use the heat of the wire to "cut" though the thing :shrug:

@exxos try cutting it with a bread knife, that's what I've used when cutting pipe insulation etc when I was working.

@exxos since you like setting things on fire you could use a hot wire to cut it :)

We have 2 units, one is a 7000BTU which I use in my office which is relatively small, 11 feet square, ceiling about 8 feet, and it does a really good job of chilling it.

All I do is hang the hose out of the window and pull the blind down, nothing special.

The other is 8000BTU and it's in the bedroom which is 14 feet square. I do the same with the hose on that plus I close the curtains too and it does OK, though it's getting on now so struggles a bit, but it is about 15 years old.

When we run them we keep the doors closed too or all the cool escapes :)

rubber_jonnie wrote: 29 Jun 2026 09:57 All I do is hang the hose out of the window and pull the blind down, nothing special.

Yeah that was what I was doing originally.

Crazy cat lady is around again...