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VERY OT Window a/c??? Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. 08-02-2008
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Posted by Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. on August 2, 2008, 12:08 pm


I have a small window a/c unit out in the shop building. My tiny sewing
room gets too hot to work in it after 30 min.- unbearable! I have central
a/c in my house and I have the floor vent wide open and the (noisy) ceiling
fan on high but it's not doing it for me. The question- is there any reason
I can't just set the window a/c unit on the floor of my sewing room and use
it inside the house? Trying to lift it into the window would be beyond me,
but I can't see being miserable and unable to sew when I have an a/c sitting
out there doing nothing.

Leslie & The Furbabies in HOT, HOT and humid MO.


Posted by Julia in MN on August 2, 2008, 12:24 pm


Probably not a good idea. The window air conditioners that I have seen
exhaust hot air outside. If you just had it on the floor, all that hot
air would stay inside. You'd probably end up even hotter because of the
heat generated by running the motor on it. Also, there is often
condensation running to the outside. You don't want that on your sewing
room floor.

You may want to check into getting something like this:
<http://www.amazon.com/Get-Organized-DESKTOP-AIR-CONDITIONER/dp/B000096RG5/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1217693956&sr=8-2>
or this:
<http://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-Personal-Air-Conditioner/dp/B0014N66NC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1217693956&sr=8-4>

Julia in MN

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
> I have a small window a/c unit out in the shop building. My tiny sewing
> room gets too hot to work in it after 30 min.- unbearable! I have
> central a/c in my house and I have the floor vent wide open and the
> (noisy) ceiling fan on high but it's not doing it for me. The question-
> is there any reason I can't just set the window a/c unit on the floor of
> my sewing room and use it inside the house? Trying to lift it into the
> window would be beyond me, but I can't see being miserable and unable to
> sew when I have an a/c sitting out there doing nothing.
>
> Leslie & The Furbabies in HOT, HOT and humid MO.


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Posted by Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. on August 2, 2008, 12:35 pm


But since it would be sitting inside a centrally air conditioned house,
would it still vent hot air when sitting inside? Could I set a bucket near
it and drain it into that? I really know absolutely nothing about them
other than 'he' put one out in the shop that's not being used and I'm dying
of the heat when I try to sew. I can't even finish one hug block before it
drives me out of there- and the room faces north, too. I really don't want
to spend any money- and I sure could not afford the $300 one.....

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

> Probably not a good idea. The window air conditioners that I have seen
> exhaust hot air outside. If you just had it on the floor, all that hot air
> would stay inside. You'd probably end up even hotter because of the heat
> generated by running the motor on it. Also, there is often condensation
> running to the outside. You don't want that on your sewing room floor.
>
> You may want to check into getting something like this:
>
<http://www.amazon.com/Get-Organized-DESKTOP-AIR-CONDITIONER/dp/B000096RG5/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1217693956&sr=8-2>
> or this:
>
<http://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-Personal-Air-Conditioner/dp/B0014N66NC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1217693956&sr=8-4>
>
> Julia in MN
>
> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
>> I have a small window a/c unit out in the shop building. My tiny sewing
>> room gets too hot to work in it after 30 min.- unbearable! I have
>> central a/c in my house and I have the floor vent wide open and the
>> (noisy) ceiling fan on high but it's not doing it for me. The question-
>> is there any reason I can't just set the window a/c unit on the floor of
>> my sewing room and use it inside the house? Trying to lift it into the
>> window would be beyond me, but I can't see being miserable and unable to
>> sew when I have an a/c sitting out there doing nothing.
>>
>> Leslie & The Furbabies in HOT, HOT and humid MO.
>
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Posted by Julia in MN on August 2, 2008, 2:36 pm


No, it wouldn't work. This explanation for how air conditioners work
should help you understand why: <http://home.howstuffworks.com/ac.htm>.
Can you take your sewing machine to another room? If it's just you and
the furbabies in your house, you can have a sewing house, not just a
sewing room :)

