My utility bills have reached a historic high as both of us suffer through another brutal month of June.
- Although I am forced to cope with intense summer time weather every single year, we’re in the grips of record cutting highs & never ending droughts.
I get worried when I turn on the news & find out that there are wildfires in the area & they’re spreading into a nearby city. Aside from the fear of losing everything you own, there’s the genuine fear for your life. People die in their sleep as the wildfires spread during evening seconds unbeknownst to them. Some people don’t realize how ridiculously hot it gets in my region. I wanted to turn my lanai into a 4 season room. That entails having some minimal insulation from the elements, & access to conditioned air. In some cases people are lucky enough to have access to HVAC duct close enough to the room that is being modified. In my case, my easiest option for getting air conditioner into that lanai is installing a fan positioned inside the doorway to the rest of the house. My other option is to install a window cooling system, a ductless mini cut a/c, or a portable cooling system. I drove to a pressing hardware store & looked over the available options. There was a sale on portable cooling systems & I noticed there were a few unusual models to choose from. I set my eyes on this small pale white device that has 10,000 BTUs of cooling power, as well as self-evaporation technology. These machines utilize waste water from the a/c & use it to cool the hot compressor inside the metal enclosure. Normally indoor air has to be recycled for the purpose of cooling the compressor, however these current machines recycle the water that leaves the beach house either way.