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How much will occasionally running my air conditioner increase my electric bill?

February 28th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Other - Home Garden
Tiff asked:


I live in Ohio where the temperature has been in the mid to upper 80’s recently. When I get home from work, I turn on the air conditioner to 74 degrees for about 1 hour, then I turn it off. I work with kids all day and really need to cool down when I first get home.

My roommate says it costs a lot of money to turn the A/C on and off, but I feel that is if I’m leaving it on to cool to a low temperature, turning it off till it’s hot again, then turning it back on. Either in dollars or a percentage, how is turning on the A/C for an hour or so per day likely to change my electric bill?

The house has two stories and a basement. Five small bedrooms altogether. It’s an older house, probably from the early 20th century.
It is important to note a few things:
#1- Our central air system doesn’t include a timer option or anything. It’s a rental so we can’t make those changes.

#2- I am only home about 2 hours per day other than when I’m asleep.. so the sprint v. pace example isn’t pertinent. Why pace myself for the mile when I only need a short sprint anyway?

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Why is my forced-hot-water system heating when the circulator pump is not running?

February 27th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Maintenance Repairs
dsr asked:


I have a forced-hot-water heating system with three zones, first floor, second floor, and water tank. After some maintenance on the system the second floor is constantly heating, even though the thermostat is off. I checked the voltage on the circulator pump and it is zero, so the pump is not running. It sounds like it is acting like a gravity-fed system. There are manual valves on the system, but the only things in the loops that are controlled by the thermostats are the circulator pumps. Do the pumps act as valves when they are not pumping? That was my guess so I replaced the pump, but my registers are still hot. If the pump does NOT act as a valve, what is supposed to prevent the hot water from moving through the system when the pumps are not running? I need some HVAC basics here. Thanks!

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Changing from OIl boiler to electric baseboard heating?

February 27th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Other - Home Garden
BJ B asked:


I currently have an oil fueled hot water heating system and am looking for a less expensive way to heat my house now that gas is $4/gallon. There is no gas hookup into my house - what about electric baseboard heat? Would it be less expensive overall?

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Why does my car try to die when the air conditioner comes on?

February 27th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Maintenance Repairs
par4vito asked:


My car has started idling VERY low when the air conditioner kicks in. It tries to die on me. If I turn off the A/C it does fine. Any ideas?

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When do you turn on your Central or Window Air Conditioner?

February 26th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Other - Home Garden
Chelsea asked:


At what tempature outside (the lowest) do you usually turn on your Central/Window air conditioner? And, do you turn it on if it’s that same tempature outside at night?

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Water tank overflowing and central heating making a loud banging noise?

February 26th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Do It Yourself (DIY)
CLARE J asked:


There is a tank directly above my boiler which keeps leaking as though it is boiling over and my central heating makes a very loud bang occassionally like its going to blow up. Any ideas what this could be?

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February 26th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in 'Green' Products & Services

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Don’t Overlook Seat Depth Adjustment

February 26th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in 'Green' Products & Services

Like Goldilocks, finding a chair not too hard, not too soft, but just right can be challenging. OfficeAnything.com offers a wide variety of adjustable office chairs to suit anyone’s needs.

Adjusting your new ergonomic office chair properly will ensure the correct support.

The term ergonomic office chair is widely used throughout the office chair industry and yet if you asked manufacturers to define it chances are you would get many differing answers and opinions.

In reality it’s just a derrived term that has found wide acceptance in office furniture circles. Dictionary definitions of ergonomics vary widely stressing words like productivity, fatigue, discomfort, efficiency, safety etc.

So, here is a definition of ergonomics in relation to an office chair according to Phillip P. Swindle Sr., CRM/VP Sales & Marketing at Info PRO Concepts, Inc.

“Ergonomic chairs adapt naturally and adjust precisely to fit people of all sizes and postures doing all kinds of activities, all day long. They provide a full compliment of adjustments to provide enhanced posture, superior comfort, and body support. Ergonomics inherently increase employee productivity by reducing fatigue. All of our ergonomic chairs are physically responsive, whether the user is in motion or at rest, our chairs spontaneously support the preferred posture, increasing circulation.”

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One of the biggest overlooked areas of an ergonomic office chair is seat depth adjustment. Many people aren’t even aware that such a feature exists on office chairs, let alone why it’s so important.

Think about it; people come in all heights and sizes. When weight is correctly distributed, pressure will be alleviated at the ischial tuberosities (the points on the pelvis that contact the seat) and also at the knee joints.

So, if you have a fixed seat and you find that your legs seem to be protruding more than 2-3 inches beyond the end of the seat pad, consider a sliding seat chair.

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what makes an air conditioner freeze up?

February 25th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Maintenance Repairs
Katie Noble asked:


my air conditioner is freezing up and we have changed the filter and cant figure out what is wrong with it any ideas?

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What is a good heating efficiency for a furnace?

February 24th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Uncategorized
Mack_215 asked:


I am going to buy a direct vent gas log model chdv32nr and want to know if it will do a good job heating about 1200 square feet?

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