Advice on buying an air conditioner? I'm a girl, btw.

I had a similar one and - leaving the hose problem aside - it just didn´t cool enough for my taste - but I was a Penguin in my last life - so who knows, it may work for you.

Good Luck, Frank
 
You know its supposed to cool down considerably tomorrow. Do you really need one, the summer is going to be over in like 4 weeks and temp will start going down to typical Vancouver degrees. I'd save the cash and just by a fan. That being said, I'm in my office all day with nice air conditioning and by the time I get home, my apt is nice in cool in the evening.
 
ya i saw that it might even rain this weekend. but basically i do this every year... i roast in my apartment, and i think god, i wish i had an air conditioner... but then i dont buy one because i just think hey, summer will be over soon enough, i'll just save my money.

i have a fan but its not cutting it. my apartment doesnt start to cool down till about 3am. it's so bad that i dont invite my friends over anymore cuz they just suffer so badly!!!

i always seem to feel hot when others are cold anyways so i think i will use it a lot, too.
 
I lived an apartment one summer that got so hot the ice cubes in my freezer melted. No, I'm not exaggerating.

That doesn't help w/you buying an AC unit, but I can sympathize.

-A
 
adkimery said:
I lived an apartment one summer that got so hot the ice cubes in my freezer melted. No, I'm not exaggerating.

That doesn't help w/you buying an AC unit, but I can sympathize.

-A
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what?! no way. your freezer must have been broken man. cuz that seems impossible..
 
scratchpatchfilms said:
what?! no way. your freezer must have been broken man. cuz that seems impossible..
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The apartment was basically a converted attic w/o any insulation in the ceiling. During the day it got over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and that was just too hot for the not-so-new fridge.


-A
 
adkimery, that is insanity. i can't believe you are still alive to tell the tale!!!!

anyways, i decided to take your advice guys. which is rare for me. i'm very impulsive. ha ha. i did a bit more digging and found an air conditioner that goes in the window on craigslist and not only is it being delivered to me tomorrow, but the guy and his friend are gonna install it for me!!!! AND he said it's like 45,000 BTUS!!!

i'm really, really excited. he said my apartment will be a refridgerator. yes. YES...
 
scratchpatchfilms said:
anyways, i decided to take your advice guys. which is rare for me. i'm very impulsive. ha ha. i did a bit more digging and found an air conditioner that goes in the window on craigslist and not only is it being delivered to me tomorrow, but the guy and his friend are gonna install it for me!!!! AND he said it's like 45,000 BTUS!!!
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i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but i think he is either lying or is misinformed about the size of the air conditioner. they don't sell window units that big in the south and summers are a lot hotter here than they are in canada. secondly, if the air conditioner is that big, you will need a dedicated 230 volt outlet. that means someone will have to do electrical work. if it's an apartment, you need permission from the landlord for that type of thing. i hope it does work out for you, i just have some concerns.
 
my bad! i just re-read his email and he actually said the btu's are somewhere in the 25,000 - 40,000 range.

better?
 
a 25,000 btu air conditioner is still a beast and will not fit in all windows. if you have large windows, that's not a problem. just make sure it he is able to hook it up before you pay him. :)
 
ugafan said:
a 25,000 btu air conditioner is still a beast and will not fit in all windows. if you have large windows, that's not a problem. just make sure it he is able to hook it up before you pay him. :)
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thank you for the advice. i actually never would have thought of the electrical side of it so i'll be sure to bring that up with him tomorrow.

i did, however, make sure to ask him how big my window had to be, and gave him the measurements of mine. looks like it's gonna fit no problem, and he says he thinks my window is the same size as the one it's in now, so he might even be able to give me the glass (or plexiglass, whatev) thing to fill in the empty space when it's installed.

and ya does sound like a beast. he said it weighs like 150 pounds! i keep having visions of them dropping it on someones head when installing it... man that would suck... but seriously, i don't know how to fasten something that heavy to the side of a buliding and keep it secure.. but i guess he'll know... i'm slightly nervous!
 
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