[11:58] <penguin42> the drop from 34c on Tue to 21 on Wed could be interesting
[13:01] <diddledani> penguin42: thunder storm weather, that sounds like
[13:13] <penguin42> nod that energy has to go somewhere
[13:13]  * penguin42 needs to improvise a hose extension for his new aircon unit
[13:14] <diddledani> you got aircon?! no fair!
[13:14] <diddledani> I've only got conair 😭
[13:15] <penguin42> bought a cheapo floor standing one from CPC a couple of days ago when I saw the forecast
[13:16] <penguin42> was about £300, which if that gets me to survive until Wednesday will be worth it
[13:26] <davef> penguin42: single or dual hose?
[13:28] <penguin42> davef: Single
[13:28] <diddledani> dual hose in the uk are difficult to find IME
[13:28] <penguin42> remind me what dual hose is?
[13:28] <diddledani> one intake and one outlet
[13:28] <davef> I had one of them, the only trouble which it is that it intakes air from the room, so warm air will be sucked in through any cracks you might have.
[13:29] <davef> It's one of them negative pressure kind of deals
[13:29] <davef> Dual hose intakes air from the outside, keeping pressure neutral. 
[13:30] <davef> Single hose is fine for a single room
[13:32] <davef> I keep telling my parents to get an A/C unit, but they don't listen and continue to complain about the heat.
[13:33] <davef> Meanwhile, I'm nice and cool over here in my central air conditioned apartment :D 
[13:34] <penguin42> davef: Yeh, stopping the cold air going straight back into the hot air intake is probably the issue; as long as it passes some part of my body on the way that's fine
[15:28] <penguin42> right, I have an extension that looks like something out of Apollo 13, but with more tape
[15:29] <zxmpi> what brand model if i may ask?
[15:34] <penguin42> zxmpi: It's a CPC Pro-elec PELL0060
[15:35] <penguin42> zxmpi: It's downside seems to be that it doesn't have a removable water tank, so you have to drain it from an inconvenient valve at the bottom to ...something,
[15:36] <penguin42> zxmpi: or there's a valve in the middle you can connect to a bucket, but they don't supply the tube
[16:10] <zxmpi> maybe a standard tubing you can get at same place you got aircon or another location?
[17:52] <penguin42> indeed I assume it is
[18:06] <davef> probably 1/4" ... pretty common in them portable units
[20:37] <penguin42> hmm it seems bigger, this is around 15-20mm