Anyone else living without AC in the heat?

[JetBlack]

Man, I don't have AC. And yesterday was a scorcher! High of 73.

 

[Beekissed]

 

[Rozzie]

x

 

[Royd]

I, intentionally, did so, last year, just to see what my electric bill would be. I did knock off about $30 per month....Now, I have a 12x65 mobile home, which I have rebuilt, completely, from the inside. Three walls are 2x6, one wall 2x4, ceiling, 2x8's. Every surface is insulated, including the floor.

The trick was to keep the air moving through the house, all day long, so that, in the evening, the inside temp was the same as the outside temp. During the evening, you sat directly in front of a fan. It worked.

I went on vacation, this year, early June, and left the windows open, with fan on, but when I returned, after 10 days, the place just smelled dank and damp, and the only way to dry it out, in this Florida humidity, was to turn on the AC.

Note that I have a window ac, built into the wall. I just leave it on, from daylight to dark, then, shut it off. Due to the place being so well insulated, it holds about 80, for the whole night.

I've also taken to flipping the breaker, on the water heater, during the day, to offset the use of the AC.

My electric bill, last month was $98. I can't complain.

 

[redhen]

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$98 bucks??!! You lucky dog! My average is $300-$400.... I dont know what i'm doing wrong...

 

[Godsgrl]

Our a/c went out while we were on vacation. Our pet sitter informed us the house heated up to 100 degrees. She got the unit fixed for us, and we'll continue to use it, thank you. I can't imagine not having a/c where we live. However, in WI, you can probably manage without. It was really pleasant up there, even when the natives were sweating and complaining. 90 degrees with 98% humidity is different than 90 degrees and no humidity.

 

[michickenwrangler]

We don't have AC. Normally our summers aren't very hot. Usually we get one to three weeks of hot weather (over 85 degrees) but it's usually short-lived and the nights are cool. THIS SUMMER ... too hot!

 

[geepy]

I live in florida, when I was growing up we did not have A/C. Now when I was growing up it was in the 70's. My daughter would just die if the A/c was not on. For what it is worth I can't really remember it being really all that bad. I think we are really spoiled these days.

 

[cheri222]

We have window ac's in the bedrooms only. Can run the whole house one but the boys leave the doors open and ac the world. Finally gave it up. Also when we ran the whole house, we spent a lot more time inside watching tv, didn't even want to go in the pool.

 

[woodmort]

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Yes.