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June 29, 1994. 128° recorded by the national weather service.

I was working in Havasu for Charlie, on an outboard Merc, under an umbrella. You had to have a 5 gallon bucket of water just to set your tools in. Anything black would leave burns if you leaned on it, forget about touching chrome.

The cheap hardware store thermometer read 136° that day in the shop, swampers running full blast. Jumping in the lake was like a bathtub.

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My neighbors were looking at me funny yesterday when I was wearing a quilted long sleeve jacket in 110°+ heat. It was the only way I could pull the lower unit off of my Yamaha to change out my impeller. It’s a real pain in the ass when you don’t have any shade. 🤣
 

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When it went 128 in LHC, it also went that at Mead. We were at Mead on a houseboat. Ya, it was hot. But we stayed wet. Put the EZ Up and chairs in the water. It was truly very do-able. It was also 7 straight days of flat glass on the lake. All in all a great trip.
 

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Highest bill I have had was a bit over 600. in Cave Creek for the elec one month. In the summers the bills were pretty high IMO.

This was about 4 years ago.....

You guys keeping your ACs down in the low 70's......jezzzzzz

I always had mine set for 80 in the summer and 65 for the heater in the winter.

Even in the 5th wheel I don't usually go below 80....very rare

You guys are burning money up.....lol
 

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2400 sq ft. 2T & 4T heat pump AC units. Kyle, the Weatherman, recently replaced both with more efficient units. We keep the temp at 75. Very comfortable. With no obvious increase in our elec bills. At least, not yet. It works for us.

I see a vid got attached. This was Mead in the 120+ temps. Tubing on this kind of conditions should be criminal. But, everyone was tired of skiing. BTW - this was our old Tahiti. Ran all day on 12 gal of fuel.
 

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You guys have me looking into my edison account. Highest so far was $690 in sept 2022. 2000+kwh.

I am failing to see why historically we use double june/july kwh in august and september. It doesn't make sense.

I have been running the air pretty well in June and it was only 478 kwh. I dont know shit.
 

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80 is miserable. 68 is ideal otherwise I can't sleep.
haha....I don't use blankets though. I just lay down and fall out

68 would make me wake up with friggin pneumonia :)
 

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Highest bill I have had was a bit over 600. in Cave Creek for the elec one month. In the summers the bills were pretty high IMO.
This was about 4 years ago.....

You guys keeping your ACs down in the low 70's......jezzzzzz

I always had mine set for 80 in the summer and 65 for the heater in the winter.

Even in the 5th wheel I don't usually go below 80....very rare

You guys are burning money up.....lol

I work in the heat. So when I come home I want to feel like im in an ice box. 🤣🤣

Set it at 65* here and it’s about $500 a month. Wife complains and I tell her to put on a jacket. I’m not trying to walk around naked.
 

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Highest bill I have had was a bit over 600. in Cave Creek for the elec one month. In the summers the bills were pretty high IMO.


I work in the heat. So when I come home I want to feel like im in an ice box. 🤣🤣

Set it at 65* here and it’s about $500 a month. Wife complains and I tell her to put on a jacket. I’m not trying to walk around naked.
Haha
 

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80 is miserable. 68 is ideal otherwise I can't sleep.
if my AC wont keep my place at 75 or less im leaving and finding a motel or something, and at 75 im pissy about it. i would love to run it colder, but our unit so old im afraid to lean on it too hard and have it grenade just as we are coming into summer. been saying for last 3 years i will replace it after summer, but the damn thing just keeps chugging.
 

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That’s what i have. I have a B-hyve at home. I’ve never lost a signal. The Rachio team said it was my WiFi so I bought an extender. I’ve never lost signal to the Ring camera above it but the Rachio won’t stay online and doesn’t seem to keep up with desert watering in smart mode. Think I’m going to do a quick switch out
I've had the b hive for a few years, been flawless!
 
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We are supposed to leave Saturday for our annual Rv trip.. this is gonna sucks balls for the first two days of it..
It's supposed to be in the mid-90s up here Tues-Friday next week, FYI.
 
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It’s really not that bad out if you’re on the lake. And sitting under cover outside it’s nice.

Yeah it’s warm but that’s why we boat here. Lake Water still has enough chill to be refreshing. Give that another month and it won’t be, and heading up river (or down at Parker) will be doable for the cold water.
 

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$700 fuck me, how many sqf is your house? I have myself budgeted for $350 lol

Also what temp do you keep it at?
I’m in a 2100sf house, $600 if you keep the door open, while you bring groceries in from the garage, and keep all the window blinds open.

I run mine at 73F. It’s too hot to go outside, so I make myself comfortable inside. I also have a big window unit, cooling my 600 sqft workshop out back to 85 degrees. I used to keep it at around 75, when I was in there daily building an airplane.
 

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if my AC wont keep my place at 75 or less im leaving and finding a motel or something, and at 75 im pissy about it. i would love to run it colder, but our unit so old im afraid to lean on it too hard and have it grenade just as we are coming into summer. been saying for last 3 years i will replace it after summer, but the damn thing just keeps chugging.
I replaced my air conditioner in 2016, to replace a unit that only had failed twice in 20 years.

I noticed about 15-20% reduction in my AC bill with the new unit. After I get done with the bathroom remodels, I’m going to replace all the ducting. The crap they used in the 1980’s is garbage, compared to the stuff they use today.
 

