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Old 05-27-2015, 08:50 AM
 
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Opening windows and some fans to create a cross breeze at night helps with this. That almost always cools off the places I have lived in.
The nights where it's still 75F at 3 AM this doesn't help much I find.
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Old 05-27-2015, 10:18 AM
 
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Opening windows and some fans to create a cross breeze at night helps with this. That almost always cools off the places I have lived in.
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The nights where it's still 75F at 3 AM this doesn't help much I find.
A cross breeze is great in theory, but your house needs to be facing the correct direction to catch the wind and the interior layout needs to be situated in a way that the cross breeze actually moves thru the house. Many houses and most apartments aren't or can't be set up for this and as such don't benefit much from a cross breeze.
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Old 05-27-2015, 02:42 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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A cross breeze is great in theory, but your house needs to be facing the correct direction to catch the wind and the interior layout needs to be situated in a way that the cross breeze actually moves thru the house. Many houses and most apartments aren't or can't be set up for this and as such don't benefit much from a cross breeze.
Guess I have been lucky because I haven't ever had an issue with that, especially with the help of properly placed fans.
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Old 05-27-2015, 02:47 PM
 
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The nights where it's still 75F at 3 AM this doesn't help much I find.
When was the last time that the nightly low was 75F? I looked at June, July and August of last year and the hottest low was 69F for one day and then there were a bunch of 63 - 65. You must have lived in some weird heat island, no wonder you hated living in Portland.
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Old 05-28-2015, 12:09 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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When was the last time that the nightly low was 75F? I looked at June, July and August of last year and the hottest low was 69F for one day and then there were a bunch of 63 - 65. You must have lived in some weird heat island, no wonder you hated living in Portland.
He also lived in a 3 hour commute to PCC Sylvania....so I am beginning to wonder where exactly he lived because it doesn't sound like Portland....
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Old 05-28-2015, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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The nights where it's still 75F at 3 AM this doesn't help much I find.
He might have been talking about inside his apartment?
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Old 05-28-2015, 08:30 PM
 
Location: Tucson, AZ
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82 degrees in the house when I got home. A/C is blasting.
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Old 05-28-2015, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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82 degrees in the house when I got home. A/C is blasting.
Good that it will be dropping down into the 50's tonight, we will definitely have our windows open.
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Old 05-28-2015, 09:10 PM
 
Location: Tualatin Oregon
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I have 2 A/Cs that run on less power than a typical 60 watt light bulb
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Old 05-30-2015, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Henderson, NV
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I guess I cannot understand this idea, I mean I've never lived anywhere that wasn't centrally controlled and the idea of just kind of letting the temperature be whatever it is seems cave-man like to me. The whole point of modern age living is the ability to carefully regulate your interior conditions, whether that's sunlight (complete darkness while sleeping, blackout shades, etc.), temperature control, etc.

In our high rise condo you couldn't live without AC and we literally couldn't. The unit broke in our first few weeks here and it's such a rare model it took 9 months to replace! We went through repeated attempts to fix it, which it never got fixed, and finally they agreed to about a $12,000 replacement. We spent months driving to and from my dad's house every night because you couldn't sleep in here. Even when it was March or October, no chance.

We run AC every single day of the year, but it's more accurate to say that the temperature is simply controlled to be at whatever it should be at, whether that's 65 for sleeping or 70 during the day. Literally if it's 45 degrees out or above, you need AC in our place. It will rise to 73 degrees without it. It's miserable during the summer and will hit 76 if you aren't running AC.

A steel and concrete high rise retains all heat and as a result it's also cheap to maintain. We spend about $90 per month on electrical for a 1,700 square foot place and I work from home running a lot of electronics. It's also why in 5 years plus of living in downtown condos, I have only ever once killed a spider and it was because a friend left my patio door open for a few minutes. Besides that, there is nothing getting in and out including air loss.
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