71 is a bit cool by my standards. We generally try for 74 or 75 in hot weather. Even my Alaskan Malamute seems OK with that.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 2:43 PM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I have two large central air conditioning units, one for the upper floor > and another for the main floor and lower level. They are both set to > maintain 71 degrees F, which they can do when outdoor temps hit 90 while > running only a couple of hours a day. The house is well insulated and > shaded by trees for much of the day. July saw at least ten days of 90 > degree weather. My electric bill was about $200. Our stove and ovens are > electric as well. My wife has severe allergies and is totally miserable in > summer without AC. Each unit is fitted with an electrostatic air cleaner > and accordion filter, so they reduce allergens significantly. > > Paul > > > On Aug 19, 2020, at 1:55 PM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 19/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> Maybe. It's only a week. > >> > >> There are all sorts of strategies for coping, many of which Ralf has > >> outlined, and most of the world copes without AC. We lived in hot and > >> humid countries for years without AC. If it's your normal climate you, > >> er, acclimatise... > >> > >> It's not our normal climate here and right-thinking people should be > >> horrified at the idea of using AC in this country. If that seems like > >> the solution then something is going very wrong indeed and rather than > >> adding to the problem we need to be looking at other ways to cope with > >> it until we have reversed the problem. That means adapting our homes and > >> the way we live by taking lessons from the people whose normal climate > >> this is and who have developed techniques over millennia for dealing > with it. > >> > >> But in the short term yes, maybe you just have to put up with it for a > week. > > > > Sorry but I don't understand that way of thinking. > > > > By those terms, in the middle of winter, I should only use the central > heating up to a certain point and just 'make do' while shivering in the > cold. > > > > I use a portable air conditioner, which uses a fan and a compressor > requiring electricity. We live in a modest 2.5 bedroom house built in the > 1980s which is fairly energy efficient. The upstairs gets very hot (even > with curtains closed and signs on the window saying 'fuck off hot weather') > and prevents proper sleeping patterns, leading to inability to cope. I put > it on up there for a couple of hours to cool the room down to match the > outside temps so we can at least sleep better. > > > > My father use to (and still does) say things like > > > >> It's not our normal climate here and right-thinking people should be > >> horrified at the idea of using AC in this country. > > > > I point out to him that both Adolf Hitler and Donald J Trump were > clearly right-thinking people. I'm obviously not. > > > > I will now quietly fuck back off to my decadent lifestyle. > > > > Good evening. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers > > Cotty > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
