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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: SW Cheese Country
Posts: 13,611
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Glen, virtualize!
Our A/C is one of our smallest expenses and is cheaper to run than the attic fan on low. I don't have A/C in the garage but the attached garage is pretty cool as it is partially underground. The detached garage has windows that open but no heat or A/C.
We have more efficient appliances finally as well, but we also have a full blown home theater PC connected to the TV in the family room but it throttles down to 15w at the processor when not in use so about 30w total when idle. My work laptop is on most of the time, my wife's laptop is on most of the time. My regular computer and the kids computers run a lot. The kids should shut theirs down but mine does some video processing overnight some nights when I remember to start the process.
Our biggest difference was replacing the fridge. The compressor on the old one never stopped running.
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The X15 was the only aircraft I flew where I was glad the engine quit. - Milt Thompson.
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