re: How Did Our Ancestors Survive Without A/C?

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Mine were from Denmark and Scotland. I don't know why I live in this sub-Saharan African climate

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I say the same fricking thing every time we visit Colorado.
I NEVER liked our weather as a little kid running the LSU lakes nor do I now as a fat old man sweating profusely just walking .8 mile from Alex Box to Tiger Stadium last Saturday.

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I'm sitting in my shop right now with a 36 inch fan keeping my balls perfectly dry.

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A 36” fan wouldn’t even cool one of my balls. What’s it like having such a small setup?

My grandparents turned off the AC at night when we stayed at their place in the country.

It was too hot to sleep a lot of times, but what else made it tough was the silence in the house without the occasional hum of a fan or AC unit.

The ringing in your ears after hours of prolonged silence would become almost painful.

Ever see a bunch of Mexican dudes, working outside, roofing, landscaping, etc? Notice they wear long sleeves in August and July?

I was stationed in Gitmo back in the 90's. Endless summer with tons of humidity. Came home to Alabama during a heat wave during August. Everyone bitching about how hot it was. I didn't even notice.

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What are they saying is wrong?

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$2K worth of stuff is wrong. Capacitor, fan motor, etc, etc. And, it’s a 1996 unit.

So, I got 4 options.

1. 2 Stage for $19,500 cash or $275/month for ten years
2. Variable for $21,500 cash or $297/month for ten years
3. Modulating for $25,500 or $342/month for ten years
4. Super Modulating for $26,700 or $356/month for ten years.

This was round one. Second opinion comes by tomorrow for lunch.

Leaning towards the lease number because I anticipate selling the house in the next two years. Thoughts?

Gzus dude - how big is this AC?

I spent a summer session at Auburn in a house with no AC. We all had fans and adapted. We also stayed gone a lot.

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Water holds heat energy. That’s why stepping into the shade down here does damned near nothing, while stepping into the shade in drier areas might drop the temperature 30 degrees.

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Have a cousin that moved from BR to Montana to work as a ranch hand. He had a line that cracks me up:

“Up here in Montana shade works unlike at home.”

5K they said. I just work here. Wishing I was in the HVAC business….

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Facts about a hot shower being a bad thing. Idk what it is that makes you start sweating extra. But you gotta take a cold shower or at least finish ur shower cold if u got no ac

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You don’t understand why taking a hot shower when you have no a/c makes you sweat more?