AC and stuff

[magid]

Long story short, last night I spent two hours finding out that the offered air conditioner doesn't fit in my window, which is too wide. This was frustrating, not only about the air conditioner, but also the time spent, since that would've been cooking time. Silver linings were that I had time to hang out with a friend, and it was nice and cool last night (if only the rest of the summer could be so lovely!). So now I get to decide whether I should try to fit getting an air conditioner into the limited time I have this afternoon or Sunday before Shavuot.

There's a new ad in the T tunnel outside Harvard, a black and white ad for some new kind of Hummer. I'd think they'd not hit their target audience with T commuters.

Best print ad slogan on the T: Pork Fried Clowns.

I was getting groceries when a recipe thought descended: turkey thighs roasted over onion, garlic, and figs. Not fresh figs, dried Calmyrna figs. Today, this isn't sounding quite as amazing, though perhaps with some red wine, pine nuts, rosemary and lavender, it would work. Any thoughts? Also, I just got rhubarb* at the farmers market (also arugula and tomatoes), and that might be interesting with the turkey, instead of the figs, I suppose. Opinions? Suggestions?

* The other rhubarb has now been cooked with strawberries and a bit of sugar, but no dumplings; I'm thinking of topping cheesecake with (some of) it.

Comments

[gingicat]

If the window is too large, you can get a piece of thin plywood or very-heavy-duty cardboard to cover the opening between the air conditioner and the side of the window.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion. The window is too large, and it's enough that I'd worry about the air conditioner falling out (I'm nervous enough about that as it is). I think I'll have to see what models are designed for wider windows.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I think the way you're supposed to keep the AC from falling out is by closing the window firmly on top of it. Seriously. (Or building a ledge outside the window for it to sit on.) Because the windows generally _are_ wider, but the little expandable panels that the ACs have are meant to be pulled out to fill in the gap.

Of course, if your window is not one where you slide half the window up and down to open and close it, none of the above may mean anything.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Yes, but putting the expandable panels ought to help some, too? Or am I completely off base?

(All of my windows are the slide half up and down kind, and all are old enough to be... individual. I'd love to have an AC that has a bit of added security in staying put.)

[ckd]

The expandable panels don't seem strong enough to contribute, and on the AC we're currently using, don't even reliably seal against the sides of the window.

If there are screw holes on them, you can screw them to the bottom of the window, which will add some security...but again, it's not the sides that are doing it.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I recently helped install an AC in a 2nd floor window, and the side panels did pull out and kinda fit into the window frames, which probably doesn't add substantially to the security of the whole thing, but can't hurt any. Then, the way the window fitted down on top of everything, it was behind a little raised piece of metal on top of the AC, so that, with the window securely down, the AC _can't_ fall outside . . . and then a short length of wood was jammed (gently) in between the top edge of the window, and the inside of the window frame, so that the window couldn't accidentally be pushed up.