Blossom's Big Move

[KyBunnies]

Sorry I have to laugh. I have not even turned on my A/C yet. I only run it from June 1st - Sept 15th and if the days are nice and cool I turn the a/c and open the windows. I know the humidity in Kentucky did not seem much different than in Texas. never been to NC so I don't know if it is different

I use to work with steel. 110+ degree temperature in the factory. Heat is nothing to me. It is the cold I can't take

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Thanks It actually has a wall unit like a hotel. I'm pricing window units. Amazon has one for $119 that's about a month Swagging for me once I get settled. Right now we probably be living dorm style in the living room. I don't think any windows get any sun. It faces a wooded creek on the back of the building. We got black out curtains we used from the old place I'll put in the living room.

That sounds very livable - I find the key is keeping the air moving, rather than lowering the temperature. I have cheap floor box fans in all rooms to keep air circulating - keeps the rooms pleasant and helps prevent humidity build-up. Even the cats like them. Stella cat insists on napping between the insulated drapes and the sliding glass deck doors - where temps can rise to over 100 F - we call it Stella's Sun Room - when she gets too hot she flops down on the kitchen linoleum floor in front of the fan and cools down.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

Sorry I have to laugh. I have not even turned on my A/C yet. I only run it from June 1st - Sept 15th and if the days are nice and cool I turn the a/c and open the windows. I know the humidity in Kentucky did not seem much different than in Texas. never been to NC so I don't know if it is different

I use to work with steel. 110+ degree temperature in the factory. Heat is nothing to me. It is the cold I can't take

I'm literally allergic to heat. See I don't sweat just turn red like a sunburn and then big hives if I don't cool down after that I can't breathe. I developed this allergy in 2005 while living by the beach. I didn't grow up with any a/C just fans in hot and humid St Louis. Now I can barely breath in 80 degree weather.

If you can't sweat you can't cool down.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

That sounds very livable - I find the key is keeping the air moving, rather than lowering the temperature. I have cheap floor box fans in all rooms to keep air circulating - keeps the rooms pleasant and helps prevent humidity build-up. Even the cats like them. Stella cat insists on napping between the insulated drapes and the sliding glass deck doors - where temps can rise to over 100 F - we call it Stella's Sun Room - when she gets too hot she flops down on the kitchen linoleum floor in front of the fan and cools down.

Sounds like a plan. It's 68 in the front room so right now we're setting up our bed seeing we threw away our sofa and recliners. They were ugly and old. I did keep the coffee table, it's cute.

It's 73F in the bedrooms but the hottest part of the day hasn't happened yet.

[poohbear_nc]

This type of oscillating fan is very effective at cooling a room - it moves a lot of air:
http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-2551-Pla...scillating+fan

[TallMomof2]

I second the Lasko fan. I have one in my bedroom and it really moves the air.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I'm literally allergic to heat. See I don't sweat just turn red like a sunburn and then big hives if I don't cool down after that I can't breathe. I developed this allergy in 2005 while living by the beach. I didn't grow up with any a/C just fans in hot and humid St Louis. Now I can barely breath in 80 degree weather.

If you can't sweat you can't cool down.

I'm sorry, why did you move there? I have great with humidity issues that don't always do well with the army. I had to consider this extensively when I made the decisions I did

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I'm sorry, why did you move there? I have great with humidity issues that don't always do well with the army. I had to consider this extensively when I made the decisions I did

It's the area where my husband is from. I had no choice in the decision. I'd never had left Tennessee if it was just me.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

This type of oscillating fan is very effective at cooling a room - it moves a lot of air:
http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-2551-Pla...scillating+fan

Oh that looks nice. I added it to my wishlist. Thanks.

[library addict]

Congrats on getting the place.

I have central air here, but my bedroom and my office are in the sun almost all day so I also have a window unit in my office (which is ridiculous considering I have central air, but much needed). I also have my ceiling fans going almost constantly and have an oscillating fan in my bedroom for the nights that are really bad. If I have the A/C on high enough to cool my bedroom and office the rest of the house is too cold and the basement becomes a freezer (not to mention the cost ). I lived in Vegas for 20 years and though the central air did work more efficiently it's true that dry heat makes a huge difference. The humidity here just saps all of my energy. I hate it.

[Blossom]

It's nearly 90F today and the bedrooms are 75F with both ceiling fans on high. Wall unit in living room has not shut off in hours. It's 68F in living room and 70F 8 feet away from me. The unit is on 64.

Maintenance came today and fixed a lot problems so all burners now work and the sink now drains and they found the knob to the freezer and install a ice maker. Oh and two new Window screens. I haven't reported the loose outlets yet. My phone charger hangs out half way on 3 of them.

TW should be here tomorrow to install Internet and we also get our stacked washer and dryer as well.

We also asked about locks and have to wait till manager is back but I will feel much safer once they are installed the deadbolt lock is flimsy they use here. No bottom lock either so we are gonna ask if we can install better ones.

[poohbear_nc]

Trying to run an A/C unit at a 30 F differential from the exterior temp will burn out your A/C unit fast - they have to cycle to rest the moving parts and let the motor cool down. That's why I suggested the oscillating fan - cool down your air overnight and then move it around during the day. Moving air just feels cooler.

For really hot days, set the thermostat at the highest possible temp (say 74) you can stand, and then decrease the setting gradually by degrees as the air mass is cooled down - this allows the unit to cycle and not work as hard.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Trying to run an A/C unit at a 30 F differential from the exterior temp will burn out your A/C unit fast - they have to cycle to rest the moving parts and let the motor cool down. That's why I suggested the oscillating fan - cool down your air overnight and then move it around during the day. Moving air just feels cooler.

For really hot days, set the thermostat at the highest possible temp (say 74) you can stand, and then decrease the setting gradually by degrees as the air mass is cooled down - this allows the unit to cycle and not work as hard.

Thanks for the tips. Not worried if it kills the unit. The wall unit of all places is blowing on the front door so the air won't even reach where it needs to go. It does cycle off and on when cooler out but too much people fanning the door today. The unit is in the living room in the left corner and the front door is about 20 feet in front of it where the air is hitting, the hallway doesn't stand a chance without fans of getting any air from it and to makes matters worse the hot water heater is the first room stopping any cool air from making it to the back rooms.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Thanks for the tips. Not worried if it kills the unit. The wall unit of all places is blowing on the front door so the air won't even reach where it needs to go. It does cycle off and on when cooler out but too much people fanning the door today. The unit is in the living room in the left corner and the front door is about 20 feet in front of it where the air is hitting, the hallway doesn't stand a chance without fans of getting any air from it and to makes matters worse the hot water heater is the first room stopping any cool air from making it to the back rooms.

Sounds like you need to set up some 'deflector' screens to redirect your air flow - depending on the size of the outlet into the room - you can either rig some sort of flange on the outlet itself or arrange furniture/boxes, etc. to 'bounce' the air where you want it to travel. Put a 'blanket' on the hot water heater to decrease its effect on the available cold air. Also, consider covering the front door with something like an insulated drape panel, or even foil, to lower the amount of heat entering your apt. and to decrease the loss of cool air from your apt.

[Blossom]

Thanks again for all the tips I'm copying it all into evernote.

So I turn the AC to 66 and it turned off. The room temp right by the unit is 72F so if I was to turn. It to 70F it wouldn't kick on till it was super hot in here. It got up to 73F with it on 66 so I put it on 64. At 66 it was cycling but turning off at 72F and turning on at 73F so I think the sensor is messed up. The hotel unit had this problem too. Any ideas? It's a LG wall unit big and long like a hotel one.