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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2005[OT] Help me I'm Melting!!!
I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have the thermostat set on 70F. There is no way I'm going to get an AC maintenance guy out here before Tuesday without mortgaging my soul to pay for it! ARGH! I think I'm going to sign off for a while and go sit in a cold shower for the next 3 hours!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped This has happened to me many times when we were in s. FL (equal to your sticky discomfort in every way!) but I have a suggestion if you - as I think - have central a/c in that big house of yours (mine was a spread-out, all one-story ranch type): mess w/the thermostat and try resetting it. With mine back there, it was a bad thermostat and not the a/c itself. I limped along like that (resetting it when it went nuts) for years. Can't hurt to try. >I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a > holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > CatNipped > This has happened to me many times when we were in s. > FL (equal to your sticky discomfort in every way!) but [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > thermostat and not the a/c itself. I limped along like that (resetting it > when it went nuts) for years. Can't hurt to try. I'll give it a shot, but I don't think that's it. The air coming out of the vents is warm and I have it set so that the fan doesn't run constantly but only when the compressor turns on. I think it has to be something wrong with something mechanical and not just the heat because it's unseasonably cool here at only 87F outside! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > >I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a > > holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > CatNipped >> This has happened to me many times when we were in s. >> FL (equal to your sticky discomfort in every way!) but [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Hugs, Have you checked the circuit breaker to the compressor? That's usually the problem here. Jo > I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right > before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > off for a while and go sit in a cold shower for the next 3 hours!!! > ;> Hrm, I was whining because the temp's dropped to 60 and it's drizzling here ... but you've shown me the folly of my ways! At least I can wear more layers.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. At least Nipped lives in an area where I have lived - high heat and humidity - instead of like here where instead of your a/c going nuts, the local weather does. Anyway, have you tried abandoning "temp settings", going to "auto" setting it for full blast (expensive if it works but at least you won't be sweating till Tuesday) and going *outside* to see if the compressor is going? That is what I meant by the *thermostat* going nuts; I managed to outsmart it as it was actually turning on the reverse cycle heating element by itself!!! If the compressor is dead it's all over but try what I said to get the cooling element going *full blast* w/no temp control. >> I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right >> before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > here ... but you've shown me the folly of my ways! At least I can > wear more layers. > Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. At least Nipped lives in an > area where I have lived - high heat and humidity - instead of like here [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > itself!!! If the compressor is dead it's all over but try what I said to get > the cooling element going *full blast* w/no temp control. Ah, OK, I didn't go outside to see if the compressor is running - I'm going to do that right now. Thanks! OK, here's what I did. I checked outside and the compressor was not running. I went upstairs and made sure "Fan" was on "Auto", I set the temperature all the way down to 60, flipped the switch from A/C to Heat, then back again - then went back outside and the compressor was still dead (the inside fan is on, but the fan on the outside compressor isn't on and the compressor is not running). Then I went to our switch box and made sure none of the swithces had been thrown. So... either the thermostat isn't turning the compressor on (which I doubt since the inside fan is running and it's on "Auto") or my compressor is dead and we're looking at $3K - $4K to replace it or, hopefully, somewhat less to fix it. Hugs, CatNipped > >> I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right > >> before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > here ... but you've shown me the folly of my ways! At least I can > > wear more layers. >> Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. >> Anyway, have you tried abandoning "temp settings", going to "auto" >> setting it for full blast (expensive if it works but at least you >> won't be sweating till Tuesday) >> and going *outside* to see if the compressor is going? (snippage) > OK, here's what I did. I checked outside and the compressor was not > running. I went upstairs and made sure "Fan" was on "Auto", I set the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > CatNipped Hrm... you haven't been in that house that long, have you? Perhaps there's a warranty on the A/C unit if it should come down to