Yes, that says 116° today


 
Boooooooooo just booooooo.
I need AC!!
I have 3 fans in my bedroom trying to get me ready for bed.
No AC on the peninsula, times are a changing.
 
We upgraded our HVAC system at the end of May with a 16 SEER 2-speed unit, resized all the duct work, good thing, as long as the grid holds out. 80F in the house feels plenty cool enough for us...funny, but we seem to be running about 10F cooler than you folks in the northern part of the state...usually it's just the opposite.
 
I drank a gallon of water with dinner. Didn’t even make me feel full. That drumstick for dessert sure was good though.

This weekend it’ll be 89° Let’s Go Niners! Beat da Bears!
 
Ed P said:
We upgraded our HVAC system at the end of May with a 16 SEER unit, resized all the duct work, good thing, as long as the grid holds out. 80F in the house feels plenty cool enough for us...funny, but we seem to be running about 10F cooler than you folks in the northern part of the state...usually it's just the opposite.
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80° inside is our summer normal. It feels good as the ceiling fans are on too. You get used to it. But yeah, your temps are pretty high for SoCal.
 
Ed P said:
We upgraded our HVAC system at the end of May with a 16 SEER 2-speed unit, resized all the duct work, good thing, as long as the grid holds out. 80F in the house feels plenty cool enough for us...funny, but we seem to be running about 10F cooler than you folks in the northern part of the state...usually it's just the opposite.
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I guess relative temperature is the key to comfort in your house. It usually doesn't get as hot here as it does in CA but it's often far more humid which makes it uncomfortable in the house even if outside temps are in the 70's or 80's. I often run the air in the house at 72 degrees or it's just miserable inside, especially for sleeping.
 
Brett-EDH said:
I drank a gallon of water with dinner. Didn’t even make me feel full. That drumstick for dessert sure was good though.

This weekend it’ll be 89° Let’s Go Niners! Beat da Bears!
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I wouldn't give my Bears a shot at beating you're Niners except that they aren't going to play Garropolo (who grew up just a few miles from here ironically) and I think that may just give us a shot at winning. Final score: 182 to -15 Da Bears!
 
Steve Hoch said:
I guess relative temperature is the key to comfort in your house. It usually doesn't get as hot here as it does in CA but it's often far more humid which makes it uncomfortable in the house even if outside temps are in the 70's or 80's. I often run the air in the house at 72 degrees or it's just miserable inside, especially for sleeping.
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I agree 100%, humidity control is much more important than temperature control when it comes to comfort. My outdoor sensor says it's 84F outdoors with 24% humidity now...it feels really yucky outside after being in the dry air indoors.

A screenshot from the security camera, polled from the nearest reporting weather station:

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Steve Hoch said:
I guess relative temperature is the key to comfort in your house. It usually doesn't get as hot here as it does in CA but it's often far more humid which makes it uncomfortable in the house even if outside temps are in the 70's or 80's. I often run the air in the house at 72 degrees or it's just miserable inside, especially for sleeping.
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I think humidity was 11% today. I grew up on the east coast and can relate to humidity. We don’t miss humidity one bit. It was gross.
 
Grew up on a farm in the 40's with no electricity ergo no a/c or fans. Not sure i could survive Alabama summers now with no a/c . Guess i am just spoiled in my old age.
 
We got our first power Flex Alert yesterday afternoon here the San Diego community I live in.

SDG&E 'warned' that if power usage wasn't reduced on the circuit powering our area, we'd go off for 1+hrs.

We turned off the AC to do our part - I'd rather be uncomfortable for a couple of hours or more and not lose power to the freezer full of stocked items.

It does seem we live in a 3rd world country for power infrastructure here, though. :confused:
 
About 3 years ago we upgraded our HVAC system. I went with full top of the line most efficiency I could buy us. Highest SEER variable condenser unit available and highest AFUE furnace we could get (variable burners and DC regulated fan motor). We also were able (due to increases in efficiency) able to reduce our BTU needed from 125k BTU furnace down to 70k, and 36k BTU AC down to 24k BTU.
Additionally the units are tied to the internet and a weather service. So, there temp and humidity sensors in the condenser housing, that feeds into the control (thermostat) which is tied to the internet. So it balances out actual outdoor conditions, to predicted conditions and to actual indoor conditions and helps set the units to run accordingly. Additionally in the summer I can allow the system to "dehumidify" (important for anyone living around here). This allows the system to run at a very low output without actually over cooling the home interior. So I set the temp for 78 daytime, 75 night in AC mode but humidity level is set low (down to 45%). Amazing how comfortable it actually keeps the house. Electricity use is quite negligible under this condition as well.
In winter it can throttle down to one burner and control it's output way down to keep the house comfortable. You can even read on the stat how it's performing and at what output levels it's running. First year we had it, we had one of those polar vortex conditions with actual temps (not windchill) hovering at -20 and colder consistently and high temps not going above -10. The furnace typically never had to raise output above 40%. So while this system cost me about $3500 more than a standard system. I think in the 3 years it has paid for itself in fuel/electricity alone
 
We've been lucky here had one day this past week that hit 100 rest of the time mid 90s. 68-70 at night.
Forecast is for cooler temps going forward.
 
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