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theelectronrecycler Is anyone else dying of the... 06-29-2012, 02:55 PM
phildogg Yeah it def hot out today! 06-29-2012, 03:09 PM
waredu Shoot - that's a normal early... 06-29-2012, 03:10 PM
rca987 I do live in Houston.... 06-29-2012, 07:25 PM
Dunemaul 91 and 80% humidity my shorts... 06-29-2012, 03:15 PM
Sirscrapalot Right now here on my sandbar... 06-29-2012, 04:03 PM
PistoneScrapProcessing 107 in stl yesterday 105... 06-29-2012, 07:55 PM
IdahoScrapper Would have figured running... 06-29-2012, 10:36 PM
Destructo_d I will be on holidays for... 06-29-2012, 08:32 PM
taterjuice Been a 100 plus all week here... 06-29-2012, 08:50 PM
kbob wow wish our hum.was 35%.we... 06-29-2012, 09:50 PM
IdahoScrapper Pretty warm here. Central air... 06-29-2012, 10:43 PM
Bear cheap? them things are $500... 06-29-2012, 11:03 PM
IdahoScrapper I know - new they are... 06-30-2012, 01:09 AM
Bear get to googling that central... 06-29-2012, 11:07 PM
Dunemaul Also you can build a A/c box... 06-30-2012, 04:55 AM
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    Is anyone else dying of the heat wave???

    it is hot as HELL outside. 103F with 35% humidity.

    Anyone else feeling the oven today ???





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    Yeah it def hot out today!

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    Shoot - that's a normal early summer day here in Texas. Wait till it hits 110 in the shade with 40-50% humidity (reminds me of why I don't live in Houston).

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    Quote Originally Posted by waredu View Post
    Shoot - that's a normal early summer day here in Texas. Wait till it hits 110 in the shade with 40-50% humidity (reminds me of why I don't live in Houston).
    I do live in Houston. Humidity is awesome when you first wake up and go outside to your shaded deck to smoke a cig and by time you come in you look like you just got out of a shower.
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    91 and 80% humidity my shorts feel like a waterfall.
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    Right now here on my sandbar its 90ish and humid..bleh. Don't mind the high temps just can't stand the humidity. Then again having lived in AZ with normal summer temps 100+ it makes it a bit easier to deal with.

    It's all good, I get to hot, I hit the beach now.

    Sirscrapalot - Traveling cooler is working crazy overtime.

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    107 in stl yesterday 105 today. My guys had to stop work early because the sun was making everything to hot to handle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PistoneScrapProcessing View Post
    107 in stl yesterday 105 today. My guys had to stop work early because the sun was making everything to hot to handle.
    Would have figured running torches on material would make it too hot to handle. Just funning ya. I get what you're saying.

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    I will be on holidays for next 2 weeks... be lucky if it hit's 80.... so far, it's be a very wet spring/summer here in the interior of British Columbia.... lots of flooding going on all over... hope it warms up.... but I can enjoy those temp's too, as long as the rain is at a minumum... plus side, not too many forest fires....

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    Been a 100 plus all week here in Kansas, been hotter than dog **** and I'm sick of it
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    wow wish our hum.was 35%.we have been running in the high 90's with 80% hum.Feels like a bath house working outside.Just a reminder though and check those filters in your air handler/furnace.Lot of run time equals getting dirtier quickly!

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    Pretty warm here. Central air won't turn on and no money to have it looked at.

    Finally got so uncomfortable I took a cool shower. While in shower the power went off, then my tank ran dry, but not before I was done showering. So I half dressed and went next door to finish.

    Did a search on my phone after and find there's a fire next city over which knocked out several substations. Idiots setting off fireworks, lit up a tree and it spread into power lines. I hope they get theirs.

    Might see if I can find a cheap evaporative cooler. Was thinking if I add blocks of ice that would cool it even more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper View Post
    Might see if I can find a cheap evaporative cooler. Was thinking if I add blocks of ice that would cool it even more.
    cheap? them things are $500 now (used to be 39.95!) I scrapped one that didn't look any good about 5 years ago, then last summer it hit 112+ most every day here (110 by 10 am!). 115 was the highest i saw (on my, mostly accurate, thermometer ; ) but a neighbor told me one "cooler" than that day, theirs read 118. I pulled one off of Dad's old trailer but the bottom was rusted out (wished I'd had the scrapped one back), I figured a way to use a side from an old chest freezer to build it a new bottom, but the saw i needed to use to cut it went bad too. Most afternoons I just had a simple fan blowing hot air from a mostly shaded window, and sitting in front of that, mostly while online ; ), was about all that got me through last summers heat. It isn't as hot here as it was last year, so far, but we still have the worst part of summer yet ahead, and it can go from bad to worse, overnight

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    cheap? them things are $500 now (used to be 39.95!) I scrapped one that didn't look any good about 5 years ago, then last summer it hit 112+ most every day here (110 by 10 am!). 115 was the highest i saw (on my, mostly accurate, thermometer ; ) but a neighbor told me one "cooler" than that day, theirs read 118. I pulled one off of Dad's old trailer but the bottom was rusted out (wished I'd had the scrapped one back), I figured a way to use a side from an old chest freezer to build it a new bottom, but the saw i needed to use to cut it went bad too. Most afternoons I just had a simple fan blowing hot air from a mostly shaded window, and sitting in front of that, mostly while online ; ), was about all that got me through last summers heat. It isn't as hot here as it was last year, so far, but we still have the worst part of summer yet ahead, and it can go from bad to worse, overnight
    I know - new they are ridiculous. That's why I would try to find a used one that wasn't all rusted out. Did a search on CL just now...people are crazy.

    I may tinker with the A/C. Just hope I don't pull a Hoss and fry my tater tots.

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    get to googling that central air, Idaho, use the make and model number, and keywords of the problem it has. You might find a discussion on an HVAC forum about what it could be, maybe even simple enough to fix

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    Also you can build a A/c box to hold a window banger A/c without the window. Just box the back radiator where heat is pushed out and duct that up your chimney or widow/ crawlspace. build another box around the intake holes and duct fresh air in from anyplace you not cooling from hook up a squirrel cage fan to the intake duct and you will be chilling in 70 degree weather in no time. best thing is if you make them right its a portable A/c Unit. Best project I invest making this summer.

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