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[VANITY]Central Air Conditioning Help, Retrofit

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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First off, sorry for the vanity. Second, thanks for reading. Here's the situation, a relative in NJ just retrofitted her home with central A/C, the house did not have duct work so new flexible ducts were installed in the attic. The house is about 50 years old. The insulation is double layered pink fiberglass, lower layer is probably 35 years old, second layer is probably 25 years old. Both still have decent loft and R value. Since the A/C was installed, the "attic smell" of fiberglass and environmental dust has been pushing through the vents into the living quarters. It's...

Any HVAC Folks Out There? (Vanity?

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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This was a tough one to figure out what category this should go in! Well .. Anyway .. I need some advice from an expert on electrical use. Been out of work for over two years now and I am 'squeezing' every dime to survive! Here is my question: I live in a two story, vinyl sided home. I have an electric fireplace downstairs (12.5 amps +120 volts= 1500 watts) and the same upstairs. I also have .. what I think is a 2.5 ton 'Heat Pump'. I have No Clue, (being from Florida) What or how a heat pump...

Stan Cox Wants to Ban Air Conditioning

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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Proving that there is no folly fallacious enough that it can't be written down, both in a book and in an oped in the Washington Post, Stan Cox, an agricultural scientist, has proposed to ban or greatly restrict air conditioning.

How 'cap and trade' would affect your energy bill

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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The Heritage Foundation is making available a state-by-state analysis of climate legislation impact. Opponents have long argued that enacting the Waxman-Markey energy bill could cost Americans thousands of dollars per year in the form of higher energy costs. Under the bill, Congress would establish a system to cap and then trade carbon emissions from energy companies and businesses. Sometimes referred to as "carbon cap-and-tax," opponents claim that the so-called carbon tax levied on businesses under the bill will be passed off to consumers. Jack Spencer with The Heritage Foundation says his organization has taken the bill and has done a...

Bullish on HVAC!

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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I'm bullish about the future. I'm bullish about America. I'm even more bullish about HVAC. Sounds crazy, right? How can anyone be optimistic in the face of the persistent onslaught of negative news? How can anyone be optimistic about business, given the country's rush to socialism? Isn't today more like 1933, than 1983? Nonsense! Things seem worse than reality because our pessimist-in-chief has used the bully pulpit to manufacture malaise so he can foist an otherwise unacceptable agenda on a panicked public. An anti-free market mainstream media has been all too willing to pile on, resulting in the drumbeat of...

Is Air Conditioning the Next Tobacco?

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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“Kill your air conditioner,” wrote Joe Klein in Time Magazine. “The unnecessary refrigeration of America has become a chronic disease.” What? I’m tempted to laugh at the lunacy. It’s as silly as banning the light bulb in an attempt to save the planet. Who could be that stupid? Well, in a few years incandescent light bulbs will be illegal. We’ll be forced to buy compact fluorescents, which require Hazmat disposal teams when broken. In today’s green environment, nothing is too insane. Frighteningly, our industry is increasingly considered politically incorrect. A decade ago, the New York Times reported that an Italian...

As weather warms, let's remember the unsung inventor of the window air conditioner

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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In 1945, Robert Sherman invented the modern portable, in-window air conditioner (Patent # 2,433,960 granted January 6, 1948). It was subsequently "appropriated" by a large manufacturer who made hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Sherman did not have the resources to fight the big corporation in court (they reportedly promised to "break him" if he tried) and thus never received a dime. He died in 1962. Recognition of his contribution to heating/air conditioning is long overdue. Click

Central Heating Question

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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What would be the cause of this? My cousin has central heating (no gas) and when she turns her heat on above 65 degrees, the entire house smells of sewage. She has had it checked but nobody can tell her what the cause of this is. Anyone care to take a guess as to the culprit?

Unsung Engineering Heros

Monday 28th of May 2012 06:03:18 PM
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Unsung Engineering Heros: Robert Sherman In 1945, Robert Sherman invented the modern portable, in-window air conditioner (Patent # 2,433,960 granted January 6, 1948). It was subsequently "appropriated" by a large manufacturer who made hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Sherman did not have the resources to fight the big corporation in court (they reportedly promised to "break him" if he tried) and thus never received a dime. He died in 1962. Recognition of his contribution to heating/air conditioning is long overdue. Full Article