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The tips above only apply to homes north of the Mason-Dixon line. Down south (Tennessee, Mississipi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas...etc) its impossible to turn off the air at night when outside temps are mid 90s at midnight.
For us in the south: Keep dark curtains on all windows. Use CFL lighting in the daytime. Keep thermo at 78 during waking hours and utilize ALL ceiling fans and some box fans to circulate air. |
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| Posted by
Chris on May 28, 2009 2:48 PM |
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Keeping the A/C on 78 while out for the day, then coming home to try and cool it down further to be more comfortable seems decent; however, don't you think the air conditioner will have to work harder to get it cooled down more? Just a thought. We keep ours on 72 on hot, hot days. But, if I turned it up to 76 or 78, then came home, the A/C would work harder and longer to get this house cooler. Just wonderin'. |
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| Posted by
anonymous
on June 28, 2009 10:35 PM |
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We do just the opposite. We make our home colder at night in the summer and let it rise to 78 through the day. At night there is no sun and external heat load is lower so the A/C does less work.
We also run our attic fan for two hours after sunset.
A northerner
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| Posted by
anonymous
on July 04, 2009 12:16 AM |
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Solar attic fans also help save your energy dollar by using the sun's energy instead of your energy company's connection to the grid. When the solar attic fans cool down the attic, the heat transfer to the inside ceilings of the house is less, so your house heats up less quickly than it would without the solar attic fans in operation.
Turbine vents are also helpful in allowing attic heat to escape.
Any engineers out there??? My idea needing further development follows . . .
In the future, some engineer may run with my idea of harnessing the energy of the turbine fan to in turn, wind-up a dynamo electricity generator, and use it to charge a battery, and then in turn, run some of the lights in the house off-grid, further saving on the energy dollar. |
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| Posted by
Kathy, Clovis, California on August 03, 2009 2:17 PM |
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Which option is better, set the control on "Cool all the time or set it on "Auto"
Which one would save more money ?? |
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| Posted by
James on September 29, 2009 2:27 PM |
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