Buying a Window Air Conditioner
This is a guide to buying a window air conditioner. A window air conditioner is a good way to cool off a room. However, there are a lot of models to choose from, in a wide range of prices.
Installing a Window Air Conditioner
This is a guide about installing a window air conditioner. Summer has arrived and the temperature is rising. If your house is too warm inside it can be unpleasant during the day and difficult to sleep comfortably at night.
Keeping the House Cooler With Solar Window Film
My house is too warm in the summer. I was thinking of solar film for the windows, to keep the house cooler. Since I'm renting, can I remove it if I move? I would not want to cause damage to the window. I'm looking for a temporary solution.
How can you clean your AC vents? When I turn my air or heat on there is a puff of dust. I thought if I could clean them it would help.
Chemical Odor from New AC/Heat Pump Makes Me Ill
I have bug spray like smell coming out of a brand new AC heat pump system, through new ductwork. I never use any poisons in the house or attic. What is the culprit in my system? It causes my head to spin and my heart races as soon as heat, cool, or fan comes on.
Question About Using Vinegar In A Humidifier
Will white vinegar neutralize the smell coming into the humidifier?
Cover Sliding Door With Trash Bags To Keep Cool
Keep your house cooler by putting trash bags on sliding doors when it is hot and sunny outside. My sliding door lets a huge amount of sun and heat in in the morning. I use those large black yard waste trash bags to block the sun and heat. Painters tape will hold the bag.
Use Central Air Fan to Save Energy
When it gets very hot in the summer and my central air conditioning doesn't seem to be able to get everything equally cool, instead of running extra fans in rooms where there are no ceiling fans, I use the fan setting on the central air.
Keep Wet Towel in Refrigerator to Cool Off
I keep a sopping-wet micro fiber towel in a sealed Ziploc baggie in my refrigerator. I use the towel to wet myself down when heat gets to be too much. I then rinse the towel, wet it again to level of "soppiness", and cool in the refrigerator.
To keep your house comfy and save money on electricity during summertime, buy an exhaust fan that you can easily mount/dismount in one of your windows. Use two cheap thermometers, or just use your senses, to check whether outside temps are lower than inside.
Use Vinyl Tablecloth as Curtain to Keep Out Heat
I took a cheap vinyl flannel-backed tablecloth, cut small holes and thread it through the curtain rod on our back door and small back window. It worked!
The dog days of summer are soon upon us and that air conditioner looks mighty tempting, but keep these ideas in mind.
Keeping a Trailer Cool in Summer
We have a 1972 trailer and two air conditioners. We are having trouble keeping cool because the air conditioners freeze up a lot. Is there a cheap and easy way to keep our trailer cool during the hot months?
Keep Lower Windows Closed In Hot Weather
I've sat and thought about it and tried it and learned that if you open the top portion of a double hung window about an inch or two on both floors of your house, keeping the bottom window closed. Turn on the attic fan and your ceiling fans if you like.
Where I live the summer's get pretty hot and muggy, many times temps will be 90s and 100s, with humidity at or above 50 percent. And if I ran the A/C, my electric bill would be close to or above $400 a month, way more than I can afford!
Installing a Window Air Conditioner
I have a window air conditioner that measures 20 inches in width X 14 inches high. However, the window I anticipate using for the installation is only 14 1/2 inches wide.
Air Conditioner on 15 Amp Circuit Dims Lights
We live in a very old apartment, which is not wired for 220. Unfortunately, the Board of Directors of the apartment complex refuses to upgrade to 220. The whole living room and the master bedroom are on one 15-Amp circuit breaker.
Reuse Air Conditioning Water in the Garden
I noticed water coming from a pipe from in the attic of the house and traced it back to the unit for an air conditioner, that is in the attic of a lot of Florida homes.
Keeping Cool During Hot Weather
Years ago when I worked in a nursing home, the halls were air conditioned, but not the individual rooms. We would take a hand towel, soak it in cold water, ring it out and wrap around our necks, repeating as necessary. I have done this frequently at home, too.
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There are plenty of ways to keep cool during the summer months, but how many cost efficient ways are there? Try some ways to cool your temperatures and your budget as well.
Save Energy While Keeping Your Cool
During the dog days of summer, we expend considerable amounts of energy (and dollars) trying to keep our homes cool. Here are 12 no-cost or low-cost ways to save energy while keeping cool this summer.
Save Money on Air Conditioning
Tips for saving money on air conditioning. Electric bill high from air conditioning usage? I have two suggestions, one free and one not so free.
