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I am in the same room as the air conditioner, it's right behind me. It's blowing cold air. I'm on the second floor of an apartment building, the outside is brick and the roof is a fresh flat rubber roof. My apartment in particular sees 100% of the day's sunlight. It has been 90F and sunny for the last 2 days. The air conditioner kept it at 73F most of the day, but when the sun goes down it only gets hotter in here. You see, the bricks absorb the heat all day, then discharge it inward at night. It doesn't dissipate outward, only inward it seems. My outside walls are warm.

I'm sitting still, in basketball shorts and a tshirt with the sleeves cut off, and I am sweating.

We have a second portable air conditioner, but the compressor stopped running at the end of last summer. Now the fucker doesn't even power on. It's well out of warranty.

Fuck me, I'm getting desperate.
I am in the same room as the air conditioner, it's right behind me. It's blowing cold air. I'm on the second floor of an apartment building, the outside is brick and the roof is a fresh flat rubber roof. My apartment in particular sees 100% of the day's sunlight. It has been 90F and sunny for the last 2 days. The air conditioner kept it at 73F most of the day, but when the sun goes down it only gets hotter in here. You see, the bricks absorb the heat all day, then discharge it inward at night. It doesn't dissipate outward, only inward it seems. My outside walls are warm. I'm sitting still, in basketball shorts and a tshirt with the sleeves cut off, and I am sweating. We have a second portable air conditioner, but the compressor stopped running at the end of last summer. Now the fucker doesn't even power on. It's well out of warranty. Fuck me, I'm getting desperate.

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[–] unabashed_centrist 1 points (+1|-0) Edited

Wow...that's crazy. What's the square footage of the room you're in, and how many BTUs is that AC rated at? Those two things can make a world of difference, even if you're basically sitting in a brick oven.

If it's cooler outside than in, flip it to fan only and try to pull some of that cool air inside the room.
[–] E-werd [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

12,000 BTU, casement windows so it has to be special or portable.

This room is about a normal size for a living room, maybe 16 by 12 or so? The kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and hallway to another bedroom and laundry room all intersect at the far corner of the room. We can usually at least keep this room cool and the others tolerable, but when it gets like this outside... it just doesn't.

Outside still isn't cooler than inside--not by much, but still warmer and more humid outside.
[–] unabashed_centrist 1 points (+1|-0)

There is no reason for that...you should be making an igloo in there.

It sounds like you know your shit, so I hesitate to mention things like cleaning the filter or checking the coolant (depending on the unit you have, it might not even be an option). If it's blowing cool air at you, you might try hanging a blanket in the doorway at the far side of the room - it'll make a difference pretty quickly, but only in that room.

Other than that, I am not sure what to say. I'd trade with you right now - I just had to turn my space heater on. It's 58°F in here.

[–] E-werd [OP] 2 points (+2|-0) Edited

Yeah, filter is clean and there's no way to check the refrigerant (without special equipment that I don't have access to) as far as I can tell.

I'd trade with you right now - I just had to turn my space heater on. It's 58°F in here.

I'd take the deal in a heartbeat. You can always warm up with more clothing and blankets, but you can only take so much clothing off.
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