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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:22:14 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)   
   wrote:   
      
   >Paul S Person  writes:   
   >>On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:22:29 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)   
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Paul S Person  writes:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>>I am put off by the nonsense being spouted ("free" A/C when you have   
   >>>>to pay for the electricity used to run the heat pump). And the   
   >>>>descriptions of how to use one (same temp 24/7).   
   >>>   
   >>>The "Free A/C" likely refers to the fact that the compressor   
   >>>can be used for both heating and cooling, one need not   
   >>>purchase a separate A/C compressor as with conventional   
   >>>forced air heating systems.   
   >>   
   >>Or not, as in my case.   
   >>   
   >>Until the Blob of a decade or so ago, AC was rarely needed here.   
   >   
   >I've lived in California for four decades and have   
   >never had (or really needed) air conditioning.    Even days   
   >that reach over 110F cool down into the upper 50's/lower 60's   
   >overnight.   
   >   
   >My current home is well insulated and even on a 116F day,   
   >doesn't exceed 82F inside, where a ceiling fan suffices.   
   >   
   >It helps that the humidity is usually in the teens   
   >during the hottest days.   
      
   Yes. Humidity is very much part of the problem here. Something to do   
   with being between Lake Washington and Puget Sound, I suspect.   
      
   I've actually experienced conditions where opening the doors and   
   raising the temperature produced more livable conditions because it   
   allowed the humidity to drop.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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