Seriously, why would anyone turn their A/C off when they're going to bed? That's when I crank it up!
Oh my god, this. I sleep so much better when it's jacked up and I'm all snuggly under blankets.
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
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Steph L. - May 30, 2011 5:52:50 pm PDT #10409 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Beverly - May 30, 2011 5:52:52 pm PDT #10410 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
We've designed but have not yet made or installed a horizontal shade for the kitchen skylight. Having one up last summer made about a 10 degree difference. This year though I want one I can open when it's cooler. I miss the light, and the shade got put up with tension rods--not so much with the opening and closing.
I'd give a lot to replace our dome with a working skylight that opens to exhaust house heat outside. A central fan would make a huge difference as well.
As it is, we put fans in the windows on the east side of the house that face into the woods, to pull cool air in, and another fan in the western window to pull and exhaust the hotter house air outside. A couple of floor fans help push the cooler air into the hosue. It's uncomfortable about four to six days in July or August, but other than that we've not needed AC.
Kat - May 30, 2011 5:55:10 pm PDT #10411 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy, one dish! I adapted it from here with spinach instead of chard and a little of garlic with the spinach.
askye - May 30, 2011 5:56:24 pm PDT #10412 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I'm getting used to the no a/c thing. Although the situation is a bit different in Northern VT. Today it got up in the 80s and I had the windows open and the fan going, but then tonight it cooled off. I just closed all the windows.
I'll see how I do the rest of the summer with just this set up.
sarameg - May 30, 2011 5:56:33 pm PDT #10413 of 30001
I have a whole house fan that I think needs to be reconditioned/fixed. Wouldn't help for weather like this, but would work better than just a box fan in the window as I've been doing when it isn't roasty weather.
sarameg - May 30, 2011 5:59:12 pm PDT #10414 of 30001
askye- trick from a desert dweller: leave all the windows open and fans on while it is cool- basically until sunrise. Lowest temps are usually before dawn. THEN shut everything down at sunrise or so (desert it is around 9 or so when it starts heating up,) keep the air moving inside.
Steph L. - May 30, 2011 6:01:45 pm PDT #10415 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tim handles the heat and humidity just fine, and can go without a/c all summer, if not for the pets (because it's really not fair to let the house get insanely hot for the fur-covered critters). So his acquiescence to my a/c jones is a very nice things indeed.
Theodosia - May 30, 2011 6:03:07 pm PDT #10416 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Another thing that bugs: getting hotter when I lie down flat, when I was perfectly fine sitting up a half hour ago.
meara - May 30, 2011 6:05:00 pm PDT #10417 of 30001
askye- trick from a desert dweller: leave all the windows open and fans on while it is cool- basically until sunrise. Lowest temps are usually before dawn. THEN shut everything down at sunrise or so (desert it is around 9 or so when it starts heating up,) keep the air moving inside.
this is what I do all summer in Seattle, and there's usually only a couple of days when I need a/c. Love it. Favorite part of moving here. And the window fan I have is one I got remembering Smonster having one, with an intake and exhaust fan.
Ginger - May 30, 2011 6:08:42 pm PDT #10418 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If it's humid, turning off the A/C and pulling in humid air versus leaving the A/C on is kind of a wash in terms of electricity use.
We didn't have A/C in Chicago when I was a kid, and I remember lying on top of the covers in front of a fan and not being able to sleep. I also spent a summer in Nashville and a summer in Macon without it. The next time I spend a summer without A/C, I'll either be living in a very different climate or trying to survive the zombie apocalypse.