Being from Georgia, I can’t imagine not having air conditioning. Then again, my grandmother’s house didn’t have it, and I spent half my childhood there. As an adult, though? Yeah, I’ll suffer through a few months of $200+ electric bills not wake up in a puddle of sweat every morning.
We have a whole house heat pump and a window a/c in the bedroom. Most days, I just open windows when I get up and both cool and ventilate the house. The heatwave last month was an exception; we actually used the A/C function during the day. One day Salem, OR was the hottest place in the USA! Broke the all-time record – 116F.
In climates where heat waves are rare, a heat pump which can deliver cool as well as warm air makes sense. Ours kept us cool during the recent heat dome in the northwest.
I was once working in an uncooled auto garage in Kuwait, it was about 125 F outside. My laptop just announced it was too hot and shut down. We both went into the office for a much needed cool down.
Go for a high efficiency heat pump; handles both heating and air conditioning more than adequately. My wife and I have had one in our home for over twenty years, and we love it.
stillfickled Premium Member over 3 years ago
Wow, this is actually funny! ( to me)
Ubintold over 3 years ago
Geez, sweaty hands.
gasouthpaw over 3 years ago
Being from Georgia, I can’t imagine not having air conditioning. Then again, my grandmother’s house didn’t have it, and I spent half my childhood there. As an adult, though? Yeah, I’ll suffer through a few months of $200+ electric bills not wake up in a puddle of sweat every morning.
david_42 over 3 years ago
We have a whole house heat pump and a window a/c in the bedroom. Most days, I just open windows when I get up and both cool and ventilate the house. The heatwave last month was an exception; we actually used the A/C function during the day. One day Salem, OR was the hottest place in the USA! Broke the all-time record – 116F.
Iseau over 3 years ago
Where or when is this? Alaska, or the 1950s ?
kunddog over 3 years ago
when I lived in portland and seattle about 75% of the homes had no ac, also no basements. A couple of weeks ago portland hit 116
jscarff57 Premium Member over 3 years ago
If you are just now looking for a/c units, you are probably too late…
wes tnt over 3 years ago
yes, let’s get more a/c, so the power plants will have to produce more power; and emissions….sorta defeats the purpose, counter-productive?
paul brians over 3 years ago
In climates where heat waves are rare, a heat pump which can deliver cool as well as warm air makes sense. Ours kept us cool during the recent heat dome in the northwest.
CitizenKing over 3 years ago
I was once working in an uncooled auto garage in Kuwait, it was about 125 F outside. My laptop just announced it was too hot and shut down. We both went into the office for a much needed cool down.
corpcasselbury over 3 years ago
Go for a high efficiency heat pump; handles both heating and air conditioning more than adequately. My wife and I have had one in our home for over twenty years, and we love it.
jbcuster over 3 years ago
Where do they live?
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago
Yes, heat pumps historically work better in temperate latitudes. But, the newer ones are much better now in the northern states.
Thinkingblade over 3 years ago
This would be why I have a separate keyboard – much easier to replace than the laptop if I short it out.
MCProfessor over 3 years ago
I quickly learned that the best time to do preventative maintenance on your AC is when it’s cold outside.