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Yep, it's hotter'n two rats getting it on in a wool sock. When I saw rain clouds moving in yesterday afternoon, I was so happy. Then it started raining, and the drops burst into flames before hitting the ground.
I had a near new 8K (might be a 10K, I forget just now) window unit suffer a control board failure, just out of year warranty. Flashing 88 and a beep and shut down after a power burp. We bought a new one, and replaced it. I have central, but it cost as much to service yearly as a new window unit so we just use a couple window units now. Then I looked on You-tube, found several that detail same AC board same issue ... and same way to clip the board free, leave 6 wires free, wrap 4 others together, just turn on-off using reset on cord. It just runs max, but it runs ... and it blows ever so cold. I'm gonna build a simple duct to direct hot air out back out through a window in the shop, put the AC on wheels, drip pan under it, it'll be about chair height. "Cold on the Go" . Beats pitching it. It's on a roller cart, it even blows cold sitting in the yard.
Or there is this ...
Proof the somebody has already done it. ... and it's even color matched. Not a true Dent, but it is the same rear glass, and I have an extra, unused, spare 4k generator (but itr eally only needs about 1.8k). I'd be a sensation pulling into a cruise in or Wright's Drive In with curb service to grab a couple hots all the way and some fresh cut fried onion rings on a 100 degree afternoon, I'll bet the car hop will even want in.
Maybe you laugh ... but I could whip up a table like holder to set in the bed, at the right level, then set the AC on it ... and then strap it all into position, start the generator, turn on AC, then just open the slider to get the cold air coming out, seal with a foam camper seal ... leave only the front of the AC open to cab air for it to recirculate it.
It was 93º in my well ventilated Florida shop yesterday as I cut 4" pipe with a bandsaw for several hours. The humidity here gets quite high so the heat index can easily rise to 104º. No A/C but I do have a 36" fan on wheels that I keep focused on myself. I keep lots of cool bottled water in an old fridge so that I can stay hydrated and sweat profusely. The fan helps evaporate that sweat and reduce body temps. A wet shop towel can enhance that effect.
Heat can kill directly (heat stroke) and maim indirectly via reducing the cautions one would normally take while doing potentially dangerous work. As George Washington said, "He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day." So when the going gets tough, I take a break.
So let's all resolve to be extra careful in this heat.
Because of the heat here in NC and needing to replace the compressor, evap coil and flush the system before recharge on my 81 F100
Yesterday I got out to my garage at 4am, by 3pm I had cool air blowing out the vents.
I also had the 36" fan blowing on me and a ice box full of water.
Today was cut the grass day and was out at 7am again before it go too hot.
Only did part of the yard and was back in by 10am
Most of the time I start just as the sun is going down and finish in the dark with the head lights on on the tractor.
Dave ----
Wake up at 04:00 do what you can do once it is bright enough to do what you have to do and plan on being done by 09:00. And then be back inside the a/c and FTE it with a fan and a cold bottle of water. Then go back out in it at 7 Pm and work until dark. Get the shop/drop lights out and keep working. Hydrate, cool, repeat.
I put up a new 12x20 carport frame (for the red truck) at 06:00, then the next day at 7PM we went out and put the sheet metal on top of it. I waited until the shade was on the area. And had a big ol shop moving the air around. Still HOT, but bearable.
I am going to let the SIN put a mini-split (a small a/c-heat wall mounted unit) in the shop. Electricity is cheaper than to use all/pure propane to heat in the winter too.
Thank the weather modifiers. Been doing it since the 60's. In the 70's you couldn't even get a tan, If you lived in a coastal town, you could set your watch to when the fog would clear. It's all about the $$$.
Don't know where in east Texas, but we lived in west Texas for my early years and east Texas always seemed so much harder to breath in ... so humid the air is. Going back home was better then. Not ciool, but better.
When I was 26 I worked on the top floor of a building, flat tarred roof, we started at 6:45 AM, it was 97 degrees. I was running a Blanchard grinder and had to wear a plastic apron. They provided us with a salt tablet dispenser next to water fountain. Girls in the cafeteria didn't like to take my money since my billfold was soaking wet with sweat. No ac just a few fans and big windows. https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.town...ize=1200%2C724 They have renovated 2 of the old buildings and razed the rest, I'm sure they now have AC.
Me using my new then snow blower the very first time to go to work my very last weekend before retiring. Police car is where it got stuck 1am the night before when I came home. Turned it around pointed ouit with chain and my '77.
Later same day ... only worked 46 hours that weekend. It were cold too.
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... and it's even color matched. Not a true Dent, but it is the same rear glass, and I have an extra, unused, spare 4k generator (but itr eally only needs about 1.8k). 
I'd be a sensation pulling into a cruise in or Wright's Drive In with curb service to grab a couple hots all the way and some fresh cut fried onion rings on a 100 degree afternoon, I'll bet the car hop will even want in.
