Heat wave. Do you have AC?

[vash]

Damn. It was 102 in my neighborhood yesterday.

Historically, my area homes don’t have AC. I’m part of that club. I’m considering getting that ductless system installed. Brutal.

I do have a white roof, so it could be worse.

Yesterday I went into a buddies swimming pool with my kayak. I practiced reentry and flipping it back over repeatedly. Fun, exhausting, and cool.

My wife came home and said, “we should have bought Plan-B, the house with the pool”

Yeah shoulda, coulda, woulda....

Do you need AC where you live? Anymore areas that don’t?(need AC)

[Crowbob]

Absolutley necessary 2 weeks per year. Desirable for about a month per year.

[Scott Douglas]

We've seen 116* in our back yard, just last year if I recall.

We (I insisted) put in A/C when we put in central heating a number of years ago. Wife didn't think it was necessary as we're only 7-10 miles from the beach. I said no way was I going to the trouble of having just heat put in.

She has used it a number of times this past week as the family room has a flat roof with no attic space above so it gets toastier than the rest of the house and that's where she hangs out with her sewing machines.
For the added comfort it provides us old folks it was well worth the money.

edit - right now, 9:04AM, our backyard thermometer reads 89* and 54% RH, so yeah, we'll be using the a/c later today.

[craigster59]

I have a newer HVAC system on steroids, cools the house down quick. We had 105 yesterday and the Lake Fire which makes the air quality so bad you can't go outside. AND they shut down the lake to use as an encampment for fire fighters and filling for water drops.

Not supposed to cool down until next Friday.

[Seahawk]

I have one of these, now over 20 years old that still works like a charm. It is my hurricane a/c.



I cover it with a plastic trash bag and seal the bottom. It stays at my barn shop. I get it out once a year for op checks.

It cools a large room after we lose power. I just need one room cool, with a TV and internet My Buddy.

[stevej37]

^^^ (Seahawk) I have an LG exactly like that one. I use it occasionally for the upstairs. The central air doesn't cool there good.
I sometimes move it to my garage when working on the hottest days of the summer.
It's not much fun carrying that thing from the upstairs to to the garage...it's heavy!

I wouldn't want to be without ac in the house...the humidity it takes out the air is worth the price.

[red-beard]

The A/C is rarely turned off. We need it in January some years!

January & February, the heat is on.

March through December A/C mode is on.

I recently switched my A/C units from dying/dead single stage 13 SEER (but probably far less!) to 17 SEER two-stage units. We've shaved about 60-70 kWh per day off our usage. Knocked about 4-5 more kWh per day by changing the pool cleaner.

But Vash, I also have a pool!

[Evans, Marv]

We're going through a hot period right now. I turned on the AC at 8:00 this morning, the first time I've done that. We slept on top of the bed with the windows open last night, & it was 78 degrees outside and inside when we woke up. It's supposed to be hot for the forseable future. I've not seen it this way in the past decade. Normally we turn on the AC late in the afternoon for an hour or so duriing hot spells. I suppose it's still not bad it only cycles on every 45 minutes or so.

[ted]

AC, whole house fan and pool, whatever it takes.
4 ton AC keeps the house 74 to 77 degrees.
I'd get a 5 ton system when its time to redo it.

[vash]

it so hot, me and my dog came to the office to do paperwork.

he just played hard and i'm tying to cool him down. plus i have some work to do. i have my office AC set to 68. i could cure prosciutto.

[look 171]

Only upstairs. Its on from mid April until mid to late October. In the early or later months, it goes on much less compared to yesterday and today. We have it set at 79 and its plenty.

Mini splits now makes a ceiling mount blower that fit between rafters. Much better looking then that wall mounted ugly thing. Sam Sung has a wall mount that looks like a picture frame. You can insert your photo falling off your kayak on there.

[GH85Carrera]

All the houses in my area have AC. Central system. We have just finished a week of insane humidity. Yesterday morning at dawn it was 81 degrees and the heat index was 89. It got worse when the sun came up. And so far this summer we have been several degrees below normal.

The humidity goes back to normal comfortably low numbers.

[look 171]

My downstairs is kept at a constant 75 degrees unless it winter, then heat is needed only in some evenings during the coldest months.

[stevej37]

I set mine at 75...any lower and it's too cool.

[DerkPerk]

This cobbler’s kids have shoes!!!

The weather this week in MN is phenomenal. Humidity dropped out after the storms yesterday. Lows in the upper 50’s. Man I love this time of year!


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[rfuerst911sc]

AC is a must here in Georgia as we have heat and humidity . This past December we replaced the system that was installed in 1996 with an 18 SEER dual fuel heat pump . We are saving on average $50.00 per month on our electric bill.

I also run a 24K mini split 24/7 in my man cave . No reason to sweat like a pig 🐷 or freeze your ass off when working in the garage . Worth every penny in my opinion .

[craigster59]

Here's a shot of "Chillzilla"......

[Rtrorkt]

2 AC units plus this, only going to be 112 today rather than the 116 of yesterday

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I have one of these, now over 20 years old that still works like a charm. It is my hurricane a/c.



I cover it with a plastic trash bag and seal the bottom. It stays at my barn shop. I get it out once a year for op checks.

It cools a large room after we lose power. I just need one room cool, with a TV and internet My Buddy.

The AC in our apt failed earlier this year as it was starting to get hot. The maintenance guys had it fixed it 3-4 hours, but in the interim, they "installed" (opened a window) something exactly like that. It had our place (~900sqft) cool in about 15-20 mins.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by red-beard

The A/C is rarely turned off. We need it in January some years!

January & February, the heat is on.

March through December A/C mode is on.

I recently switched my A/C units from dying/dead single stage 13 SEER (but probably far less!) to 17 SEER two-stage units. We've shaved about 60-70 kWh per day off our usage. Knocked about 4-5 more kWh per day by changing the pool cleaner.

Exactly, in Houston, you can require AC year round. We may have many days in the fall, winter and spring where we open up, but at night for sleeping, the AC is probably on (unless it's the rare times when we need the heat).

We could probably get buy with a dehumidifier and fan but our apt (and our old home that had been built in '67) didn't have one.