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Post by howard lee on May 13, 2024 6:00:58 GMT -5
Well, Friday the 13th is falling on a Monday. It's discombobulating.
Good morning. Planning for lots of guitar time today, and our superintendent is coming by to help me remove our 20-year-old living room air conditioner and install a new Midea that we purchased recently. Anyone familiar with the Midea? They are U-shaped, so the mechanicals are all outside the window, which you can close to about two inches above the bottom of the window frame, so the thing is whisper-quiet and you don't need to block off either side of the window to the height of the a/c. It's a brilliant design. We have had one in the bedroom for two years and it's a huge improvement over the old one.
Just in time—the days are starting to warm up, although the nights are pleasantly cool.
Enjoy your day, everyone.
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Post by paleo on May 13, 2024 6:16:25 GMT -5
68 degrees in Charlston this morning.
We will be visiting Fort Sumpter this afternoon for a private, in depth, tour.
But now, coffee.
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Post by Cornflake on May 13, 2024 7:12:08 GMT -5
Good morning. Howard, around here every home has central air conditioning. Window units are for milder climates. I remember visiting Nova Scotia for our 25th anniversary. Halifax was full of window units.
I have a committee meeting this afternoon. The last time this committee met, it traveled in circles for an hour and then adjourned. I'm hoping for a little more productivity this time. I'm not optimistic, though.
Have a good day, everyone.
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Post by theevan on May 13, 2024 7:35:45 GMT -5
Well, Friday the 13th is falling on a Monday. It's discombobulating. Good morning. Planning for lots of guitar time today, and our superintendent is coming by to help me remove our 20-year-old living room air conditioner and install a new Midea that we purchased recently. Anyone familiar with the Midea? They are U-shaped, so the mechanicals are all outside the window, which you can close to about two inches above the bottom of the window frame, so the thing is whisper-quiet and you don't need to block off either side of the window to the height of the a/c. It's a brilliant design. We have had one in the bedroom for two years and it's a huge improvement over the old one.
Just in time—the days are starting to warm up, although the nights are pleasantly cool. Enjoy your day, everyone.
Yes, we have one at our camp. Best thing ever. Quiet as a whisper, super-efficient. Can't recommend highly enough. |
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Post by howard lee on May 13, 2024 7:41:44 GMT -5
Good morning. Howard, around here every home has central air conditioning. Window units are for milder climates. I remember visiting Nova Scotia for our 25th anniversary. Halifax was full of window units. [...]
This building was constructed in 1939. Were there even window units in those days, or just window and ceiling fans? The idea of retrofitting central a/c in this apartment building is financially absurd for us. We have two original elevators that will need replacing in the next few years, at a cost of ~$350,00 each. And our boiler isn't getting any younger, now in its 85th year.
We have to use window units because we're not allowed to break the skin of the building for in-wall units, which I did have in my old apartment in Greenwich Village.
My fantasy is to get out of here someday and find a piece of property upstate and build a new, eco-friendly house. Too many factors in our lives here are conspiring against this happening now.
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Post by kenlarsson on May 13, 2024 7:55:32 GMT -5
Good morning. If there was no air conditioning a lot less people would be living in Florida. I slept in a bit this morning. A little R&R after yesterday's bike ride. On the way home from the ride I dropped the mountain bike off at the shop for some modifications I've been planning on, so I'll pick it up when they finish and call. I've got some shopping to do and I'll take a twilight bike ride this evening on the cross-training bike. Somewhere in there I'll also fit in some guitar and mando playing. Have a great day.
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Post by drlj on May 13, 2024 7:59:31 GMT -5
Up to 79 here today with rain. We have had a lot of rain.
We put central air in our house in Crete. It was built in 1929 and we had hot water heat. Luckily our attic was a walk-up with a floor so putting the blowers in was easier than it would have been balancing on rafters.
They had to run the vents and air returns through the closets and ceilings to get from the 2nd to the 1st floor. Big job. It was a long time ago so I don’t recall the cost. I boxed in a couple corner vent lines using a wood frame and drywall. Once painted, they looked like they had always been there. It took about 10 days to do during a killer heatwave. There were a couple delays due to heat and finding what looked like asbestos—it wasn’t. First time we turned it on was amazing to us since we had lived there for 4 years with no air.
I was so much younger then, I am older than that now!(apologies to BD)
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Post by billhammond on May 13, 2024 8:40:28 GMT -5
68 degrees in Charlston this morning. We will be visiting Fort Sumpter this afternoon for a private, in depth, tour. But now, coffee. On holiday with your lady friend? <Charleston> <Sumter> |
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Post by paleo on May 13, 2024 8:47:41 GMT -5
68 degrees in Charlston this morning. We will be visiting Fort Sumpter this afternoon for a private, in depth, tour. But now, coffee. On holiday with your lady friend? <Charleston> <Sumter> Bill, I'm with my daughter, SIL and grandkids. Kids are out of college for the summer, so we're taking a little cultural get away. |
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Post by epaul on May 13, 2024 8:48:21 GMT -5
Morning.
