Air conditioner poll-- who's getting by without?

I've been close to installing my window units several times now, but then we cool off and things are reasonably bearable again with windows and a box fan. Looks like we're supposed to get back down into the 70s in a few days . . .

Who all's getting by without AC, and who plans to do so through the summer?

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on June 23, 2014 at 7:57am

Live next to the lake and it's about twenty degrees cooler so far this year.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 23, 2014 at 7:57am

On days when it's 90+ in Beverly, I miss my old place in Rogers Park (1/2 mi from the lake). In the flipside, on those really raw foggy days in spring when you guys desperately wanted to see sun, it was lovely in our yard. It's always a trade-off. ;)

Tricolor said:

Live next to the lake and it's about twenty degrees cooler so far this year.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 8, 2014 at 12:50pm

I turned mine on for a few hours on Monday. It wasn't hot but I was washing up all my camping gear after a week in the woods and adding a lot of moisture to my condo in the process. Spilling a half gallon of water on the floor when I was cleaning my camp cooler didn't help, so I turned on the AC because the floor just wasn't drying in the kitchen.

A/C is cheaper than mold remediation.

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Permalink Reply by Fran Kondorf on July 8, 2014 at 1:04pm

We recently moved and found (4!) a/c units in the new place that the previous owners left behind. Brings our total up to (6) and I haven't installed any of them yet. Maybe in the bedrooms if it gets too sticky, but the fans and lake breezes are fine for now.

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on July 8, 2014 at 1:41pm

I live in a garden apartment with part of the condo below ground. The ground must still be cold, because I have yet to use my two air conditioners that I purchased last year and only used twice.

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Permalink Reply by Jane Healy on July 8, 2014 at 5:09pm

We turned our a.c. on for a few hours yesterday, but have not used it this summer otherwise. We have ceiling fans in most rooms, as well as a whole house fan that is well nigh miraculous for pulling the cool evening air in at night.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Manak on July 10, 2014 at 4:30pm

second summer in row with no AC.... thank god for north and south facing windows and living in RP seems to be very cool up here.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on July 11, 2014 at 2:04am

It's always cooler by the lake. So far I've run the AC once, but we've also had great weather this year.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on July 11, 2014 at 2:16am

Haven't even contemplated turning on the a/c on the first floor of Noble Square this summer. A fan by the bed helps a lot on warmer nights.

Moving to second floor in August so we'll see then. :)

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Permalink Reply by Jose A. Terrazas on July 11, 2014 at 5:25am

Only fired it once. Mom in Law mentioned she felt warm and requested I turn it on. It was the hottest afternoon we had by far. Shot off as soon as the evening arrived and haven't turned on since. Loving the low comed bills!!