Air Conditioning

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Air Conditioning
Topic Started: May 27 2016, 08:37 AM (978 Views)
blizzard	Jun 8 2016, 05:21 AM Post #46
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,152 Group: Member Member #1,012 Joined: July 8, 2013	The heat pump is built into every unit. The property management company is touting its wonders. Perhaps, considering the rarity of extremely cold weather here, the focus is on the AC.



Dialtone	Jun 8 2016, 06:14 AM Post #47
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,190 Group: Member Member #721 Joined: April 1, 2010	Sure glad we have central air conditioning this past couple days. We have been under a heat warning for the past couple days, and today will be the worst with our forecast high of 35C and severe T storms. (that usually means about 37C at our house). I can hardly wait for summer to officially arrive. unsure112



Trotsky	Jun 8 2016, 06:17 AM Post #48
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	blizzard Jun 8 2016, 05:21 AM The heat pump is built into every unit. The property management company is touting its wonders. Perhaps, considering the rarity of extremely cold weather here, the focus is on the AC. With mild weather they are nice machines. In dry conditions they are nice heaters. But in super cold and/or humid winter weather, they are just not suitable as heaters. THe worst is a cold day with snow...then they are useless. I lived with one, through-the-wall, for 23 years and this is my undergraduate field of expertise. Edited by Trotsky, Jun 8 2016, 06:18 AM.



wildie	Jun 8 2016, 03:05 PM Post #49
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	blizzard Jun 7 2016, 03:54 AM We use fans when it is too hot. Yesterday we nearly had a duel, thank goodness we do not have any foils, I kept running away with our tall fan whenever I was working in my room, or I would set it to not oscillate. Our new place has a heat pump that works as an AC for warm weather. I shudder to think of the hydro cost. Must look up how they work. If you feel the coils on the back of a refrigerator they will be warm. Heat is being pumped from inside the frig, out into the room. Heat pumps are doing the same. Heat is being drawn from the ambient outside air and discharged into your home. Its hard to accept that there is in fact heat available for our use, in +5C temperatures. Edited by wildie, Jun 8 2016, 03:06 PM.



swing	Jun 8 2016, 03:48 PM Post #50
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Sure glad we have central air conditioning this past couple days. We have been under a heat warning for the past couple days, and today will be the worst with our forecast high of 35C and severe T storms. (that usually means about 37C at our house). I can hardly wait for summer to officially arrive. Yes ours is working overtime on the top level. I opened the windows too early last evening. I have the temp. set at 24 but my bones were aching from the cold air! I will put up with the achy bones tonight, in order to get some sleep, perhaps take an ibuprofen!



Trotsky	Jun 8 2016, 11:52 PM Post #51
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: I have the temp. set at 24 but my bones were aching from the cold air! Gee, swing, that's 75.2 F and very few people would consider that cold. I keep ours set at 74 both day and night. I find 73 to 74 to be the ideal temperature Summer and Winter. Are you perhaps sitting in the direct air flow from the AC...which is much colder than the room temperature? Edited by Trotsky, Jun 8 2016, 11:53 PM.



swing	Jun 9 2016, 04:01 AM Post #52
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	I have two heating registers in my room Trotsky, which are about 3 ft. from my bed, and I can feel the cold air. Last night I kept the door to my room open which seemed to help.



Dialtone	Jun 9 2016, 04:11 AM Post #53
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,190 Group: Member Member #721 Joined: April 1, 2010	When it's blazing hot, we keep our house at about 22.5 C, but around 9 pm we turn it down to 21.5C for an hour . Our thermostat automatically changes back to 22.5C at 10 pm when we usually go to bed so it's nice and cool to sleep but the air isn't blowing on us. By 10 pm the outside temp is low enough, and the inside temp is low enough that the AC usually doesn't come back on to disrupt our sleep.



Dana	Jun 9 2016, 04:24 AM Post #54
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	I see heat pumps here more and more all the time. They work really well here despite wet winters. And only a 4 year pay back. A friend with a large old country house found it to be a good investment with real savings, as well as the writer below. Seems that modern versions keep working to quite low temps though we don't need that here. Quote: After two winter seasons, and well into a third, the cost of heating is down dramatically. In 2012, it was around $600. In 2013, it was around $500. That�s a big drop from $3,000. - See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/how-our-household-is-saving-2-400-a-year-on-heating-costs-with-asterisk-1.2179939#sthash.2HFdkD6H.dpuf



Darcie	Jun 9 2016, 04:30 AM Post #55
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	One of our neighbours in Montreal has thermal heat for winter and a heat pump for AC in summer. He says his bills are 40% lower.



Trotsky	Jun 9 2016, 04:40 AM Post #56
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: and a heat pump for AC in summer ALL air conditioners are heat pumps.



blizzard	Jun 9 2016, 04:46 AM Post #57
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,152 Group: Member Member #1,012 Joined: July 8, 2013	Thank you everyone for your input. The article was in Times Colonist from, so reading it did provide some idea as to what to expect cost wise - without putting in the initial expense. Of course I was sidetracked by other articles the author has written, read his entries about travelling on Via on a winter trip. So here I am, patio door open, a bit of ocean dampness coming in and wondering what I will do on my next adventure in Vancouver. 'Why am I worrying about heat pumps right', now popped into my head.



Darcie	Jun 9 2016, 05:21 AM Post #58
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Trotsky Jun 9 2016, 04:40 AM Quote: and a heat pump for AC in summer ALL air conditioners are heat pumps. biggrin 04 I know, except my AC does not act as a heating unit in the winter.



Trotsky	Jun 9 2016, 06:17 AM Post #59
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Darcie Jun 9 2016, 05:21 AM Trotsky Jun 9 2016, 04:40 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep biggrin 04 I know, except my AC does not act as a heating unit in the winter. Sure it would, if you put it in the window backwards. laugh123 laugh123



Darcie	Jun 9 2016, 09:32 AM Post #60
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Trotsky Jun 9 2016, 06:17 AM Darcie Jun 9 2016, 05:21 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep Sure it would, if you put it in the window backwards. laugh123 laugh123 Do you do that with your AC?



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