would some tint or shades on the windows also help this cause?
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Stefan H.A <stefan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tl;dr air conditioning needs to be left on to work. > > Didn't we do this discussion to death last summer. We are either going to > try to air condition the space (which I fully support) or we're not. If we > are going to use the air conditioner then it should be set to a reasonable > temp (say 25) and alowed to cycle on and off as required. Walking into a > 35+ deg space and running the a/c for 2 hours is a waste because it will > have almost no effect on the temperature, for this reason I think a timer > is the wrong solution. If we are going to try to open windows at night and > close them again first thing in the morning (that second part is > imperative) then we want to turn off the a/c at night and back on in the > morning. For this I think a set back thermostat would work best. > > Isn't the problem we had that someone set the thermostat too low and left > it that way, so it got way too cold in the space. If the space was already > a comfortable temp when people walked in they wouldn't mess with thermostat. > /rant > > As far as cost, I'm willing to donate towords the power bill in order to > have a comfortable and usable space. Anyone else? > On May 31, 2014 5:16 PM, "Adrian Stoness" <tdk.kni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> it was set to 25c and turned off 2 minuts after i sent that email just >> came back on 10 mins ago shut it off when i leave >> >> >> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Ian Trump <itr...@octopitech.com> wrote: >> >>> I like my Hackerspace ice cold, with twist of lime. Similar to shaken >>> not stirred. >>> >>> However, if the inside temperature of the space climbed to 35+ >>> degrees; than the A/C may have come on “all by itself”. >>> >>> Ian Trump >>> >>> From: Adrian Stoness <tdk.kni...@gmail.com> >>> Reply-To: Discuss SkullSpace <discuss@lists.skullspace.ca> >>> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 16:05 >>> To: Discuss SkullSpace <discuss@lists.skullspace.ca> >>> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] What jack ass >>> >>> just showed up at the space ac was left runing again its helped but >>> if were guna do this we should maybe put in a sware jar >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Ian Trump <itr...@octopitech.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Three things: >>>> >>>> 1) Awesome >>>> 2) EMP resistance is a bonus >>>> 3) i have a metal duplex box you can have to mount the timer on. >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 2014-05-31, at 13:18, "Jay Smith" <jayvsm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I took a quick look at it yesterday. What we have right now is a >>>> pretty old-school mercury thermostat. It's dead simple to change the wires >>>> around (screws not solder). >>>> >>>> This week I'll pick up one of these: >>>> >>>> http://www.intermatic.com/Products/Timers/InWallTimers/Springwound_Auto-Off_Timers/FFCommercialSeries/FF6H.aspx >>>> and wire it up in series with the thermostat. It looks like I should be >>>> able to do it without so much as cutting or soldering existing wires. It >>>> won't cost more that $25 and will keep us from running the AC longer then >>>> we mean to. >>>> On May 30, 2014 12:46 PM, "Michael K" < >>>> mkozakew...@icosidodecahedron.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> NO JUSTIN, that’s not what hacker excellence is about! >>>>> >>>>> Although I do have one I’m not using. I prefer my analogue mercury >>>>> switch. >>>>> >>>>> *From:* Justin Lacko <jus...@takaji.ca> >>>>> *Sent:* Friday, May 30, 2014 9:38 AM >>>>> *To:* Discuss, SkullSpace <discuss@lists.skullspace.ca> >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] What jack ass >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have a spare electronic thermostat kicking around? It >>>>> shouldn't be too much work to switch out the old analogue one with a >>>>> digital one with timer function. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 30 May 2014 15:49, Benjamin Bergman <b...@benbergman.ca> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> As for automating turning it off, I assume that the temperature is set >>>>>> with a little lever. If so, we could mount a servo under it that >>>>>> knocks it to a higher temp setting at around 9:30 or so, then get sout >>>>>> of the way again. If the a/c is already off, nothing happens. No need >>>>>> to automatically turn it on as the servo would be out of the way in >>>>>> the morning for the next person to use the thermostat. >>>>>> >>>>>> This would be a fun little into to electronics project someone could >>>>>> tackle at the next circuit night. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Theo Baschak <theod...@ciscodude.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > I was gonna ask if we could use our combined nerd powers for good >>>>>> (or awesome) and determine the draw/cost per hour of running the AC? >>>>>> Throw >>>>>> up a sign like "an evening of AC costs x"? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Theo, BOFH >>>>>> > BOFH excuse ## >>>>>> > No funny random autoquotes on blackberry >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -----Original Message----- >>>>>> > From: Nathan Wild <nathan.w...@gmail.com> >>>>>> > Sender: discuss-bounces@lists.skullspace.caDate: Fri, 30 May 2014 >>>>>> 07:41:21 >>>>>> > To: SkullSpace<discuss@lists.skullspace.ca> >>>>>> > Reply-To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca >>>>>> > Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] What jack ass >>>>>> > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>>> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>>> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>>> > Archive: >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>>> > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>>> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>>> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>>> > Archive: >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > -- Rylaan
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