If you have a ceiling exhaust fan and about 3/4 inch gap at the bottom of the bathroom, shut the door and turn on the exhaust fan. It will draw the hot out and draw the cool air through the house. Not as good as a attic fan but does work. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trouble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:12 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] window air conditioners
> With a Central air unit. You cool all airiers not just one. I got a > apartment with a window/wall mount in the wall. It cools only half > the apartment. My back bedroom stays warm no matter what I do. Even > using a second fan to push the cool air down the hall doesn't do a > thing. Glad all rooms here have ceiling fans in them. Wish it had Central air. > > At 08:37 PM 8/1/2006, you wrote: > >Lee, > >I am not really sure that Central Air is best. > >I think it might depend on how many folks live in your house. > >It seems to me that if there are just a couple then it would be more > >efficient to only heat or cool the area you are using. > > From all I have read the per BTU cost of a window unit is just about the > >same as the central units. This being the case, since the window units are > >as efficient then you really gain nothing by using the central unit except > >the convenience of not having to bother with the units in each area. > >As high as energy is getting it might save quite a bit of money not to cool > >those areas of your house you are not currently using. AT night just cool > >your bedroom and during the day you need not cool the bedroom cause you > >ain't supposed to be in bed, you are supposed to be out doing something > >meaningful. (LOL) > > > >Cy, the Ancient Okie... you > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Behalf Of stonedge > >Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:31 AM > >To: Blind Handyman > >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] window air conditioners > > > > > > out of 4 window air conditioners, I have two which I can operate. I do this > >by just unplugging the machine to clean the filters . However two newer ones > >I can still clean the pop out filter but the newer ones are programable so > >I do not make any adjustments, especially with the hot weather which has > >found its way to the Northeast. I might also say, If I had the money and a > >better brain at the time I would have opted for central air which my furnace > >is set up for. Now that I said all of that, how many of you are operating > >air conditioners which are more than 10 > >years old. .I'dfinish by asking sighted folks in my house to not to > >touch any settings on these older machines as I always know what is set to > >what I want. thanks.Lee > > > > > > > >-- > >Nondeterminism means never having to say you are wrong. > > > > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > >or > >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > > >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > >Various List Members At The Following Address: > >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > >Visit the new archives page at the following address > >http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > >just send a blank message to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Yahoo! 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