Home ownership ain't so bad, part 2: the air in here.

Nearly 400 bucks later, our a/c appears to be running much more efficiently.  I'm sitting in the study/computer room, normally one of the stuffier rooms, and I feel it on my legs way more than usual.  The temp isn't decreasing as fast as I thought it would, but it definitely feels cooler now.

We've been in this house 10 months and it took us that long to realize the a/c wasn't working efficiently.  It was running for long periods--5-6 hours at a stretch--and the house wasn't cooling very fast.  "Oh well," we instinctively thought, "it's just how it is."  Why did we think this for so long?

It's not a long-term fix, but the unit should be more functional for a while.  Unfortunately, the best long-term fix is to get a new system; this one isn't up to current SEER specifications and is also teetering on the edge of its lifespan.  But we aren't made of money.  

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