Sunny morning.
First little tomatoes in greenhouse.
Marble-sized.
Good.
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Post by Marty on May 13, 2024 9:08:14 GMT -5
Good morning.
51F-73F sunny.
Yesterday got quite warm, not complaining just saying. Today will be really nice and I have one outdoor project to do but will start the day in my shop.
We have two large stand alone AC units. Usually it's one upstairs and one downstairs but with no kids living up there now we only need the downstairs one. But, the office/bedroom gets little cool air back there so I plan on getting a small window unit soon but the Midea is a little more than I'd like to spend so I'll have to put up with a bit of noise.
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Post by Dub on May 13, 2024 9:26:41 GMT -5
Good morning. Howard, around here every home has central air conditioning. Window units are for milder climates. I remember visiting Nova Scotia for our 25th anniversary. Halifax was full of window units. I could be wrong but I seem to remember that in early 1961, when I spent a week and a half in Phoenix, people didn’t have air conditioners as much as they had homes and buildings with cold water pipes built into the walls. At least I was told that what they did. Does that sound right? |
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Post by Cornflake on May 13, 2024 9:51:44 GMT -5
Dub, my knowledge is all second-hand. I haven't heard of cold water pipes in the walls. I don't know how they would have cooled the water.
As I understand it, evaporative cooling was very common. Evaporative coolers can work very well and they were adequate through May and June, which is a very dry period. In early to mid-July, the monsoon would arrive, and evaporative coolers ceased to work very well because of the humidity. People still used them and they helped some.
In families that could afford it, it was common to park the wife and kids somewhere cooler for the summer. Prescott was a common choice because it was fairly close. Dad would stay in town and work, joining the family on weekends.
The population surge didn't begin until air conditioners became common. In 1950, the metro area had about 200,000 people. Now it has about 4.7 million.
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Post by PaulKay on May 13, 2024 9:54:50 GMT -5
Good morning. Howard, around here every home has central air conditioning. Window units are for milder climates. I remember visiting Nova Scotia for our 25th anniversary. Halifax was full of window units. I could be wrong but I seem to remember that in early 1961, when I spent a week and a half in Phoenix, people didn’t have air conditioners as much as they had homes and buildings with cold water pipes built into the walls. At least I was told that what they did. Does that sound right? I think they used what are called "swamp coolers". Evaporative cooling from water. Also makes a good humidifier. There are still some homes in Phoenix that have them. |
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Post by Shannon on May 13, 2024 10:24:55 GMT -5
Good morning, all. Gray and rainy here, but we can use the rain.
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Post by billhammond on May 13, 2024 10:47:00 GMT -5
Good morning. 51F-73F sunny. Yesterday got quite warm, not complaining just saying. Today will be really nice and I have one outdoor project to do but will start the day in my shop. Be careful outdoors, as we have a Red Alert for air quality thanks to Canadian wildfires. |
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Post by concertinagirl on May 13, 2024 11:03:32 GMT -5
Mother's Day was wonderful. Received roses from my son. The kind I can plant and have forever. I loved that.
Packing today for a long weekend in downtown Milwaukee. Willie Nelson concert is on Saturday and we thought we would head out a few days ahead and take a boat ride, go to the art museum and/or just walk near the lake. We'll find something to do.
Have a great day everyone.
Jan
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Post by billhammond on May 13, 2024 11:13:03 GMT -5
Packing today for a long weekend in downtown Milwaukee. Willie Nelson concert is on Saturday and we thought we would head out a few days ahead and take a boat ride, go to the art museum and/or just walk near the lake. The Milwaukee Art Museum is one of the most amazing places to experience. |
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Post by howard lee on May 13, 2024 14:58:32 GMT -5
New A/C installation in living room is now finished. It's great—so much smaller than the old one and only 3K BTUs smaller, which is fine because the old one had the space absolutely frigid, and this one is much more efficient. It also lets in more light because of the way it sits in the window frame, with the sash almost all the way down. I'm pleased. My wife will be pleased, too, when she gets home from her job as a lifestyle concierge.
Now on to some guitar time.
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Post by Marshall on May 13, 2024 15:41:23 GMT -5
Packing today for a long weekend in downtown Milwaukee. Willie Nelson concert is on Saturday and we thought we would head out a few days ahead and take a boat ride, go to the art museum and/or just walk near the lake. The Milwaukee Art Museum is one of the most amazing places to experience. It's a work of art itself. Quite lovely. But the vast majority of the museum's collection is held and displayed in the mundane box next door. There's little room for "art" in the Calatrava. |
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