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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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[–] Bye@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pressure comes just once

unlike your mom. ha! gottem

[–] ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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...

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

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?

[–] Glowstick@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Get a kiddie pool, fill it, soak your feet in it

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] zephr_c@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago

Take a cold bath?

[–] ironsoap@lemmy.one 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As a kid I used tubes, a box fan, a cooler, and bucket with a siphon to cool me down.

You could easily set that up with just the water from a sink and some hardware store parts.

Search for 'diy fan cooling tub copper coils' as a start.

As an example: Homemade AC - The "Copper Coil" Air Cooler! - (Simple "Box Fan ...

Copper coils have the best thermal efficiency, but plastic tubing would also work.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Get an actual radiator instead of making coils and attach a box fan to it. It's something I was always going to do but never got around to.

Also give consideration to saving at least some of the water to use as "gray water". If you're not familiar with that, it means water you can use for many things but not for eating or drinking.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure this guy is an engeneer.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Get an actual radiator instead of making coils and attach a box fan to it.

Or, get an AC unit at that point.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bottle it, sell it for profit, use the profits to buy a better place to live?

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago
[–] penquin@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

Why not buy a portable AC?

[–] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Could you get a fountain?
Specially if it spreads the water like rain, it'll help cool the air around, you'd just have to change the water every so often.

If where you live is not very humid you could investigate into swamp coolers.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It baffles me that Walmart sells Arctic Breeze in Ohio.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

These are very expensive to run. They can add upwards of $200 to your electric bill.

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] ipha@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I've done this!

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

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Ice machine + fan

[–] Skezlarr@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

You could try and make a DIY swamp cooler? There's lots of instructions online for how to make them, and basically the only consumable is water. The only caveat is that they work by drawing hot air in from an open window to evaporate water, so it's not very effective in high humidity or low temperatures.