72 going up to mid 80s in showers, cooler day.
as far as a/c, I do think there is an issue with the upstairs insulation. It was 77 degrees up here in my office when I just came up here, second floor, when it's only in the low 70's outside. Heat isn't getting out of the attics. And I even replaced both attic ventilators when I got here.
Two hot water heaters, three a/c compressors, two refridg/freezers, one giant crawl space dehumidifier and a hot tub.
Yeah, not the most efficient arrangement for one guy....
this fall I'm going to have an insulation company come in and blow in more insulation. Windows and doors are all new so that part is done. The bill for the separate meter on the barn went up 50 bucks a month just running the a/c unit back there. Boy is that thing inefficient...bought a larger, higher SEER unit to replace it. And I'm going to turn it off unless I'm in there if I don't have an active project going. Need to conserve...am feeling really fuelish at the moment. I'd love to put in solar panels and I could probably hide them pretty well here. But the upfront cost is in the tens of thousands of dollars right? How am I going to recoup that in ten years? don't think I am...but a really good idea. And inverters are not going to run three 4-5 ton a/c units, i think...but might do the hot water heaters, something peripheral.
errands to run this morning and a new fairly large Echo 280 weedeater to pick up with a brush blade attached. Never used one of those before but looking forward to it, and not trying to do to my ankle what Dave did to his finger. (I sure hope you are doing better with that Dave) Main purpose is to clear woods brush out from the front of the property, and I guess I'll take it down to the rear side and clear out the other road frontage. Have about 3-400 feet of frontage on two different roads and it is a constant battle to keep the area cleaned out. I will not use herbicides so it was time to up my game with a little more hp. If I get back before it rains, I'll fire it up and see how it does.
My three month old Echo 260 weedeater has a frozen motor. Awful feeling the helper may have put straight gas into it, even though I have 50-1 premix there. But the smaller gas can had been moved, not the little one with the 2 cycle mix. so I'm wondering...time for a large magic marker to write the obvious on the fuel cans. Took it into the shop late last week; should hear today if it's fixable. I thought about shooting some penetrating oil down the plug hole but it's still under warranty so figured best to do nothing. Will be interesting to see how difficult Echo is on this; I mean why should they pay if I burn up my motor using straight gas?....the trick is proving anything. Will mention to the dealer that I now own three different Echo weedeaters and perhaps the factory could cut me some slack. or not
