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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #60 on: July 08, 2010, 02:01:07 am »
Yeah, I was talking about AC temp output.  We don't got this fancy coolin'.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #61 on: July 08, 2010, 02:54:55 am »
The whole point of an A/C is to get your house back down into the low 60s.

I can't sleep if we're in the seventies.

I was more or less designed to live in a cave.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #62 on: July 08, 2010, 03:37:07 am »
this makes me want to get a thermometer and figure out what temperature my room normally is.
at night I set the window unit to 65 or so. Not sure how cold the room actually gets.

I have a nasty habit where I want to sleep under a blanket in the summer. So maybe I should start setting it to a higher temperature to teach myself A LESSON.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #63 on: July 08, 2010, 03:41:40 am »
Yeah, but out of curiosity... what do you crazy kids pay for electricity per kWh?
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #64 on: July 08, 2010, 03:56:27 am »
the internet says 9.49 cents, but I am getting this from a random blog post that came up when I did a search for "AmerenUE how much per kwh."
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #65 on: July 08, 2010, 05:04:43 am »
A little over 7 cents a Kwh here.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #66 on: July 08, 2010, 02:00:04 pm »
15.84, WELCOME TO HIGH COST OF LIVING
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #67 on: July 08, 2010, 07:04:05 pm »
A-C pays a lot to run his A/C.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #68 on: July 09, 2010, 03:49:01 pm »
I keep mine at 78 (thermostat setting, digital) during the day and run a fan to circulate the air in the living room because our older home has a shortage of registers on the main floor.

When Pedro comes home, he usually complains and turns down the thermostat to 74. But it's programmable, and he rarely notices that it goes back up to 76 after dinner and 80 again overnight. The bedrooms are significantly cooler than the living room, so once we're in bed for the night the thermostat setting is basically irrelevant. I don't know what we pay per kwH, but our bill for an 1800 square foot house is usually in the $100 - $150 range, depending on the season (we have gas heat).

Wombles, I suggest turning the thermostat down to 76 and setting up an oscillating fan. The kiddie pool would work for a little while, but you'd have to keep refilling it with cold water (the sun heats up a couple of inches of water pretty quickly), and sunburn is a bitch.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #69 on: July 09, 2010, 04:18:56 pm »
I was going to put the pool in the shade. What is making me hesitate is that it will kill all the grass under it.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #70 on: July 09, 2010, 04:20:15 pm »
Beach umbrella.  Plus move it around every few days. 
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #71 on: July 09, 2010, 05:58:49 pm »
A beach umbrella is an intriguing idea. It would provide shade but I wouldn't have to worry that it was dying because it is 100 degrees and hasn't rained in weeks.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #72 on: July 09, 2010, 06:45:22 pm »
If you didn't possess an unreasonable fear of comfort, you could turn on the A/C and move on with your life as normal. The animals would probably appreciate this as well.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #73 on: July 09, 2010, 06:49:43 pm »
My life as normal involves going outdoors, though. The AC doesn't help with that.
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Re: Fuck summer
« Reply #74 on: July 09, 2010, 07:46:12 pm »
Quote from: wombat on July 09, 2010, 06:49:43 pm
My life as normal involves going outdoors, though. The AC doesn't help with that.

That's your first mistake.

I have spent years cultivating a life that requires very little sustained contact with nature, and I'm pretty pleased about that.
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