MICHEL SAMSON wrote
 
-------------Air conditioning
 
> I've taken notes of how fast the temperature could
> raise during the cold night we got, two days ago.
> I had below 18 degrees Celcius outside so i used
> that oppotunity to vent the place until the inside
> temperature dropped to 23.8 degrees Celcius. At
> 4:00 in the morning i shut down the fans then
> closed openings, fifty minutes later the
> temperature had risen to 24.9 degrees Celcius -
> i'm not too certain that the sun was up yet...
 
  Well you're doing the wise thing there.
 Venting [it works faster and better if you use a
 window fan], and then shutting the windows and
 drawing the blinds to keep the sun out, usually
 keeps the place here cool until noon or later,
 sometimes into late afternoon, depending.
 
 Even on very hot days, I usually don't use the
 A/C until 2 pm.
 
 
> This building is full of leaks, i think the
> neighbour downstairs is contributing to my misery
 
  What does he/she do, cook all day?
 
 
> and it's quite possible the refrigerator could be
> generating more heat than i suspected
 
  I don't really think a frig generates that much
 heat, but I could be wrong. How hot are the coils
 in back of your frig? A tip Hydro-Quebec repeats
 often is to keep those coils free of dust-buidup.
 
 
> Only the lower halves of our windows let air
> circulate, that puts a lot of distance between it
> and the ceiling which is more than a meter higher
> - some heat reservoir!
 
  Sounds like -that- could be a problem.
  Again, a good window fan might help get that
  hot air out.
 
 
> Of course, i got no exhaust hood at the moment
 
> That was somewhere in my projects (i can do some
> transformations) but no money is coming from the
> landlord and i must choose amongst few other
> priorities.
 
  I wouldn't pay for and install an exhaust hood
 in a rental place. Go for the window fan.
 
 
> Since air conditioners seem to have gone thru the
> same evolution as colour television sets and VCRs
> i guess it may be my solution next year.
 
  If you do get one, get one with manual
 controls. Less to go wrong, and cheaper.
 
  You have to buy them early in the season.
 They sell out quickly. Or the price shoots up as
 the temperature shoots up.
 
 I think they're worthwhile. Less expensive to run
 than you may think -- since you use it only a
 couple of hours a day, only a few weeks a year.
 And it lets you keep at whatever you're doing.
 Mine must be at least 15 years old and still going
 strong.
 
 PM> ...If you can't stand the heat, get out of the
 PM> kitchen.
 
  That was supposed to be humor. [g]
 
 
> I shure ate lots of sandwiches lately!...
 
 Same here.
 Everyone stops cooking during the heat wave.
 
 Ain't we lucky? We get arctic temperatures in
 winter, tropical temperatures in summer. 
 
 

--- Maximus/2 3.01