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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level. So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". X| So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry! Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

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    Buy a new car, one with a very nice big touch screen...

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      Then I get beaten to death with my own ponytail... :laugh:

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level. So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". X| So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry! Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

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        OriginalGriff wrote:

        any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there?

        Power inverter that plugs into the cigarette lighter? Try not to overload it though... :-)

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          Buy a new car, one with a very nice big touch screen...

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          tesla?

          Sin tack the any key okay

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level. So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". X| So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry! Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

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            Daniel Pfeffer
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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

            Get a long extension cable and a power bar? Alternatively, get a laptop and use WiFi (or a long Ethernet cable) to connect via remote desktop?

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            • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

              BBC reports 28C today in Wales... that does not justify to turn AC on!!!

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              Daniel Pfeffer
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              It all depends on the climate you're used to; I'm told that in Texas, they turn the heating on at 28C. :-D

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                It all depends on the climate you're used to; I'm told that in Texas, they turn the heating on at 28C. :-D

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                Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                Exactly... I remember nights with 28C... and we thought it was cool...

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level. So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". X| So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry! Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

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                  Interesting. Having done a quick search the people who want to sell me this service say that 10% of refrigerant can escape each year and the air con should be recharged every couple of years. Does anyone do that? Is it true? My car, a 15 year old Honda CRV that is proving to be utterly indestructible has never been re-gassed but was struggling a bit in the 33C heat of the M11 last night. Problem is at £50, well that's a sizable chunk of the car's value...

                  Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    Then I get beaten to death with my own ponytail... :laugh:

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                    WTF are you doing with a ponytail in the car? Do all the welsh carry one? Got tired of sheeps? ;P

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level. So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". X| So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry! Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

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                      Joan M
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                      My wife took her parents car (a nice SLK) for the weekend... She was not lucky as the aircon decided to fail and started to throw hot air instead of fresh/cold air... After one hour of super-sweating she parked at our house and left the car there parked for all the night. The next morning everything worked fine. :wtf: PS: Just park inside your house, leave doors open and full throttle at the aircon... perfect balance and comfort.

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                        Interesting. Having done a quick search the people who want to sell me this service say that 10% of refrigerant can escape each year and the air con should be recharged every couple of years. Does anyone do that? Is it true? My car, a 15 year old Honda CRV that is proving to be utterly indestructible has never been re-gassed but was struggling a bit in the 33C heat of the M11 last night. Problem is at £50, well that's a sizable chunk of the car's value...

                        Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                        Peter_in_2780
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                        My current car, a Toyota, old enough to drink in a pub, is still running on its original gas. Might be a little down on cooling efficiency, but not much. However a previous car, GM product, lost all its gas suddenly just after the 3 year warranty expired (of course, Mr Murphy). Compressor seal was shot.

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                        • R Rob Philpott

                          Interesting. Having done a quick search the people who want to sell me this service say that 10% of refrigerant can escape each year and the air con should be recharged every couple of years. Does anyone do that? Is it true? My car, a 15 year old Honda CRV that is proving to be utterly indestructible has never been re-gassed but was struggling a bit in the 33C heat of the M11 last night. Problem is at £50, well that's a sizable chunk of the car's value...

                          Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                          OriginalGriff
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                          Nope, but I only bought it in March second hand, so it was worth a try. Halfords do a "while you wait" re-gas for £30 which worked fine for me, and I think the initial "will it charge up at all" test is free. Air-con also improves demisting in winter, because the air that it pumps is dryer than straight outside air apparently.

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level. So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". X| So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry! Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

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                            Spending this week at my in-laws (upstate New York), working remotely. Coming from South Carolina, the humidity is considerably less, but people here are complaining about it, so it really is all comparative. Having said that, even though I'm working out of a camper in the yard, so no air conditioning, I do enjoy the atmosphere and view... and lack of commute to the office.

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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              We are currently having an unusual-for-Wales weather event: it not only isn't raining, but you can see the sky, a big yellow hot thing, and no clouds; plus the temperature has risen to the "sticky" level. So yesterday I turned on the air-con in the car, and it was useless. The air it was blowing was a few degrees below the temp inside the car, which was best described as "sweaty". X| So I just got back from having it re-gassed, and wow! I'm thinking of moving my bed in there for the night, it's so cool and dry! Now, any suggestions on how to get my desktop and monitors in there? :laugh:

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                              I lived for 30 years in Alaska, and I don't remember ever having a car with this thing called 'air conditioning'. It was only after I moved to Tulsa, OK to work on autmated drilling rigs that A/C became a 'nice thing to have'.

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                              • J Joan M

                                My wife took her parents car (a nice SLK) for the weekend... She was not lucky as the aircon decided to fail and started to throw hot air instead of fresh/cold air... After one hour of super-sweating she parked at our house and left the car there parked for all the night. The next morning everything worked fine. :wtf: PS: Just park inside your house, leave doors open and full throttle at the aircon... perfect balance and comfort.

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                                probably froze and blocked the compressor output pipes - in really hot conditions the compressor works a bit too well. Germany doesn't get proper hot Summers so by default their air-cons are not factored for real heat - can be (should have been) adjusted to suit local conditions.

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                                  I lived for 30 years in Alaska, and I don't remember ever having a car with this thing called 'air conditioning'. It was only after I moved to Tulsa, OK to work on autmated drilling rigs that A/C became a 'nice thing to have'.

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                                  When I first moved to Tulsa (from southern Germany) I was shocked at the lack of mountains there - also at the fact that everything had A/C. I lived in my A/C house, got in my A/C car and drove to my A/C office. After work I drove to the A/C mall (on 71st street), then to the A/C supermarket (Albertson's, I miss you) to do some grocery shopping and then back home to A/C comfort! If everyone in Tulsa relocated to Alaska I think the Global Warming issue would just go away.

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                                    BBC reports 28C today in Wales... that does not justify to turn AC on!!!

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                                    That may be true for those who are used to the summer temps of Israel, but here in Tennessee, and probably Wales, 28C/82F is 4C/10F degrees warmer than the threshold temp for A/C to be cranking out cooler air.

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                                      BBC reports 28C today in Wales... that does not justify to turn AC on!!!

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                                      Chris Maunder
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                                      We've been having heat warnings in Toronto. For 25C. :doh:

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                                        When I first moved to Tulsa (from southern Germany) I was shocked at the lack of mountains there - also at the fact that everything had A/C. I lived in my A/C house, got in my A/C car and drove to my A/C office. After work I drove to the A/C mall (on 71st street), then to the A/C supermarket (Albertson's, I miss you) to do some grocery shopping and then back home to A/C comfort! If everyone in Tulsa relocated to Alaska I think the Global Warming issue would just go away.

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                                        stoneyowl2
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                                        Yeah, lack of mountains was disturbing. I hadn't realized that a large part of my 'compass' involved seeing which mountain(s) were where. Then I realized that the natives were calling these little lumps with trees (!!) growing on the tops - wait for it - mountains! No self respective mountain would have trees on the top :-D

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                                          Yeah, lack of mountains was disturbing. I hadn't realized that a large part of my 'compass' involved seeing which mountain(s) were where. Then I realized that the natives were calling these little lumps with trees (!!) growing on the tops - wait for it - mountains! No self respective mountain would have trees on the top :-D

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                                          Yes. ...and even the trees were stumpy! My wife is originally from OK but even she left as soon as possible for Colorado so she knows what mountains really are! When we moved to MD she was a little nervous because there were 60+ft trees all over the place and she expected them to fall over at any moment! She says some places are great but Oklahoma is only OK.

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