that. Jill > >> Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. > >> Anyway, have you tried abandoning "temp settings", going to "auto" [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jill The warranty was up last December and we decided not to renew it since it cost so much and I was making so little - very short-sighted of me! :< Hugs, CatNipped >>>> Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. >>> So... either the thermostat isn't turning the compressor on (which I [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > CatNipped Hey, look at it this way. It could have decided to die in AUGUST! Jill > >>>> Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. > >>> So... either the thermostat isn't turning the compressor on (which I [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Jill This is true. Hey, you're getting too good at looking at the bright side - sure sign that you've *HAD* to for too long! Hugs, CatNipped >> Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. At least Nipped lives in an >> area where I have lived - high heat and humidity - instead of like here [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > CatNipped Just in case, turn the breaker off and back on again. Ours doesn't look tripped when in fact it is. I'm just hoping it is something simple and easy to fix. Jo Sorry, it sounds then like the unit itself and not the 'stat if the whole business was silent when you checked it outside. It may not be as bad to fix it as you fear; I had mine repaired a couple times in 15 years, and neither time did it have to be replaced by a new unit entirely; just make sure you get a repairman who knows what he's doing. A/C units, like xray machines, have fail-safe stuff built in so they won't burn themselves up or worse if some small part goes bad! So don't fear the worst $-wise. As alternate suggestion now that we have clearer idea of the problem....I suggest taking in StarWars Sith @ your nearest a/c theater. >> Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. At least Nipped lives in an >> area where I have lived - high heat and humidity - instead of like here [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >> > here ... but you've shown me the folly of my ways! At least I can >> > wear more layers. > Sorry, it sounds then like the unit itself and not the 'stat if the whole > business was silent when you checked it outside. It may not be as bad to fix [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > As alternate suggestion now that we have clearer idea of the problem....I > suggest taking in StarWars Sith @ your nearest a/c theater. I called DH at work and he said to turn the entire thing off until he gets home. He said the compressor may have "frozen up"??? Hopefully if it has it will melt, but I don't have high hopes that it won't happen again if that's what happened - there has to be a *reason* it happened! Hugs, CatNipped > >> Yeah, good old CO, cold here in almost June. At least Nipped lives in an > >> area where I have lived - high heat and humidity - instead of like here [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > >> > here ... but you've shown me the folly of my ways! At least I can > >> > wear more layers. >> Sorry, it sounds then like the unit itself and not the 'stat if the >> whole business was silent when you checked it outside. It may not be [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > CatNipped Open the windows, turn on some fans. The temps should be dropping outside now so get a breeze going! Jill >> Sorry, it sounds then like the unit itself and not the 'stat if the >> whole business was silent when you checked it outside. It may not be >> as bad to fix it as you fear; I had mine repaired a couple times in >> 15 years, and neither time did it have to be replaced by a new unit [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I called DH at work and he said to turn the entire thing off until he > gets home. He said the compressor may have "frozen up"??? Hopefully > if it has it will melt, but I don't have high hopes that it won't > happen again if that's what happened - there has to be a *reason* it > happened! That could definitely be it. Happens around here all the time, the freezing up thing. I don't think it's actually frozen but keeping it all off for some time seems to help. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album ..> So... either the thermostat isn't turning the compressor on (which I doubt > since the inside fan is running and it's on "Auto") or my compressor is > dead [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Hugs, > CatNipped I have a theory about these things. It has to do with gremlins that inhabit our appliances, cars, etc. Whenever they get wind of good monetary news, such as a tax refund, bonus, raise, they start haggling among themselves about whose turn it is to break down. To solve the problem, it usually costs about twice as much as what you were expecting to get. I think the compressor won that bid. I'd say it looks like you are in for some pretty good money, but that might urge them on, so I'll just whisper it and you must be sure to hide the screen and beg your computer not to tell. The alternative theory is that the man of the house is out of town and the appliances think you have nothing else to do than wait around for a mechanic, plumber, electrician, etc. Anyway, we'll send some healing purrs to your compressor