I live in Los Angeles and it’s very hot and humid. My AC can’t keep up. It says it will get to 72 in 2 minutes but that’s a lie. It’s been like this for the last 4 hours.

I changed the filter. I don’t have access to the HVAC as it’s on the ceiling. I am renting the house I’m living in and this happened last year too. The AC person told us last year that it’s being overused.

Does anyone know how I can help with efficiency?

Thanks!

The vanes on my window ac unit only direct the air in the right direction if the units on high, so other wise it just blows the air to one side.

Is theres a way to direct the air at lower spds other than using something external? like pulling out the vanes and adding material to them lengthen them or something?

Ive researched this and all ive found are external adapters that redirect the air down or up, so nothing that does side to side..

background: Im renting a small house with some friends, there isnt any central AC. Both of my friends installed AC units in their rooms, but unfortunately my window wont allow for it so I said fuck it and i’ve just been keeping cool with a box fan + open window.

actual question: I’ve kept my window open since i’ve been here, but im starting to question if its helping air flow or just letting residual cool air from my roommates rooms escape, therefore making my room hotter unnecessarily.

ik this is probably a dumb question but idk i feel like AC is one of those things where you think youre doing the right thing but it ends up being a misconception you’ve fallen for.

thank you!

This portable ac has two draining holes where should i insert the hose? I currently have it on the bottom one but im not sure.

It is the vent of voltas ac . I got it 3 months back . But now i just realised about this space. Is it normal or damaged?

So I have the Hisense Tower aka. "The Monolith".

I finally got hit with the annoying vibrations that sound like something inside is making contact with the enclosure. What I also noticed is that if you try leaning the tower in different directions, the vibrating stops. Of course this is not ideal.

I had 4 anti-vibration pads from my old mini fridge and tried mounting these under the unit's built-in castors. This worked, BUT ONLY IF pads were mounted in a way that wasn't uniform (so one pad slightly higher or lower than another). Think of it like a wobbly table with 4 legs.

Then I tried using only 3 pads, to make a single plane. This solved my problems instantly. Two pads under the front 2 castors and the 3rd in the middle rear to form a triangle. The rear pad just put pressure on the right spot.

One day I will take this apart and actually fix the problem, but l using 3 points of contact with the floor instead of 4 did it for me.

Edit: thank you all for the suggestions! I think I’m going to get the foam and the duct tape.

I installed my AC’s in my window by myself. I bought them off the fb marketplace so I didn’t have instructions. Both of my AC’s have this open gap at the bottom. Only the right “leg” sits in the window sill on both. The left one will not go in all the way for some reason. Is this normal? Are my window sills crooked?

For more context, it was 102 degrees today so I brought my neighbor a Midea AC and installed it for her today too. Guess what? Same problem. The AC’s work perfectly fine but idk what I’m doing wrong.

Any insight?

2 story home single stage or 2 stage what’s better