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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
^ I was anti-AC until kids. Opening the window at 7pm does dick all, and they don't recover as well from the ignorant motorcycles driving by as loudly as possible throughout the summer.
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I moved into a new place in February. No AC.
I thought opening windows to catch a draft would work fine. Nope.
Yesterday with all the windows open and a few fans going for most of the day, from 5PM to midnight, it was 28.5C per the thermostat upstairs. At midnight, it was at 28C. 1:30AM, 27.5C.
I piled the family into the family van at 8:30PM and went for a drive to enjoy AC in the van it was that choking hot and so my son could cool off and fall asleep.
I think it's too late to do AC this year, so I'm going to get a really powerful air mover and see if that works to drop the temps before bed by pushing the hot air out. I'm also thinking of doing a high efficiency furnace (1980s original) at the same time as AC to hopefully save a lot on labour.