When is the right time to put the AC in????

We used to take the AC out every year and put it back in when the first spell of over 80 degree weather crept in. But we got lazy this year and we never took them out. I kind of like it that way because now I don't have to rag on my boyfriend about putting it in.lol. It was about 85 today here in New York but like yours, its not humid. Right now I have two fans going and I am fairly cool. I have a feeling this is going to be a hot summer and I am not thrilled about it.

We have 3 window air conditioners in our house. Only one of them gets taken out of the window during the winter. The other two stay put. During the cold months hubby takes a couple of thick plastic bags and tapes them around the outside of the air conditioners so that it stays warmer in the house. He takes the one in my daughter's room out of the window because my daughter gets grumpy and complains that it makes her room too cold. We haven't put hers back in yet since it stays pretty cool in her room yet. But I unwrapped the one in the living room about a month ago. And I am actually using it right now as I am typing. It's in the low 90s right now, and this house doesn't have the best insulation in the world.....and I refuse to suffer in the heat! LOL

We have 2 ac's one for the bedroom and one in the kitchen. We always take them out and TG we have a spare room that I call my walk in closet. It holds everything from nuts to bolts and our artificial Christmas tree. The weather here was 82 yesterday we had four fans going.

Having just moved from vermont, we did the window in window out thing for years and it was not a fun job, but it took away to much livingroom light to leave it in all winter so every years my husband took it out. I know most years we didnt even need to air untill sometime in june but this year is different.We always waited untill we thought we could not take the heat anny longer to put it in if the fans were just blowing ariund hot air -it was time. Now we have moved to ohio and we have whole house air which I am waiting to see how well it works.

We have a wall unit that stays in all year round. But we usually don't turn the other nit on until the temps get into the 90's. Up until then we just use regular house fans.

Our AC in is the side of our house, so we don't need to put it in and take it out.

Ah... a timely question considering I was just thinking about this a while ago. Ooops, I see you wrote this a week ago:-) but no matter... it's 90 degrees here right now and if it would be 90 in July, I'd definitely have it on.

There's something in me that refuses to turn it on in May, though... silly I suppose.:-) I think humidity has a lot to do with it, too... in July it's a lot more humid than it is today.

Well i live in phoenix and I have had it on for about a month now. I do not like to be hot inside, so I keep it running.

I have a little wheeled air con jobbie .. I can fill it with water and it does a grand job of keeping me cool .. then in the winter when it's not needed I just wheel it into my wardrbe where it sits until the next summer ...

I would like a proper fixed air con unit though .. and the price is coming down more and more now .. so maybe I just might treat myself .. if I write enough replies here in MyLot I could even get one for FREE ... heheheh

We live in NY and also take ours out of the window each year- We get too much snow and cold weather to be able to leave it in. Ours still isn't in the window yet- Probably June- we will put it back in- Today it's in the 80's and tomorrow high 80's then back down to low 70's and
high 60's. I can stand the heat for a bit- Plus it feels great to me at first- I'm so sick of the rainy, changing weather!