No sooner do I submit the last post than I notice how incredibly hot it has gotten yesterday afternoon. Long story short - Don't cut off your nose to spite your face!
There was no way our house was cooling down last night. We could have had a fan in every window, so we broke down and turned on the AC. What a great decision! When I woke up this morning, it was warmer outside than it was in our house. Ugh! Just imagine if I had slept through that mess! The morale of the story is that once the overnight low gets to be 68 or higher in the east, there is no amount of cooling you can do with open windows because the air is as thick as pea soup.
After a few tense moments where the temperature was out of control, the house began to cool down and we were good to go. We were still able to conserve though, because we were able to turn the AC off during the day, so there was a good 8-10 hours where the AC was not running - this while it was 101 degrees today! When it cools down a little bit we will be able to run it a little less, but as I said before, no need to be penny wise and dollar foolish.
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2 words: Programmable Thermostats!!!
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