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I replaced my air conditioner in 2016, to replace a unit that only had failed twice in 20 years.

I noticed about 15-20% reduction in my AC bill with the new unit. After I get done with the bathroom remodels, I’m going to replace all the ducting. The crap they used in the 1980’s is garbage, compared to the stuff they use today.
2016...I'd replace the whole system to Inverter Condenser/ Variable Speed AHU...much more efficient.
As stated replace all ducting and make sure it is "balanced" for the house. That's all I got...
 

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Humidity is down in the teens so that’s a plus.

I was thinking earlier some thunderstorms would be nice to cool things down but the side effect of that is the humidity jumps up.
 

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Humidity is down in the teens so that’s a plus.

I was thinking earlier some thunderstorms would be nice to cool things down but the side effect of that is the humidity jumps up.
Thunderstorms work great when the Temperature is in the low 90’s, and drops it into the 70’s
 

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Early today

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I gave the guys the 4th off so they could enjoy the holiday. Now we are back to work all weekend long trying to keep everyone cool.

AC techs are heros this time of year. They go where there is no ac and climb into 150 degree attics repairing them.
 

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Our nearly new 4T unit quit working last night. This morning found the AA batteries in the Sensi thermostat were nearly depleted. Replaced them, all’s good. The thermostat is only 4 months old. That’s a short life for those batteries. Oh well. Cheap & easy repair.
 
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That’s what i have. I have a B-hyve at home. I’ve never lost a signal. The Rachio team said it was my WiFi so I bought an extender. I’ve never lost signal to the Ring camera above it but the Rachio won’t stay online and doesn’t seem to keep up with desert watering in smart mode. Think I’m going to do a quick switch out
I have the B-hyve outside and a Rachio inside. The Rachio goes offline constantly but continues with the program. The B-hyve has never failed. I’m in town if you want me to run over and check it out.
 
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We showed up Wednesday night and the AC had failed this week. It was 107 in the place. Called the AC people and they came out and repaired it (two leaks and recharge the refrigerant). Took almost 6 hours for the place to cool down to something approaching comfortable.

We will be replacing our Trane 5T unit with a new one early next week. We got over 10 years out of it.
 

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I gave the guys the 4th off so they could enjoy the holiday. Now we are back to work all weekend long trying to keep everyone cool.

AC techs are heros this time of year. They go where there is no ac and climb into 150 degree attics repairing them.
I dont know how you guys do it! I cant even load stuff out of the car outside past 9am. Its brutal!!!
 

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Heading up late Thursday or early Friday. I’d stay home but my f’g irrigation timer went offline a few weeks ago. 🤬🤬. It’s suppose to keep watering but I have no idea what I’m coming back to. May just do a turn around.
I see some recommended the B-Hyve (sp?). Another might be the RainBird ESP-ME3, depending on your yard size (max capacity is 22 zones). They recently released a new WiFi accessory, and I’ve had flawless connectivity since I installed it.
 
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Our nearly new 4T unit quit working last night. This morning found the AA batteries in the Sensi thermostat were nearly depleted. Replaced them, all’s good. The thermostat is only 4 months old. That’s a short life for those batteries. Oh well. Cheap & easy repair.
That is one of the more imbarrasing calls we run for homeowners. Im glad he replaced your own batteries LOL
 

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I have the B-hyve outside and a Rachio inside. The Rachio goes offline constantly but continues with the program. The B-hyve has never failed. I’m in town if you want me to run over and check it out.
Thank you very much for the offer. @DLC swung by and did a status check. Luckily, it continued to water. Unfortunately, it was at my “early summer” schedule. We just got into town this morning. Gonna switch it to B-hyve and call it a day.
 

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I see some recommended the B-Hyve (sp?). Another might be the RainBird ESP-ME3, depending on your yard size (max capacity is 22 zones). They recently released a new WiFi accessory, and I’ve had flawless connectivity since I installed it.
Thanks. I’ll check that out also. I may need to do some research on their connectivity. The same WiFi is hooked to a ring camera directly above it. I’ve never lost connection in that device ever
 

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That is one of the more imbarrasing calls we run for homeowners. Im glad he replaced your own batteries LOL
?? “He replaced your own batteries LOL” ?? No, I replaced the batteries and notified the AC tech.
 

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I gave the guys the 4th off so they could enjoy the holiday. Now we are back to work all weekend long trying to keep everyone cool.

AC techs are heros this time of year. They go where there is no ac and climb into 150 degree attics repairing them.
Ethan Just left the DLC compound

swapped out the electric disconnect everything is back to normal

Thank you !
I appreciated the txt messages from my Freak out !!


lol
 
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Ethan Just left the DLC compound

swapped out the electric disconnect everything is back to normal

Thank you !
I appreciated the txt messages from my Freak out !!


lol
No worries!! Current customers come first every time
 

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117 degrees at 12:30 here in Parker.
5% humidity brings to “feels like” 110.
120plus for sure around 4:30.

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No worries!! Current customers come first every time
Little off track here but I figure you would be good guy to ask, I bought a place in havasu and it has a 30 year old 4 ton unit, we are upgrading to a new 5 ton in the next few months...



Is it worth waiting for the r54 stuff to come out? I can't tell if that is going to be an upgrade or downgrade
 
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