and to the gremlin within to reconsider and give you a break. Annie > The alternative theory is that the man of the house is out of town > and the appliances think you have nothing else to do than wait around > for a mechanic, plumber, electrician, etc. Ha! Ain't that the truth! This happens to me *every* *single* *time* that Dennis goes away to work!!! -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >> The alternative theory is that the man of the house is out of town >> and the appliances think you have nothing else to do than wait [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Britta Yep, Jim used to think I was a one-person destruction derby when he was working. Like I really enjoyed being up on the roof in the rain with a bucket of patching material trying to find the source of the leak. One time, though, the gremlins bit him. At that time he was flying for a now defunct commuter airline based in Washington state. We lived in Clarkston, a little berg across the Snake River from Lewiston, Idaho, just about where the fat part of Idaho joins the skinny part. The airline kept moving his base from Lewiston to Spokane (Washington) to Walla Walla (Washington), so he always had quite a commute. For some reason, he had to catch a plane in Walla Walla, but would end up in Spokane, where his car was, so we were going by car to Walla Walla, where I would drop him off and return home. The drive was at least of couple of hours each way. I don't remember exactly. It's not very populated, just farms and a small town now and then. Anyway, we were out in nowhere land, Jim driving, and a tire went flat. While he was on the ground changing it, I was laughing and clapping and just about dancing in the road. He asked why I was so happy about a flat tire. I said because it was his flat tire and I was so glad it didn't happen when I was driving home by myself. So, the car gremlin either miscalculated or spared me that day. Annie "Annie Wxill" <Annie_Wxill@hotmail.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: [OT] Help me I'm Melting!!!: >I have a theory about these things. It has to do with gremlins that inhabit >our appliances, cars, etc. Whenever they get wind of good monetary news, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >good money, but that might urge them on, so I'll just whisper it and you >must be sure to hide the screen and beg your computer not to tell. One of the virtues of renting is that household repairs are not our ulcer :-). The car has very little competition (other than computers, upright freezer, and entertainment system) in these situations. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL ...> > One of the virtues of renting is that household repairs are not our > ulcer :-). The car has very little competition (other than computers, > upright freezer, and entertainment system) in these situations. :-) Hi Seanette, I'll tell you a little secret, but don't let the car or any of those other appliances know about it. This works when the gremlins hide things, too. Sometimes all it takes to say aloud something like, "O.K., I'll just get another (car, computer, missing TV remote)" and voila, the offending item may start to work or missing item may just pop into view. Give it a try. (grin) Annie "Annie Wxill" <Annie_Wxill@hotmail.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: [OT] Help me I'm Melting!!!: >> One of the virtues of renting is that household repairs are not our >> ulcer :-). The car has very little competition (other than computers, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Give it a try. >(grin) My stuff's smart enough to wait until the replacement has been purchased. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > My stuff's smart enough to wait until the replacement has been > purchased. :-) We had a refrigerator that tried that. We just stuck it out in the garage to keep extra stuff cold. It worked just fine for a couple more years, but it played a dirty trick when we went for a pan of frozen lasagna and found a terrible smelly mess because the freezer had quietly quit. Annie > ...> >> One of the virtues of renting is that household repairs are not our [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > (grin) > Annie I had this happen about 3 years ago. I DO live in an apartment but I'd brought my own refrigerator with me and it was bigger than theirs. They knocked a few bucks off the rent every month. The freezer on top of my fridge decided to go on the fritz. Every once in a while it would kick on, especially if I banged on the area with the switch inside just right, but not for very long and things were threatening to defrost. I put a big bag of purchased ice up there and starting doing comparison shopping online for a new fridge and getting other people's opinions. I'd made my choice and announced I was going to buy a new one. Suddenly the freezer started working and has been working without a hitch ever since. Jill Ugh on having greeblings in the A/C when the hot weather's on its way in. We've started seeing personal misting devices like these: http://mistymate.com/personal-cooling.html in stores in the Philly area. IMO, they're a brilliant idea. They spray micro-sized droplets that cool you and/or the air around you as they evaporate. No batteries needed: it has an air pump that allows you to manually increase air pressure in the device so the droplets will spray out. This might not be a perfect solution for an air conditioner that needs repair, but A) it might be a convenient temporary stopgap and B) you'd still have the misting device even after the A/C is working properly. You can use it at other times when you're going to be outdoors in the heat. I hope this helps. Donna, Captain, and Stanley > Ugh on having greeblings in the A/C when the hot weather's on its way > in. