My air conditioner broke 3 years ago. This year we got a small window unit. It's not enough to cool the whole house. But it does provide the very important feature of dehumidifying the house. The temperature in the house and outside can both be in the high 90s. But it is so much less oppressive inside the house where the humidity has been stripped out.

[–] matthewmercury@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Get a good dehumidifier with a drain hose option so that you don’t have to keep emptying the tank. It will produce some heat, so placement is important, but it will pull moisture from the air more efficiently than the AC and that will improve the cooling.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

We have a pretty decent one located in Mt wife's room which is basically sealed off from the rest of the house. It runs into the shower. But despite its size it is inadequate for the whole house. I don't have the money to buy a dedicated one for the whole house.

But this little window AC is doing a really excellent job. Set it to 80 and it keeps going and drying the air.