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Skriven 2013-05-22 20:22:17 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.71)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Whole Wheat
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On Tue, 21 May 2013, Ruth Haffly wrote to mark lewis:

 RH> We keep ours in the upper 70s in the summer, lower 70s during the 
 RH> winter. In the summer we want the AC to run enough to keep the 
 RH> humidity down.

 ml> pretty much the same here (74F in the summer and 78F in the 
 ml> winter)...
 
 RH> Don't want to heat up the kitchen too much in the summer but it 
 RH> happens without trying. I'll try to come up with as many meals as 
 RH> I can that don't take much stove top cooking--using either the 
 RH> microwave or the gas grill so as not to heat up the kitchen.

i know how that goes... we use our stove top but mainly the countertop
convection oven and possibly the 18quart countertop oven... or the grill on the
deck and maybe the smoker every once in a while...

 ml> one huge factor we've noticed is that it takes forever to get 
 ml> things cooled off if the house and furniture have been allowed to 
 ml> sit in the heat for some time... the furniture is like a heat 
 ml> sponge and even an hour after firing up the AC the furniture is 
 ml> still warm to the

 RH> Keep blinds & shades closed so the sun doesn't beat on the
 RH> furniture, heating it up. 

all of our windows are pretty much blacked out eacept for two on the south side
in the kitchen which don't have any curtains on them at all... there was too
much glare on the TVs and computer monitors so all the windows have heavy
curtains on them that are rarely opened... we've had to replace a few that fell
apart one time after hanging for 30 years without being touched :lol:

 RH> Also, keep the AC at a reasonable setting so you're not trying to 
 RH> cool down the whole house at once.

no zones in this double-wide... my computer room has its own window AC unit and
there are fans in strategic places throughout the location...

 RH> If it's kept reasnably cool, then it doesn't take much to cool it 
 RH> a bit more but if you keep the temperature set too high, the AC 
 RH> has to work harder to cool off the house when you want the house 
 RH> cool.

yup! i've fussed at dad a few times for switching from AUTO on the central air
unit to heat and forgetting to switch it back in the mornings... he closes his
door to his room and it gets colder or hotter for no circulation... when my AC
in the computer room isn't switching off and it is like a sauna in the living
room when i come out, i know exactly what has happened and i go switch to AUTO
and drop back to 74 or 75 where we normally keep it set...

 ml> touch... once everything gets cooled off, though, then one needs to
 ml> keep it pretty close or you have to fight that heat sponge battle
 ml> again... doing that looses you whatever monetary savings benefits
 ml> there may have been...

 RH> Think cool thoughts, eat cold foods, etc. (G)

there's plenty of that going on ;) O:)

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