Ceiling fans run year around (blowing down when the boiler is in Summer mode and up with it in Winter mode).
When it is cool enough outside, box fans push air out the living room windows, pulling it in thru the bedroom windows. When it is too hot and humid in the Summer, air conditioners cool (and dry) the air, one each in living room and bedroom. The A/C’s are set for ~84°F when I’m out and ~76°F when I’m home.
The basement drops to about 67 in Winter and climbs to about 69 in Summer. Dehumidifier keeps it relatively dry. I sleep in the basement when it is really hot.
Oscillating (and fixed) stand fans move air around inside at times when appropriate for comfort.
Electricity in NY City costs 28-35 cents per kWh with the higher rates in the Summer, so I try to avoid spending more than necessary.
@baqui63@f00l We had a whole house attic fan on the attic landing. Unfortunately it did squat for my bedroom in the attic. So I’d sneak down to the second floor when everyone was asleep and shut the door to the attic so it would cool off the attic. My parents finally put a window air unit in their bedroom and the rest of us complained that wasn’t fair that only they had A/C. I actually have that big metal fan (which originally came from my grandmother’s attic) because all the rest of my siblings have central air.
@FightingMongoos Don’t you just need a wormhole? Probably takes less concentration than a temporal singularity. I’ve always found that to be true, at least.
All my life up until this point, I’ve used an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler) and ceiling fans plus the occasional box or oscillating fan as needed. This winter my antique in-floor heater irreparably cracked and I had to replace it with a modern central heating system. It just made sense to do a full HVAC change out, so this summer I’ll have refrigerated air for the first time ever. It’s going to be interesting to see how it impacts my bills. Water here is very expensive, so most people find that refrigerated air costs about the same each month as running a swamp cooler. I expect I may need to run a humidifier though, as I’m used to the moistened air from the swamp cooler. Humidity inside my house tends to be even lower than outside. As you can see, at a little past midnight it’s currently only 1% in here, as my thermometer says, too dry for comfort.
@lseeber I got it on Amazon for about $40 and have really enjoyed it. The remote is on my front porch, so I know what it’s like outside my house, which is different than at the airport where the official readings are taken. I’m at a higher altitude in a drier area. The clock is atomic, so I don’t have to reset it. I inherited a base with no remote and bought this one to have the remote and they both talk to it. So I have the second one in my split level basement. It’s always 5-10 degrees cooler and several humidity points higher down there. Probably ought to sleep there.
@moondrake It’s pretty neat. I’m still using the one they put in about 10 yrs ago… but planning on moving within the next yr so I’ll wait. I was used to keeping the humidity level at about 50 in our home. My husband had COPD and if it got too dry, he would get upper respiratory infection quickly.
@lseeber The indoor base unit plugs in. The remote unit has a couple of batteries. Haven’t had to change them in two years, but it’s a consideration when selecting where to mount it. They communicate I guess by radio, I’m not sure but it’s not wifi.
Oscillating fans, ceiling fans AND an AC unit. I’m a native Californio who would be okay with just a ceiling fan but I’m married to a Nordic goddess who demands year-round frost and icicles.
In South Florida, the ceiling fans run year round. The A/C does pretty much as well, but there may be a week or two where we use the reverse cycle. We call that week or two “winter”.
I wish I could put a ceiling fan in my office. But I make do with a low-speed desk fan to supplement the A/C (which is very weak at my end of the office).
Air conditioning, air conditioning, air conditioning. I’m in the sultry, humid, deep south. Even the mosquitoes carry little tiny units only setting them down momentarily to bite.
Apparently, we the people of Fargo, aren’t going to have to worry about such silliness as “keeping cool” this year, as we are experiencing a Never-Ending Winter!! The record low-maximum temperature for today going all the way back to 1893 is 23F degrees. Forecast high for today…17F!!
@tohar1 17 is not all that cold unless the previous day was like 68 or something. I worked one winter, outside, when it routinely got to 40 below and occasionally as low as 60 below. When I went home that christmas (to NE Ohio) it was 5 below and that seemed positively tropical. Of course when I worked outside one summer, hot enough in the deep south such that sweat would drip off my eyelashes, I’d routinely soak my head in water and get my outer shirt wet (it would dry in about 10-15 min unfortunately). That helped.
@Kidsandliz We’ve had an exceptionally cold Winter & now Spring. 17 is not “that” cold as far as cold goes, but when the average high for the day is 50, it is DAMN COLD!! We get plenty of -20 to -30 actual temps in January, but we are ready for Spring!!
