<story><title>Shortage of air conditioner parts expected this summer</title><url>https://www.kswo.com/2021/05/28/shortage-of-air-conditioner-parts-expected-this-summer/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>DavidPeiffer</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d suggest people research whole house fans. They mount in the ceiling on your top level and suck air from your open windows into the attic.&lt;p&gt;We had one growing up in Iowa. Despite upper 70&amp;#x27;s to mid 80&amp;#x27;s much of May, June, and July, we were able to avoid running the air conditioner by sucking in the 50-60 degree air overnight and closing up the windows during the day. By late July and August, it was time to use the air conditioner.&lt;p&gt;The fans can typically rotate all the air in a house every handful of minutes, and the breeze helps sweat evaporate, immensely helping comfort. Their cost is typically a couple hundred dollars, but you can spend up to ~1,200 for a quiet, high volume model.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m looking to install one in my house. The downside I&amp;#x27;m trying to work through is, should a fire break out, I want the fan to turn off. I haven&amp;#x27;t found a COTS system to do this and integrate with the hardwired smoke detectors.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>HumblyTossed</author><text>Another down side is, you don&amp;#x27;t want to do this if you&amp;#x27;re in the swampy south.  You&amp;#x27;ll bring in all the humidity and that will cause all sorts of problems. Also, you bring in any dust, pollen, etc that may be lingering.</text></comment>
<story><title>Shortage of air conditioner parts expected this summer</title><url>https://www.kswo.com/2021/05/28/shortage-of-air-conditioner-parts-expected-this-summer/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>DavidPeiffer</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d suggest people research whole house fans. They mount in the ceiling on your top level and suck air from your open windows into the attic.&lt;p&gt;We had one growing up in Iowa. Despite upper 70&amp;#x27;s to mid 80&amp;#x27;s much of May, June, and July, we were able to avoid running the air conditioner by sucking in the 50-60 degree air overnight and closing up the windows during the day. By late July and August, it was time to use the air conditioner.&lt;p&gt;The fans can typically rotate all the air in a house every handful of minutes, and the breeze helps sweat evaporate, immensely helping comfort. Their cost is typically a couple hundred dollars, but you can spend up to ~1,200 for a quiet, high volume model.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m looking to install one in my house. The downside I&amp;#x27;m trying to work through is, should a fire break out, I want the fan to turn off. I haven&amp;#x27;t found a COTS system to do this and integrate with the hardwired smoke detectors.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>c_o_n_v_e_x</author><text>You need a smoke detector that provides dry contacts&amp;#x2F;relay output and some minimal wiring.</text></comment>