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Post by Lady Margaret on Sept 27, 2017 9:09:05 GMT -5
so, yesterday morning I head out to the smoking lounge and spend the day there. I collect hubby and come home. Had to be in the upper 90s. Stepped into the house and didn't think anything was amiss because it was cooler than outside. Ate and helped hubby work up a paper. Hubby was comfortable but I was warm and not comfortable. I began to suspect the air conditioner wasn't working properly. I went over and put my foot on the vent and it wasn't cold, barely even cool. Only the fan was running. By this time it's dark and cooling down outside so we open windows and turn on fans. Texted our repairman but the earliest he could be here is this evening. I have a sinking suspicion that the compressor has died. That's about the only thing left to go wrong.
So, when it starts warming up I'll close up the house and go to the tv room and turn on the portable and hide out until time to collect hubby. Obviously we'll be eating out this evening. Fortunately it is supposed to be cooler tomorrow and for the next week. I hope this time the autumn temps stay.
So, I need some cheering up. Go over to the limerick contest thread and make me laugh! |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 27, 2017 10:31:55 GMT -5
Losing a compressor is certainly cause for being bummed. Here in the southwest, the A/C units really get a workout, and when one goes down in the summertime it is time to get a hotel room if it cannot be fixed quickly.
You are fortunate to have a room with a window unit... in a lot of climates it seems like having a few split systems would make sense.. if I was to move up in elevation from where I live and having a house built, I would look into it.
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Post by simnettpratt on Sept 27, 2017 10:38:06 GMT -5
When we first came to the states in 75, we lived on the west end of Galveston Island. Father's nursing degree wasn't good over here (Nurse recruiter plain lied), so he was back in nursing school and I supported the family mowing lawns. I'd come from a country where 70° was considered hot, so mowing lawns in 100+ temps was awful. We didn't have any air conditioning at all, so there was no respite when you got home. You couldn't sleep, it was too hot. I thought I'd moved to hell itself. I'm sorry for your A/C, Margaret  |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 27, 2017 11:09:27 GMT -5
I hear you David, I mowed lawns in the summers in Texas and Kansas also... no A/C either.
My mom said it well one day:
"People talk about "the good old days", they can have them, I like the modern conveniences".
And that was a time with far fewer conveniences.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Sept 27, 2017 11:22:26 GMT -5
i guess it's my scottish genetics, once it gets warmer than 72 degrees I need my A/C. I do not handle heat well at all, which is why I prefer winter, lol. I had bought the portable several years ago to put in the attic, I had made a little sitting room up there so I could read and burn my incense and not bug hubby. so when our main unit was vandalized a couple years ago and we didn't have the money to fix it we brought the portable down from the attic and put it in the tv room. The dog stays in there and he doesn't do well in heat either. Got the house closed up and so far the bedroom is still comfortable. i figure by 3pm, though, i may have to move. by then it's almost time to collect hubby. he told me to come out and sit in his office if it got too bad.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 11:23:34 GMT -5
Losing a compressor is certainly cause for being bummed. Here in the southwest, the A/C units really get a workout, and when one goes down in the summertime it is time to get a hotel room if it cannot be fixed quickly. You are fortunate to have a room with a window unit... in a lot of climates it seems like having a few split systems would make sense.. if I was to move up in elevation from where I live and having a house built, I would look into it. Charlie, I never knew what a swamp cooler was until I went out West. Many people seem to get by with them out there? My Rheem split system is 23 years old per the manufacturers' tag. Their water heaters don't impress me but this unit has been a real stayer. I don't plan to be in my current residence by this time next year. Next place I purchase will have state-of-the-art stuff and likely be my last. |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 27, 2017 11:34:07 GMT -5
Swamp coolers work wonderfully in an arid climate and here in the southwest can save quite a bit on electricity for a good portion of the year. Many of the older homes have both A/C and swamp coolers, but swamp coolers are non-existent on homes over 20/ 30 years old.
But.... when we get the 2.5 months of monsoon season where the humidity from Mexico comes up, a swamp cooler would turn your home into a swamp sweat box.
My brother in law had a whole house fan in Virginia.... we were there in the summer, so he didn't use it with the A/C on, but it looked like a great idea on a home with hot days and cool nights.
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