Usenet Newsgroups Re: Peppers and peaches From: gmshirley@suddenlink.net (George Shirley) On 9/9/2010 4:32 PM, gloria.p wrote: ST wrote: It's to complexicated a subject for me to try to tackle, but only running the AC some of the time and relying on cool nights to cool the house can actually run up your cooling costs. All I'm willing to try to remember on that subject is when air cools it still has the same amount of water in it, so if you let in a bunch of really wet air during the night to cool the house _maybe_ you shouldn'ta 'cause the AC can't actually start lowering the air temp until it's got the air dry enough. Shawn: Humidity isn't really a problem in Colorado. Last week we had a couple of days when the humidity was 6 to 7%. My husband closely watches the delta between indoor and outdoor temperatures and when it's more than a couple of degrees cooler outside, the windows and doors get opened and the central a/c turned off. Much of the time it works well. My complaint was that it was hot enough this summer that, after we finished painting the house, I had no desire to go outdoors the rest of the summer. The gardens is evidence, a mass of weeds. gloria p Our house hasn't been painted since 1997 and still looks pretty good. If we do indeed decide to sell next year I will have it painted. Are you looking for a job that would include room and board? <G> A couple of weeks ago we got several days where the night and early morning temps were in the low seventies. Since our thermostat is set at 80F during the summer we just opened the windows and patio doors and let the coolth creep in. Left them open until the AC cranked up because the temp had risen. Saved a bunch of money on the electric bill. Our winter temp is set at 68F. My attitude is you can take clothes off in the summer and put them on in the winter if it saves a buck or two. I've been in houses in the winter that were so hot and stuffy I couldn't stay long. Don't understand that. Also don't understand fire places, you get a net loss of heat from the house if the fireplace is working. Friends have a modern wood stove that heats their whole house, about 1200 square feet. Put a couple of logs in before bedtime and they last until reveille the next morning. If I was starting over again I would have one. Subject  Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches  Re: Peppers and peaches