Air conditioner poll-- who's getting by without?
I've been close to installing my window units several times now, but then we cool off and things are reasonably bearable again with windows and a box fan. Looks like we're supposed to get back down into the 70s in a few days . . .
Who all's getting by without AC, and who plans to do so through the summer?
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Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on -
Need to run it most of the summer. My better half suffers from asthma and allergies. When the humidity gets up there, like today, she pretty much stays locked in the house. At least we changed out the 40 year old central a/c unit and furnace for a new one last year. Cut our usage cost almost in half.
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Permalink Reply by April 5.3 mi on -
We sealed off our air conditioner when we moved in and haven't looked back. Small steps to a better planet. Cold water, lots of ice and box fan or two work just fine.
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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on -
I dragged one window unit down from the attic last Saturday but didn't put it in.
Temp is 91 in here right now, and sitting down to evening coffee.
Starting to like the way it feels in a perverse way . . .
Am I nuts?
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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on -
Yes, you are most likely nuts. Enjoy your coffee, you loon! (just kidding)
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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on -
I turned off the fan in the window and shut it, lowering the insulating cellular blind and closing the inner plantation shutters. It's way hotter outside and too humid. It's nice and cool in here down in the basement. The cats have taken to laying on the ceramic tile floors.
Yesterday I painted a fork outside and the stupid paint dried before it hit the fork and powdered on the surface. Too hot & humid to paint with a rattle-can! If I had a real sprayer I'd just change the reducer to a slower-drying mix to account for the heat and humidity. Today, after baking it I had to wet-sand it down smooth with 1500-grit and soapy-water to prep for a better final coat. I'll try again when it cools down a little and isn't so humid -next month? August?
At least it is cool and comfy in the house. No spray-painting in there or the wife will NOT be happy.
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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on
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If you came from South Sudan this would seem a cool spring night.
h' said:I dragged one window unit down from the attic last Saturday but didn't put it in.
Temp is 91 in here right now, and sitting down to evening coffee.
Starting to like the way it feels in a perverse way . . .
Am I nuts?
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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on -
Bought a portable AC unit today online. It was a pleasant 88 degrees in my apartment last night even with all the windows open and fans going.
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Permalink Reply by S on -
Technically it's still spring in chicago for another 2 days or so
Gene Tenner said:If you came from South Sudan this would seem a cool spring night.
h' said:I dragged one window unit down from the attic last Saturday but didn't put it in.
Temp is 91 in here right now, and sitting down to evening coffee.
Starting to like the way it feels in a perverse way . . .
Am I nuts?
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Permalink Reply by Kelvin Mulcky on -
I bought a 8,000 BTU window unit on sunday. I kinda with would have gone with the 12,000....
First time for everything.
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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on
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Is it just for your bedroom, Kevin?
My wife and I use a 5200 BTU unit for our bedroom, which works sufficiently well. Our bedroom is also the commonly small types (14x9, maybe?)
We've got a brand new 12,000 BTU Frigidaire that we use for the back-room when guests come over. We tried it in the main living area which is one of those open living room/dining room floor plans, but the A/C unit was never able to cool it down sufficiently. It "says" that it'll cool 700 sq feet, but I think they stretch the truth.
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Permalink Reply by Duppie 13.5185km on -
To offset all the eco-friendly smugness in this thread, I just turned up the AC to 11...
Seriously though, I cherish a good nights sleep enough to pay the $50-70 every month it costs to run two ACs in our house
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