Julia in MN
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
> But since it would be sitting inside a centrally air conditioned house,
> would it still vent hot air when sitting inside? Could I set a bucket
> near it and drain it into that? I really know absolutely nothing about
> them other than 'he' put one out in the shop that's not being used and
> I'm dying of the heat when I try to sew. I can't even finish one hug
> block before it drives me out of there- and the room faces north, too.
> I really don't want to spend any money- and I sure could not afford the
> $300 one.....
>
> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
>
>> Probably not a good idea. The window air conditioners that I have seen
>> exhaust hot air outside. If you just had it on the floor, all that hot
>> air would stay inside. You'd probably end up even hotter because of
>> the heat generated by running the motor on it. Also, there is often
>> condensation running to the outside. You don't want that on your
>> sewing room floor.
>>
>> You may want to check into getting something like this:
>>
<http://www.amazon.com/Get-Organized-DESKTOP-AIR-CONDITIONER/dp/B000096RG5/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1217693956&sr=8-2>
>>
>> or this:
>>
<http://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-Personal-Air-Conditioner/dp/B0014N66NC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1217693956&sr=8-4>
>>
>>
>> Julia in MN
>>
>> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
>>> I have a small window a/c unit out in the shop building. My tiny
>>> sewing room gets too hot to work in it after 30 min.- unbearable! I
>>> have central a/c in my house and I have the floor vent wide open and
>>> the (noisy) ceiling fan on high but it's not doing it for me. The
>>> question- is there any reason I can't just set the window a/c unit on
>>> the floor of my sewing room and use it inside the house? Trying to
>>> lift it into the window would be beyond me, but I can't see being
>>> miserable and unable to sew when I have an a/c sitting out there
>>> doing nothing.
>>>
>>> Leslie & The Furbabies in HOT, HOT and humid MO.
>>
>>
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Posted by Pati C. on August 2, 2008, 8:10 pm


How about finding a high school kid on vacation and paying him a few
bucks to put the window unit in the window?? Surely you can find
someone around that would do that for you?? Or borrow a church lady's
hubbie or such. <G> Might even be able to pay them off with baked goods
or a table runner or such. <VBG>

Pati, in Phx

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
> But since it would be sitting inside a centrally air conditioned house,
> would it still vent hot air when sitting inside? Could I set a bucket
> near it and drain it into that? I really know absolutely nothing about
> them other than 'he' put one out in the shop that's not being used and
> I'm dying of the heat when I try to sew. I can't even finish one hug
> block before it drives me out of there- and the room faces north, too.
> I really don't want to spend any money- and I sure could not afford the
> $300 one.....
>
> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
>
>> Probably not a good idea. The window air conditioners that I have seen
>> exhaust hot air outside. If you just had it on the floor, all that hot
>> air would stay inside. You'd probably end up even hotter because of
>> the heat generated by running the motor on it. Also, there is often
>> condensation running to the outside. You don't want that on your
>> sewing room floor.
>>
>> You may want to check into getting something like this:
>>
<http://www.amazon.com/Get-Organized-DESKTOP-AIR-CONDITIONER/dp/B000096RG5/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1217693956&sr=8-2>
>>
>> or this:
>>
<http://www.amazon.com/Brookstone-Personal-Air-Conditioner/dp/B0014N66NC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1217693956&sr=8-4>
>>
>>
>> Julia in MN
>>
>> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
>>> I have a small window a/c unit out in the shop building. My tiny
>>> sewing room gets too hot to work in it after 30 min.- unbearable! I
>>> have central a/c in my house and I have the floor vent wide open and
>>> the (noisy) ceiling fan on high but it's not doing it for me. The
>>> question- is there any reason I can't just set the window a/c unit on
>>> the floor of my sewing room and use it inside the house? Trying to
>>> lift it into the window would be beyond me, but I can't see being
>>> miserable and unable to sew when I have an a/c sitting out there
>>> doing nothing.
>>>
>>> Leslie & The Furbabies in HOT, HOT and humid MO.
>>
>>
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