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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Discuss SkullSpace <[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 16:05 >> To: Discuss SkullSpace <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* Friday, May 30, 2014 9:38 AM >>>> *To:* Discuss, SkullSpace <[email protected]> >>>> *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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> > Sender: [email protected]: Fri, 30 May 2014 >>>>> 07:41:21 >>>>> > To: SkullSpace<[email protected]> >>>>> > Reply-To: [email protected] >>>>> > 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/ >
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