Non footie ageen ... anyone got one of those mobile ari con units?

I bought one yesterday and although it does a great job the bloody exhuast hose on it is too short to hang out of the window without balancing the unit on furniture.

The only place I can find on the net that does spares for them wants £30 just for an exhaust hose that is longer and you attach with duck tape (I'm not joking there).

Anyone know anywere local that'd sell this stuff?

 

Would something like a Tumble Dryer Vent hose fit?

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It's rather ironic really

but using air conditioners contributes to an increase in the outside air temperature which leads to further global warming and the desire to use air conditioners!

p.s. It's DUCT tape....you aren't taping up ducks!

 

You HOPE he isn't taping up ducks!!!

 

weve got plenty of pigeons

that you can tape up, i'll not complain

 

*ahem*

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Get some carbide and entertain the kids!!

 

bloody kids love em, have named them all

were distraught last week when a load of feathers appeared in the back garden and they rthought it was a pigeon, i just thought , one down....................

 

The council will come round and poison them if you can prove they're a health hazard.

But it's much quicker to do it yourself.

 

the chicken wire has worked, they just gather next door, oops

mrs ICU senior will not be too impressed

 

Well

yer learn summat knew everyday - but it is Duct tape..........Duck is a brand

 

She was only fond of the racing pigeon that stayed there a couple of years ago!

 

RE: Would something like a Tumble Dryer Vent hose fit?

Not insulated enough for the air con units apparantly ... they produce more heat

 

RE: Would something like a Tumble Dryer Vent hose fit?

Might be able to help Daz. What size hose do you want to attach to and why does it need to be insulated? Is it because too much heat would be returned to the room or just that the plastic one wouldn't cope with the heat?

 

No, I'm not having that.

An air-con unit doesn't create or destroy heat energy, it just moves it from one place to another. You have to keep using air-con units to keep a room cool which means that heat continuously returns to the room via the windows, walls and natural airflow.

Have that.

 

It’s like people who say Tannoy when they mean public-address system

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaa

 

RE: No, I'm not having that.

And air temperature outside in cities is rising as a result....also the use of additional electicity contributes.

Saw report last year on BBC website...been trying to find link to it.

 

The same BBC website...........

......that tried to get us all believing that the royal family cost us money? Half the story again mate.

 

Bought one yesterday from B&Q, doing a good job in my conservatory, what I did was, hired a core drill from HSS and drilled straight through my wall and put the exhaust through the hole, then, I put a proper vent cover on the outside wall, proper job, looks professional, took about 1 1/2 hours.

 

RE: The same BBC website...........

Air conditioners don't just move out warm air though....they "condition" it and make it cool so work more like a refridgerator. Blowing out cool air and dispersing warm air outside....the air passed outside is warmer than that you had in the room in the first place....much like the heat generated at the back of a fridge, there wasn't that heat before but a cooling unit also creates heat.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/ac.htm