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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our inside temp is 72. At night it goes down to 69.

Here is the thing though, we try to keep our house cool also - 
- all blinds are shut in the day time
- we have ceiling fans in all bedrooms
- we got great insulation added in our attic
- we have a whole house fan
- we have attic fans not only on the roof of our house, but also we got one installed on the roof of our attached garage.  The difference that the attic fans and the extra-extra insulation made is phenomenal.

Finally, keep your AC unit clean outdoors. Watch YouTube videos to see the DIY. 
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Thanks to the poster for the science behind what works and does not work in our house. There are three more things that we have that I think helps us
- newer energy efficient windows and doors
- window darkening tint on our west and south facing french windows and storm doors. the tint film is outside and so it does not trap heat inside. 
- solar panels on the roof that not only provides free electricity but it also insulates our roof to a degree.

Before we made all these improvements, we used  portable room ACs in bedrooms to make it cooler than what our whole house AC was capable of.  Unfortunately we do not have a dual AC system and this was our way to make summers better. [/quote]

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