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > you to manually increase air pressure in the device so the droplets > will spray out. Oh MAN! My SO and I can so use these when we're working those outdoor art shows in the middle of summer! Thanks! Jill > This might not be a perfect solution for an air conditioner that needs > repair, but A) it might be a convenient temporary stopgap and B) you'd [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Donna, Captain, and Stanley "Ugh on having greeblings in the A/C when the hot weather's on its way in. We've started seeing personal misting devices like these: http://mistymate.com/personal-cooling.html in stores in the Philly area. IMO, they're a brilliant idea. They spray micro-sized droplets that cool you and/or the air around you as they evaporate. No batteries needed: it has an air pump that allows you to manually increase air pressure in the device so the droplets will spray out. This might not be a perfect solution for an air conditioner that needs repair, but A) it might be a convenient temporary stopgap and B) you'd still have the misting device even after the A/C is working properly. You can use it at other times when you're going to be outdoors in the heat. I hope this helps. Donna, Captain, and Stanley Reply " I bought something like that a few years ago for a picnic in the middle of the summer. IME those things don't do much good when the humidiy is high because most of the effect is from the evaporation of the droplets. Maybe they would help some if you stood in front of a fan while misting yourself. I'd bet they'd be a help in low humidty/high heat areas like Arizona. > "Ugh on having greeblings in the A/C when the hot weather's on its way > in. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > in stores in the Philly area. IMO, they're a brilliant idea. (snippage) > I bought something like that a few years ago for a picnic in the > middle of the summer. IME those things don't do much good when the > humidiy is high because most of the effect is from the evaporation of > the droplets. Maybe they would help some if you stood in front of a > fan while misting yourself. I'd bet they'd be a help in low > humidty/high heat areas like Arizona. I live in an area with very high humidity. I have one that connects to my garden hose and wraps around the pole on my patio swing. It does a nice job and definitely cools me off. The only problem I encountered was the water pressure blew the end off the nozzle and I got doused with water rather than mist! But that's okay, I was in my swimsuit at the time LOL I've also been to a restaurant in 98F temps with the humidity level about the same... we sat on their patio and it felt at least 20 degrees cooler due to the misters they had attached to the top of the cast-iron fence around the patio. Jill >I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a > holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > CatNipped Not too cold. Your body fights really cold water and you end up tired, not cooler. Just a bit cooler than body temperature will cool you better and for longer. Also heat loss, a good thing in summer, is more rapid in the feet and from the top of the head. So sitting with your feet in water or putting a bag of ice cubes on your head really does help. Here is the California central valley where it gets very hot for a lot of the summer, you see people running around shopping and running errands with their hair wet all the time. It helps a lot. And look for one of those water bottle battery operated fan things. Put ice cubes in the bottle and you can spray your face and neck with a cold mist backed up with a breeze for evaporation. (How we survive day time ball games) Jo Jo Yikes, I can sympathize. A similar thing happened to us last year, right around this time during a hot spell in Virginia. The outside fan stopped turning (we have a heat pump). After numerous calls to the "24-hour" service, we finally got a guy out 2 days later who got the fan spinning again by, and I am not making this up, poking it with his hands until it turned. He declared it fixed. We then bought the "Gold" service plan (time, labor, parts, all covered). When the fan quit again a few days later (surprise!), we called them out again. and again. and again. They finally ordered a part and got it fixed about 3 weeks later. Meanwhile, everytime it quit, we went outside with a stick and poked the fan blades until they unstuck. And this was on a less than 2 year old unit. Unfortunately, the company that installed it was bought out, and that company was then bought out, and no warranty liabilities carried through. Good luck getting it fixed. Cold showers sound like a good idea. Or go hang out at a mall or museum for a while. Cheers Caroline S. > I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a > holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > CatNipped How old is your AC? If it's getting near retirement age, I'd suggest getting a new one. Not only are they much more efficient (save on electricity) but you can usually get a good deal from the likes of Home Depot, like free financing for a year. I mean, if repairing it costs 3-4K and a new one is only 1K more, it will pay for itself in a season or two. When our AC died a couple of years ago, it was in the middle of the summer, so we were desperate and asked the repair tech who gave us the bad news to replace the whole danged thing. We had to pay in full, whereas we could have done it on (free) payments had we waited and called Home Depot. :( > How old is your AC? If it's getting near retirement age, I'd suggest > getting a new one. Not only are they much more efficient (save on [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > whereas we could have done it on (free) payments had we waited and > called Home Depot. :( The people who sold us the house said it's only 3 years old (and they're supposed to last like 15, right?). And, I guess because it's a large house, the compressor is *HUGE*, so it will probably cost a fortune! Hugs, CatNipped >> How old is your AC? If it's getting near retirement age, I'd suggest >> getting a new one. Not only are they much more efficient (save on [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > CatNipped A number of years ago I had an elderly neighbor who sat around in a wet bathing suit to save on a/c. Does this appeal? MLB > >> How old is your AC? If it's getting near retirement age, I'd suggest > >> getting a new one. Not only are they much more efficient (save on [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > A number of years ago I had an elderly neighbor who sat around in a wet > bathing suit to save on a/c. Does this appeal? MLB LOL! It wouldn't appeal the people who had to *look* at me in a bathing suit! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> >> How old is your AC? If it's getting near retirement age, I'd suggest >> >> getting a new one. Not only are they much more efficient (save on [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > CatNipped My aunt used to do this. They lived in Lancaster, CA. Nice house, indoor pool. When It got hot, they all practically lived in their swimsuits. Housework, cooking, relaxing, etc. They'd just jump in the pool whenever they started to fry off. Doesn't work as well in a humid climate. Jo >>>>> How old is your AC? If it's getting near retirement age, I'd >>>>> suggest getting a new one. Not only are they much more efficient [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Jo I don't have an indoor pool, obviously. And for various reasons I refuse to go to our apartment complex pool. But my fenced patio is very large so I bought a kiddie pool a few years ago. When it gets unbearable outside but I want to *be* outside, sometimes I'll get out the kiddie pool, fill it up with cool water and sit there sipping a nice cold drink :) Jill > I don't have an indoor pool, obviously. And for various reasons I refuse > to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Jill Sounds good to me. Maybe add a book. I used to do that with the kids pool. Wonder if I tried it now if I could get back out without help? Jo Depending on how humid it is where you live, this might be a temporary help re sleeping...Place a large fan in your window to pull in air from the outside and drape a wet towel in front of it with one corner of the towel in a bucket of water so the water can continue to wick up the towel overnight. If you have one of those wooden drying racks for clothes you could use that to help drape the towel in front of your fan. Christine > > How old is your AC? If it's getting near retirement age, I'd suggest > > getting a new one. Not only are they much more efficient (save on [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > CatNipped > I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right > before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > CatNipped Ugh, my utmost commiserations. It sucks to have to sit in a hot house. Electricity here is so expensive that we can't afford to keep the aircon on all the time. So we use it for maybe 12-16 hours a day, the rest of the time we sweat. And that still costs $125/month! And there's never any cold water anyway because the pipes are on the surface of the ground so it heats up to lukewarm at the very coldest :-( Many purrs you get your aircon fixed asap. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > > I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right > > before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > surface of the ground so it heats up to lukewarm at the very coldest > :-( Ack! How do you stand it? Where do you live? How hot does it get (in August here it easily gets over 100F and *seldom* gets below 85F even in the dead of night)? How humid does it get (here in Houston it seldom drops below 99%)? The last house we lived in was mostly windows and the A/C was pitifully inadequate - so in the summer our electric bill was $600 - $700 - but we paid it gladly. We've been really lucky here, our bill didn't go over $250 last summer - and we paid that even more gladly. Here in Houston people have *died* from the heat!!! We have a special box that we can check on our electric bill (and DH and I do) that let's you donate money so that the poor and elderly can be helped to pay their bills because it's such a health hazard to cope with the heat. Political Warning: And they say they're no such thing