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?

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Use the water pressure to power a turbine generator, then use the electricity from that generator to run a window AC unit

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What a waste of water that would be. Pressure comes just once

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Pressure comes just once

unlike your mom. ha! gottem

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Nice

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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…

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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?

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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.

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I’ve done this!

Turn the shower on just high enough to get a good mist going then put a box fan on high as close as possible pointing out of the bathroom.

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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.

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Dehumidifier.

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:O

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If you say so. The air just feels a lot more cool and crisp in my apartment when I have my dehumidifier on. Of course I live in a swamp so without it if feels like I swimming through stank ass when I walk somewhere.

I’m not doubting the science behind your statement. I just prefer feeling like I’m not being sous vide, so I’ll stick to a dry heat in my apartment.

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A dehumidifier would return heat to the room. Best you can do with swamp cooling is draw the humid air out.

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Spray water in front of a fan. Way faster than forcing heat exchange through air to metal.

The reason it works on Winter is that the temperature difference is about 50C or more. On a hot 35C day it would mean the radiator is at most at -15C… And that’s why you’ll prefer to stand in front of the fridge that has 6C than a radiator that may run at best 15C water inside.

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