On 3/25/2021 11:33 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:27:26 -0400, > wrote:
>
>> On 3/24/2021 11:12 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>> On 3/24/2021 1:25 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 3/24/2021 8:39 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>> My favorite inside summer temp is about 78F with fan.
>>>>
>>>> Waaaay too hot!
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> Disagreed; I love the heat - so as long as it isn't humid. I'm very
>>> comfortable in the low 80's. Window A/C unit only comes on
>>> intermittently when the temps are into the high 80's+, or when humidity
>>> is miserable.
>
> Window air conditioners can't sense humidity, if too humid all you can
> do is crank up the cooling, but then it becomes cold and dank, and the
> cooling shuts off. Same occurs when people put in an over size
> central air unit, cooling shuts off before the humidity is pumped out.
> AC is tricky to calibrate which size to install.
>
>> True. 78F inside with AC is lower humidity than 78F outside with high
>> humidity.
>>
>> AC is not just for cooling. It's for reducing humidity.
>>
>> Many summer mornings, I go outside early.
>> It can be 82 inside with low humidity due to the AC.
>> Same time it can be 82 outside and when I walk out, it feels like
>> walking into a hot, steamy bathroom after someone took a long hot shower.
>>
>> Big difference.
>>

True, difficult to target; but a decently sized window unit makes for
far more comfortable living vs. no A/C. My house has a boiler, and no
affordable way to install central A/C. I have a very solidly built
1960's 8K BTU Gibson A/C unit that covers 2 rooms in the first floor of
my home beautifully. Upstairs in summer evenings, I rely on cooler
evening temps with a fan in the window. Knob and Tube wiring makes for
no chance of me trying an A/C unit upstairs.