@Kidsandliz Actually, that’s a misconception about Fargo. True: Winters can be brutal, but we actually experience all 4 seasons… Winter, Construction, Construction, and Winter.
Central air supplied by a geo-thermal heat pump. In the summer, I dump the house-heat into the ground and in the winter, I pull it back out into the house.
Central air conditioning.
@pooflady So an AC unit.
@MrMark @pooflady an AC unit and central air are very different animals
@naropa @pooflady Portable or window units vs central air are different animals, but both fall under the generic title of AC unit.
@MrMark @naropa I disagree. Given a choice, I think most people would choose central air.
@pooflady
I was just talking about the naming that “central air” = AC unit.
From Trane and Lennox Sites (two of the most popular brands):
@MrMark @naropa @pooflady Generic title would be “air conditioning”. “Central air” and “AC unit” would be listed under that title.
An appropriate level of indifference along with a pair of nice sunglasses.
@awk Hmm you didn’t buy any of the zillions and zillions of sunglasses meh has sold? If you got a fuko maybe meh can put a pair in for you.
A tub half full of ice water with a thick piece of foam resting on the ledge. Tubdesk.
I keep my cool thanks to my tiny black ice-shard of a heart and my steady patter of frosty witticisms.
/giphy fonzie
@shahnm Great gif, I did’t realize why Henry did that in Scream, makes sense now.
@shahnm I remember that episode from Arrested Development…
/image joe cool
/youtube ll cool j
Central air, ceiling fan, and a Bubba mug filled with water … just like now.
@JT954 Wouldn’t the Bubba mug be better filled with some slushy, alcoholic beverage.
Cities in the Southwest could not survive without AC. Have you decided where you will move when the EMP bomb hits?
@hchavers I’d be more worried about water in the southwest.
Minisplit ACs
A breeze from the wings of tiny ice fairies.
@f00l Or high winds and a hail storm would work.
Ceiling fans run year around (blowing down when the boiler is in Summer mode and up with it in Winter mode).
When it is cool enough outside, box fans push air out the living room windows, pulling it in thru the bedroom windows. When it is too hot and humid in the Summer, air conditioners cool (and dry) the air, one each in living room and bedroom. The A/C’s are set for ~84°F when I’m out and ~76°F when I’m home.
The basement drops to about 67 in Winter and climbs to about 69 in Summer. Dehumidifier keeps it relatively dry. I sleep in the basement when it is really hot.
Oscillating (and fixed) stand fans move air around inside at times when appropriate for comfort.
Electricity in NY City costs 28-35 cents per kWh with the higher rates in the Summer, so I try to avoid spending more than necessary.
@baqui63
This describes how my parents’ families made houses bearable in summer during the 1920’s-1930’s.
Also window greenery was grown to bottom of window height and then sprayed with water, so that the fans world draw air across the damp shrubbery.
Sometimes people used large-hole net fabrics, soaked and rung out, and drew air across those using fans.
Also houses were sometimes built with whole-house fans in the attic and on each floor, to draw air thru the house. These fans were very powerful.
This did help. And people acclimated.
@baqui63 @f00l We had a whole house attic fan on the attic landing. Unfortunately it did squat for my bedroom in the attic. So I’d sneak down to the second floor when everyone was asleep and shut the door to the attic so it would cool off the attic. My parents finally put a window air unit in their bedroom and the rest of us complained that wasn’t fair that only they had A/C. I actually have that big metal fan (which originally came from my grandmother’s attic) because all the rest of my siblings have central air.
I open a temporal singularity and draw in winter air from my yard. Eco friendly!
@FightingMongoos Don’t you just need a wormhole? Probably takes less concentration than a temporal singularity. I’ve always found that to be true, at least.
Box fans and lemonade.
All of the above
Old fans. Speaking of which, I had a cat who loved to lick fans. It was pretty weird.
An open window. (San Francisco weather is the best.)
@Pamela I was going to say the same thing. Except I’m in the South Bay Area, so sometimes a window fan to pull out the standing hot air is useful.
All my life up until this point, I’ve used an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler) and ceiling fans plus the occasional box or oscillating fan as needed. This winter my antique in-floor heater irreparably cracked and I had to replace it with a modern central heating system. It just made sense to do a full HVAC change out, so this summer I’ll have refrigerated air for the first time ever. It’s going to be interesting to see how it impacts my bills. Water here is very expensive, so most people find that refrigerated air costs about the same each month as running a swamp cooler. I expect I may need to run a humidifier though, as I’m used to the moistened air from the swamp cooler. Humidity inside my house tends to be even lower than outside. As you can see, at a little past midnight it’s currently only 1% in here, as my thermometer says, too dry for comfort.
