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      Wednesday, May 06, 2009


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07:28 AM - 05/06/2009

The topic: I ordered a whole house fan

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last night.  We got one of the best, an Airscape.  Brian was reluctant because it cost so much. And it bothers him that I won’t turn on the air conditioner, the one that was installed just a couple of years ago.  I would if we had more money coming in, but his work is sporadic now.  And having all that “emergency” money disappear from the bank account scared the crap out of me.  We need to keep costs down until we’ve got some sort of money coming in on a regular basis.

It was one of those discussions about “we paid $7000.00 for that system, it’s supposed to be energy efficient, we should be using it” and the other side is saying “okay, if we run it, does the electric bill go up or does it stay the same?”  Point made, but it’s still getting beaten to death. 

Anyway, my problem with the heat is not during the day.  If I shut the house up early enough (blinds down, windows closed and just use fans for air circulation), it stays a good ten to fifteen degrees cooler in the house than it is outside.  And if it just gets too hot, I can jump in the pool, right? That always cools me down.  My problem is in the evening when it’s cooler outside than in. The sun hits the sides of the house that we spend most of our time in. 

I’ve been fighting for a whole house fan since I heard about them.  Here in Southern California, once the sun goes down, the air cools quickly.  Outside, that is, not in the house.  I don’t usually nag about things, but this is something I feel will make our lives much more comfortable.  It’s something we’ll be able to make use of six months out of the year (May through October). 

When he balked at the price, I told him I would put mom’s tax refund towards it, $500.00, which would leave us paying under $400.00.  And we should get a $50.00 rebate from our utility company.  Which means it costs us under seventy bucks a month for six months and it’s paid for.  When I ran the air conditioner after we’d first gotten it, our rate went up over $150.00 for those months I ran it.  Of course, he tries to say there were other reasons it went up.  Like what?  It was the only thing different from the other months, what other “reason” could it be?  He quit arguing the point because he had no basis for his argument beyond what he thought or assumed.

Now, when we get those nasty humid days, the air conditioner is the only way to go. But when the humidity is consistently under 50%, it’s a no brainer.

The whole house fan is the way to go.

When we were laying in bed last night, I said “that breeze feels good. Will it be like that with the fan?”  He said it would.  And it would stay that way as long as the fan (which is supposed to be very quiet, compare to a refrigerator running) was on.   I’m ready.

It should be here next week. 


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