as global warning - bah, we coped fine without A/C as little time ago as when I was young, but couldn't do so now - and it's not just because we've become soft and used to A/C (well, not completely ;>)! Hugs, CatNipped > Many purrs you get your aircon fixed asap. > -- > Britta > "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>> I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right >>> before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> the aircon on all the time. So we use it for maybe 12-16 hours a >> day, the rest of the time we sweat. And that still costs $125/month! >> And there's never any cold water anyway because the pipes are on the >> surface of the ground so it heats up to lukewarm at the very coldest [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > even in the dead of night)? How humid does it get (here in Houston > it seldom drops below 99%)? We're in Thailand. April and May are the hottest months here. I don't know Farenheit but it's between 35 and 40 Celsius here for most of the year. From November to February it cools down to maybe 29 C. The humidity is in the high 90% range. I don't stand it very well. Hibernate in the house most of the time. Been here for 4 years and instead of getting more used to it, it seems to be getting worse. I'm getting more sick of it, I think. > The last house we lived in was mostly windows and the A/C was > pitifully inadequate - so in the summer our electric bill was $600 - > $700 - but we paid it gladly. We've been really lucky here, our bill > didn't go over $250 last summer - and we paid that even more gladly. The houses here are very poorly constructed. Our walls are only 3-4 inches thick and there are cracks around the windows, etc. Lizards get in. No insulation at all. Once we turn the aircon off, it's as hot as outside within 5 minutes. > Here in Houston people have *died* from the heat!!! We have a > special box that we can check on our electric bill (and DH and I do) > that let's you donate money so that the poor and elderly can be > helped to pay their bills because it's such a health hazard to cope > with the heat. Here in Thailand, nobody is likely to die from the heat. The locals are used to it. People have died from the cold though. A few years ago there was a cold spell in December where it got down to 20C in Bangkok and I heard people died. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>> I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right >>> before a holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > CatNipped Purrs you get your A/C fixed before you cook, and it's no too expensive. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >Political Warning: And they say they're no such thing as global warning - >bah, we coped fine without A/C as little time ago as when I was young, but >couldn't do so now - and it's not just because we've become soft and used to >A/C (well, not completely ;>)! Gen. Phil Sheridan said if he owned Texas and Hell, he'd rent out Texas and live in Hell. > Ugh, my utmost commiserations. It sucks to have to sit in a hot > house. Electricity here is so expensive that we can't afford to keep > the aircon on all the time. So we use it for maybe 12-16 hours a day, > the rest of the time we sweat. And that still costs $125/month! That is about what I paid for hydro in the winter when it goes down to -30 C. I used to turn the heat off when I was at work. Now that I am not working, the heater is always on. Same goes for the AC in the summer when it goes above 30C. To save $$ on electricity, I have stopped using the dishwasher and cut back on using the dryer. I am thinking of spending the hottest and coldest day in the public library. Winnie > And there's never any cold water anyway because the pipes are on the > surface of the ground so it heats up to lukewarm at the very coldest [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a >holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >CatNipped Hey gorgeous! DH and yourself are more than welcome to come chill at our house - however, I must warn you - we have a toddler on the loose! How can one small child be everywhere all at once? -bonbon > >I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a > >holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Hey gorgeous! DH and yourself are more than welcome to come chill at > our house - however, I must warn you - we have a toddler on the loose! Hmmmm.. Heat stroke / toddler... heat stroke / toddler... heat stroke / toddler... Um it's not really that hot here right now! ;> > How can one small child be everywhere all at once? LOL I think they're like cats, they can replicate themselves and travel through the sixth dimension just to be there wherever they might be able to cause havoc! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > -bonbon It's usually around 100 degrees in my house from about 10 a.m. through 8 p.m. daily all summer long. The place is made of metal, has a black roof, and there's no insulation or shade. It would probably cost about $100 a day to use A/C in it. Real fun during hot flashes.... My solution has been to wear damp clothes all the time. > I think my frickin' air conditioner is going out (great - right before a > holiday!!). It's 91F degrees in the house right now even though I have the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > CatNipped |
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