@moondrake I would say get thee a humidifier quickly. That dry air can make ya sick. That’s a busy thermostat! I like.
@lseeber I got it on Amazon for about $40 and have really enjoyed it. The remote is on my front porch, so I know what it’s like outside my house, which is different than at the airport where the official readings are taken. I’m at a higher altitude in a drier area. The clock is atomic, so I don’t have to reset it. I inherited a base with no remote and bought this one to have the remote and they both talk to it. So I have the second one in my split level basement. It’s always 5-10 degrees cooler and several humidity points higher down there. Probably ought to sleep there.
@moondrake
I love the entire idea of your house.
Including the scary basement door in the neighborhood.
@moondrake It’s pretty neat. I’m still using the one they put in about 10 yrs ago… but planning on moving within the next yr so I’ll wait. I was used to keeping the humidity level at about 50 in our home. My husband had COPD and if it got too dry, he would get upper respiratory infection quickly.
@f00l Thanks. It’s a pretty special little place. Bob used to love building and maintaining stuff here because it’s such an interesting place.
@moondrake So, I see it’s wireless… run off of wi-fi?
@lseeber The indoor base unit plugs in. The remote unit has a couple of batteries. Haven’t had to change them in two years, but it’s a consideration when selecting where to mount it. They communicate I guess by radio, I’m not sure but it’s not wifi.
This looks like a more recent model of my unit.
@moondrake Thanks!
I live in northern Minnesota. It’s always cool.
i freeze the cold packs given to me by my more decadent friends who subscribe to grocery delivery services.
Oscillating fans, ceiling fans AND an AC unit. I’m a native Californio who would be okay with just a ceiling fan but I’m married to a Nordic goddess who demands year-round frost and icicles.
I lay on a bed of frozen AA batteries.
In South Florida, the ceiling fans run year round. The A/C does pretty much as well, but there may be a week or two where we use the reverse cycle. We call that week or two “winter”.
@olperfesser Not too far off from same here in Bama.
Boat
I hit the pool as much as possible, then use the ceiling fans to both cool and dry. Unfortunately I still have to work, so there I use central air.
I wish I could put a ceiling fan in my office. But I make do with a low-speed desk fan to supplement the A/C (which is very weak at my end of the office).
Portable evaporative coolers for each room. Window fans that bring in the cool night air (I live in Colorado).
Air conditioning, air conditioning, air conditioning. I’m in the sultry, humid, deep south. Even the mosquitoes carry little tiny units only setting them down momentarily to bite.
Apparently, we the people of Fargo, aren’t going to have to worry about such silliness as “keeping cool” this year, as we are experiencing a Never-Ending Winter!! The record low-maximum temperature for today going all the way back to 1893 is 23F degrees. Forecast high for today…17F!!
@tohar1 17 is not all that cold unless the previous day was like 68 or something. I worked one winter, outside, when it routinely got to 40 below and occasionally as low as 60 below. When I went home that christmas (to NE Ohio) it was 5 below and that seemed positively tropical. Of course when I worked outside one summer, hot enough in the deep south such that sweat would drip off my eyelashes, I’d routinely soak my head in water and get my outer shirt wet (it would dry in about 10-15 min unfortunately). That helped.
@Kidsandliz We’ve had an exceptionally cold Winter & now Spring. 17 is not “that” cold as far as cold goes, but when the average high for the day is 50, it is DAMN COLD!! We get plenty of -20 to -30 actual temps in January, but we are ready for Spring!!
@tohar1 Well aren’t you up north enough that your seasons go like this: winter, winter, mud season, bug season, winter winter winter
@Kidsandliz Actually, that’s a misconception about Fargo. True: Winters can be brutal, but we actually experience all 4 seasons… Winter, Construction, Construction, and Winter.
Central air supplied by a geo-thermal heat pump. In the summer, I dump the house-heat into the ground and in the winter, I pull it back out into the house.
I live by the beach, so the few days it does get too hot I just hop on my bike and go to the beach.
Living in humid East Texas, year round my wife uses the AC, ceiling fan, and floor mounted oscillating fan…makes me go to the margaritas!
Central air conditioning with ceiling fans in nearly every room.
I also have a standing AC unit in the shed.
A lot of complaining.
Results have not been great.
@afullbeard Expulsion of hot air?