So how hot is it at your place?

[Moab]

I only keep the AC under 78 on weekends and at night. I've put the mylar bubble wrap type insulation panels up in my bedroom windows with blackout curtains on top of them and my room is still almost 80. The exterior facing walls of my walk in closet are 84F while the attic hatch in the bedroom is reading at 96F during the day. I'm wondering if I should get a one room AC unit and stop using the central unit during the week to cut back on power. I'm in the West Valley in AZ.

Dude. This so reminds me of living in hot as desert eastern Washington state! The biggest business in town was the Alcoa aluminum factory. My Dad worked there. And employees got to buy industrial use huge rolls of aluminum foil. That I swear was like 2 mil! Or whatever a thick mil is. I forget. And everyone covered their windows with it in summer time. It was the best sun block. We of course had to run ac constantly. But that solid aluminum foil held out so much heat!

I brought this up to my then socal raised upper crust wife. And she was appalled at the idea of covering our bedroom windows with foil! Lmao!

But that foil insulation must work well. Cause even plain old aluminum foil does a great job at blocking heat and sunlight!

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Lovely.
Svalbard sounds nice and is Visa free

[NT2C]

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Lovely.
Svalbard sounds nice and is Visa free

Welcome to Texas!  Bit of a cold spell right now but, stick around, those numbers are rookie numbers!

[Raptor]

We have some cloud cover so @ 5:24pm CDT ambient temperature is 85F with 80% humidity. Typically it would be 88F to 92F.

I have noticed that lately I presume due to age I cannot function (manual chores) very well outside between 11AM & 7PM.   

[Raptor]

I only keep the AC under 78 on weekends and at night. I've put the mylar bubble wrap type insulation panels up in my bedroom windows with blackout curtains on top of them and my room is still almost 80. The exterior facing walls of my walk in closet are 84F while the attic hatch in the bedroom is reading at 96F during the day. I'm wondering if I should get a one room AC unit and stop using the central unit during the week to cut back on power. I'm in the West Valley in AZ.

 

A window 6,000 BTU unit typically will use 300 to 500 watts where as running a central unit will use easily 4,800 watts so you should in theory save power if you turned the HVAC up to keep the other rooms @ ~ 82F. But remember that the central AC will also have to run longer to bring the rest of the house back down to 78F when you turn it on. This will reduce the power you save.

One thing to check is the air flow, check and replace the air filter regularly. Do not use a high MERV 1" filter unless you replace it very often. The restricted airflow will reduce efficiency a lot. Also have the units inside and out cleaned at least once a year.  The crud on the heat exchangers can also use a lot of power.

[EBuff75]

It was 96F here today, but i stayed inside where there was a/c!

[Zed hunter]

Denver is dry enough that evaporative coolers work wonders. It can be in the 90s f. But in the high 60s f. In the house. 

[EBuff75]

At my place it's currently 80F and ... 92% humidity...   

*glances outside and sees a fish swim past*  

Ewww...

[Raptor]

I worked on the farm today removing a fallen rotted pine tree. I had to make 6 chainsaw cuts. I did this between 9 and 10:30 am.

I experienced heat exhaustion. Red face, inability to catch my breath and dizziness. Fortunately I had cool water and poured it on my head and made it into the air conditioned house. I was able to take cool shower. Even the cold water is about 80f.

I then sat down under a ceiling fan until my face and breathing returned to normal. I called it a day.

Obviously as I get older my ability to deal with the heat diminishes.

The ambient air temperature was only 91f but the humidity was 75%.

[EBuff75]

Fairly chilly here in Michigan today (which means that the weather is more like normal), with a high of only around 51F so far.  It suddenly got much darker at my house, so I checked the weather map and saw one of the oddest precipitation maps that I can ever recall seeing.  It's like Michigan has the Green-Rain-Pox all over it!  

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