I’ve searched around and mostly seen people create custom radiator builds attached to their water supply, but that’s beyond my skill level and I’m not sure if linking it directly to the water supply via piping would violate the lease or not. Are there any solutions a bit more DIY that I could take advantage of?
Almost no matter how you do it, it’s going to be a horrible waste of good drinking water to try to extract cooling from the temperature of the water. If you are in a dry climate, make a DIY swamp cooler. Otherwise shell out for a small AC unit.
Also; using your free lease-included water for stuff like that, is probably the quickest way to no longer have water included in your lease…
So if
- Using water this way is a waste of water
- Using water this way will end the policy that permits this use case
Does that mean the fastest way to end the waste is to go ahead with this plan?
Only if that was your sole use of said water otherwise you’re just going to pay more for all the water you’d normally use.
Use the water pressure to power a turbine generator, then use the electricity from that generator to run a window AC unit
What a waste of water that would be. Pressure comes just once
Wouldn’t be too difficult to jerryrig a system which does that but because it’s going to be a huge waste of water I feel morally obligated to not even give you any ideas. Invest in a split AC system instead. They make ones for windows as well.
Take a cold bath?
Is there a reason why you can’t get an air conditioner? There’s tons of valid reasons why it wouldn’t be an option, I’m just wondering what your situation is. Because nothing is ever gonna work anywhere close to as good as an air conditioner. If you can afford even the smallest air conditioner then it’ll beat every single diy method in most situations
Bottle it, sell it for profit, use the profits to buy a better place to live?
Or buy ice
Get a kiddie pool, fill it, soak your feet in it
One of the best feelings in my life was returning to camp, consolidating coolers, and plunging my feet into the water in the leftover water in one of the coolers.
One time I took some instant release adderall and some MDMA and played Burnout Revenge on my friend’s playstation.
Start a car detailing business. Use the water to wash the cars.
Use the money from new, low-overhead business to do anything you want.
Why not buy a portable AC?
Grossly inefficient.
But feel great when you’re in front of it.
Better than getting toasted in the heat? Lmao
we’re literally on the precipice of water wars
If the actual problem is that you yourself are too hot, cool yourself instead. A trick I’ve picked up working in kitchens, where it’s very fucking hot indeed, is to wet your nape and forearms regularly. You can wear a wet hat too. Doesn’t really take advantage of the unlimited water but it gets you there.
Depending on you humidity, you could look into building a swamp-cooler. Sounds weird but works pretty great.
I don’t know how big your apartment is but why not a window unit. It’s probably the most efficient way to cook your apartment down short of redesigning the building.
These are very expensive to run. They can add upwards of $200 to your electric bill.
It’s either that or maintain a swamp cooler that won’t work on humid days and can cause respiratory infection if not cleaned properly. A renters options are very limited and a window unit is a pretty good compromise if you don’t want to loose a deposit.
If you want to sit in a sweltering room during a 100° day, no one is stopping you. I’ve heard it’s a pretty typical thing for Europeans anyway. I’m not judging, the guy wants to cool the room down.
OP would probably be better suited with a portable AC. Most apartments I know of ban window units because they can fall and hit people if not installed properly.
When getting a portable AC, get one with two hoses as they’re much more efficient since they aren’t blowing cooled air outside (and sucking hot air in from every gap in the exterior walls.
Yeah, whatever is reasonable and within the terms of your lease is usually the best bet.
Depends on your electricity rates. Ours is around $0.12/KWh and doesn’t even cost 1/4 of that.
Depends on the area too. I live in Texas and can tell you from my personal experience that at .14/kw it increased my bill by about $200
Maybe you have a bad AC. I’ve been running ours nearly daily and our electricity bill has gone from $120 to $140
Just run your shower with cold water. Open a window on the otherwise of the house and get a fan to blow air from the bathroom to the open window.
As the water turns from liquid to gas it absorbs heat. As long as it doesn’t get too humid it should feel cool.
Dehumidifier.
A dehumidifier would return heat to the room. Best you can do with swamp cooling is draw the humid air out.
