because of the pollution that is made to generate the electricity to run that baby. Between the house and the shop I am running about 9 tons worth of cooling and no, I don't feel guilty. I only turn the one in the shop on when I am going to be working in there but I don't think the ones in the house ever turn off.

The wife pays the electric bill.

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You won't feel guilty if you turn it off in my neck of the woods -- you'll be dead.

Isn't cooling about the same price as heating for the winter time?

Arizona seems to be spreading.

Depends on how hot it gets!

108,000 BTU's.

I have three window units (24,000 total) for three rooms. Usually only one is running at any given time.

The electric bill climbs $50.00 per month for July and August.

I can't imagine the cost of running all that power for the better part of four months.

My f$**ing electric bill hit an alltime high last month at 321.00.

It's not the friggin' ac either. It's my wife who was born with a silver spoon and my damn kids who have a misplaced sense of entitlement.

*****!

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Enough about me, how are you doing?

If it's not the a/c..............what are they doing................growing plants in the basement??

Good one considering recent events in my household.

Those ****ers think that everytime the AC shuts down that they should lower the thermostat so it turns back on.

****!

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Enough about me, how are you doing?

Come on now...........that can be fixed for about $60.00.

Go down to HD and get a digital thermostat that has a "locking" feature. You can't change the program or the temperature without the input of a code.

You choose the code. They can't change the temperature.

.........take it from an old Landlord..........I don't pay for excess gas in the winter........that's for damn sure.

A/C, what's that?
Honestly it's been hot here in MA, but my family and I press thru it (really hot days only come about 10 times a year), no A/C. We might lose sleep alittle but get thru it all the same.

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1992 500SEL 25K
1995 E320 40K
1995 SL600 120K
2002 JX8 Sport 43K
2005 Volvo S40 95K
2006 Isuzu NPR 304K (Frankencamper)
2007 Crown Victoria 150K
2014 Smart Electric 20K

Cooling the out-of-doors by opening the doors and windows with the central air going 24/7, then cooling the house by leaving the fridge door open? I married into that family, too!

Dang! That's a lot of $ for A/C in Miami.
Guess the next time my A/C bill goes over $100, I won't ***** so much (as in my last bill was $102, and I decided I need to turn off my ceiling fan when I'm not home).

Then again, I change my filter once a month. About once a year I take a look at the evaporator and clean it off too. Take a look at yours... You might be surprised what is on there....Really!.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Heck no...I don't feel guilty. Unlike Ariana Huffington with her Huge airconditioned mansion, her private jet and fleet of gas hog SUV's who preaches but doesn't practive what she preaches, I have no guilt....I earned the money , I earned the right to A/C.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

damn..the highest mine has ever been was $147 on the hottest month of summer last year. Thank god for trees...I have neighbors 4 houses away paying twice what I pay and their house is no cooler than mine.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche