Friday, January 16, 2009

A/C...love it!

A few years ago we replaced both a/c units in our home for more efficient ones. Being we have a 2 story home it made no sense to run the air to cool the entire house when we are sleeping upstairs so having 2 units were costly but most cost effective. At that time we installed programmable thermostats. If you do not have one, spend the money on it you will save in the long run. You can set your program for weekends and weekdays. I spent many mornings, prior, adjusting the a/c at times forgetting and having it run all day. With these thermostats you do not have to worry about it. Mine allows the temperature to be changed 4 times throughout the day. So it gradually gets cooler towards the time we come home, and the coldest at night for sleeping. They have a “hold” button if you are going to be away then it will stay on whatever temp you set it to. I love to sleep in a cold room and our monthly bills show this year’s reading compared to last, and I am still using less KW than a year ago! My bills are smaller than in the past, which I’m sure is largely due to the newer units but the thermostats help to.

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