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by: pickles Active Indicator LED Icon 3 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 3:40pm  
Thanks again to Sure air. Needed new compressor. Been summer of hell w all the things that have been breaking around here. I can do w out a lot but ac is one thing we can't. I give snaps to all the old timers & people who lived before me w no ac. Went 3 days w out air now 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 3:44pm  
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 4:38pm  
AMEN!!!Love my ac guy. Honestly how did those pioneer women make it?  They had to cook, they had to wash clothes, and help farm, while wearing so many clothes!  PSA to everyone, be sure to keep your air filters checked and clean!  Makes the a/c work less to keep the house cool.And if you keep your upstairs unit set a  little cooler than the downstairs unit, your house will stay cooler all around.
 
@Fallon:   Don't forget to gently wash/rinse the coils of the outside condensor as well every month or so during summer.  A little dust, dead grass, leaves, etc. can really decrease the efficiency of your unit(s).  After all, that is where the heat from your house (and from the compression and liquifying of the refrigerant) exchanges its heat to the ambient air.I've often wondered how people around the 1900s and before tolerated the heat.  I know part of it is getting acclimated to the heat, but it still had to be rough for women in those long heavy skirts and men wearing suits!Before I retired, I remember seeing a welder leaving work in his truck with his windows down and it was HOT!  The next day, I asked if his A/C wasn't working.  He said once he got used to the heat, it was better not to go in/out of A/C. Doing so just drained his energy.  He was either out in the refinery or in the shop that only had fans all day.  I've verified this when I'm doing something outside.  When I need a break,  I found it's best to sit outside in the shade, preferably with a fan blowing on you and some ice water.  If I go inside and cool off, I don't want to go back out.
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 4:53pm  
Keep in mind that, prior to A/C, especially back to the Western days, deodorant had not been invented yet!Must have been real sweet. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 5:24pm  
I had to thank the Baby Jesus for some stuff today too! Emoticon 4951
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Annie Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 5:35pm  
I am so pleased to have grown up with air conditioning! 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 10:37pm  
I had just talked about this with some friends a few weekends ago. I can stand the heat when I've been in It all day long. But once I set foot into air conditioning it's over lol! 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 9:11am  
You're contributing to isis when you run the a\c. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 9:14am  
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pickles Active Indicator LED Icon 3 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 9:19am  
You're contributing to isis when you run the ac.
 
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Well you called me a red neck before bc of my trashy yard when tree fell. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 9:36am  
@Fallon:   Don't forget to gently wash/rinse the coils of the outside condensor as well every month or so during summer.  A little dust, dead grass, leaves, etc. can really decrease the efficiency of your unit(s).  After all, that is where the heat from your house (and from the compression and liquifying of the refrigerant) exchanges its heat to the ambient air.I've often wondered how people around the 1900s and before tolerated the heat.  I know part of it is getting acclimated to the heat, but it still had to be rough for women in those long heavy skirts and men wearing suits!Before I retired, I remember seeing a welder leaving work in his truck with his windows down and it was HOT!  The next day, I asked if his A/C wasn't working.  He said once he got used to the heat, it was better not to go in/out of A/C. Doing so just drained his energy.  He was either out in the refinery or in the shop that only had fans all day.  I've verified this when I'm doing something outside.  When I need a break,  I found it's best to sit outside in the shade, preferably with a fan blowing on you and some ice water.  If I go inside and cool off, I don't want to go back out.
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@Retired_Engineer: In the 1950's, my grandfather worked in downtown Houston, in the Prudential building that had no AC at the time, wearing a suit and tie (ties are evil silk devices invented by Yankees, or redcoats).  The men all had sweat towels/hankies, and they could open the windows.  Which then let in mosquitoes!  Houston was pure hell, in the days before AC.  When I had my lawn mowing business, I adjusted to the heat.  In between lawn stops, I put the windows down instead of running the AC in the truck, as the AC made me lethargic.  I still sweated a lot and don't know how the guys do it in long sleeve shirts and pants today.  We were always in shorts and t-shirts. 
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 9:48am  
As a wise old Nun once told me:"Young man, horses sweat,  people perspire and ladies glow".Misuse of "sweat"  bugs me.  The other thing is when newscasters use "cement" to describe "concrete". 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 9:58am  
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 10:00am  
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 10:01am  
Back when my kids were young and we lived in the Houston Heights with only window units we had some friends who had an old Victorian right on Heights Blvd that had never had AC. The family seemed to cope, they didn't put those huge sash windows in those early homes for nothing and they were full open most of the summer months . They did have a whole house fan that they ran at night and at least drew in a breeze and blew the hot air up through the attic. And farther back when we moved from NY to Atlanta in 1967 my dad had AC added to the central furnace system and the folks selling us the home said we would probably never need it and it was  a waste of money. NOT! 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 26, '16 12:36pm  
In the house I grew up in, there was an attic fan that pulled air in from the outside and blew it into the attic.  I slept with my head at the foot of the bed because that's where the window/breeze was.  Eventually, my parents put in a window A/C unit in the kitchen but it didn't cool the whole house.  They put another window A/C unit in their room.  It never got cool in our bedroom, but the A/Cs at least reduced the humidity.My first dorm in college also had no A/C.During my career, there were several times the building A/C went out for a couple of days.  Unfortunately, they windows in the building had been painted and rusted so much they wouldn't open.Our house has two central units and we added a window A/C in our bedroom.  I SHALL NEVER BE WITHOUT A/C AGAIN! 4951
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