I flip the breaker, btu I'm positive it won't turn on and freeze itself. It won't even turn on when it's 15deg outside and our upstairs is heating up haha.
I flip the breaker, btu I'm positive it won't turn on and freeze itself. It won't even turn on when it's 15deg outside and our upstairs is heating up haha.
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You're thinking of the outside breaker - there will also be one inside on your electrical panel, at least that's how I've always seen it done and that's how mine is done.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I just flip the breaker on my panel in the basement before Winter and leave the exterior one alone.
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There is zero chance I'd pay someone $500 to put it on the outside before I spent $12 to apply normal tint on the inside, myself.
A/C design spec is normally 12°C supply air and you should feel the air blowing with your hand 3-4’ above the floor vent. If these are true, the system is doing all it can.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Nope. I opened up the access panel, and I can see the evap coil is absolutely covered in ice. Google tells me that means the refrigerant is low, and to turn off the A/C and either run the fan, or the heat for a bit to melt it.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I set the A/C to 20* today, just to keep the house where it's at, and after running all afternoon, it's gone up 0.5*, so before I call reliance, anyone have a good hvac dude? I doubt anything would be covered by warranty at this point.
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@riander5 Danby something or other from Costco.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It's a completely different product, it's not like vehicle tint at all. At least that was the case with the stuff I was looking at. If you find some for anywhere near $12 let me know haha.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm sure it is, but why not try something that's about $1/sq-ft and is installed on the inside.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/gil...ilm/1000686188
I don't see a solar rejection rate on that stuff, but I may have missed it. For my application anyway, the goal isn't privacy, it's to reflect as much heat energy as possible because I am seeing temps of over 60C behind my blinds and it overpowers my A/C. To my knowledge anyway, an interior film isn't well suited for that purpose and if it's anything like car tint, removing it is a truly awful job haha.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If there's a really great exterior film , I am in for professional install. Have two massive south-facing 2nd floor windows that are full sun all day. Have triple-pane windows so interior film is a no-go.
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Tint rejects heat. Think how much cooler your car is compared to without tint.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Are there superior products from NASA that reject heat better? Yes. Bring money.
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https://www.yyctint.ca/installing-wi...le-pane-glass/
This is who I contacted to do mine - I will try remember to report back here when it's done. My reference point for temperature reduction is 60.4C (max) that I measured behind the blinds on my bedroom window on the weekend when it was 27C or so outside in the evening when it's the worst. I am expecting a pretty dramatic reduction based on what they told me. $500 for a large window that requires scaffolding (and other skills I don't have haha) to install seemed like a pretty good deal.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm not worried about it, but I did call Lux and they told me it would void my warranty on that window. Off the record they told me it should be completely fine though, if anything better because it will see less dramatic temperature swings. So if you have a super expensive custom window or something, maybe you want to maintain your warranty but that's a risk I'm happy to take to sleep cooler.
whats the ballpark cost for that stuff? hundred bucks a window? five hundred?
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I got a quote for ~85% rejection exterior film and my window is a big rectangle made up of 3 panes, roughly 62" X 66" (total size) and the quote is $550 + GST installed w/warranty. It's on the second floor so they do need to set up scaffolding to install it.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Interior film was $400 but not as good if the goal is maximum heat rejection and I don't love the idea of all the heat still coming through the window before it hits the film.
There is really tall 3-storey infill on my street with literally the entire front of the home being glass on all floors, West facing, and I noticed they were getting exterior tint film installed last week but I couldn't tell which company was doing it. I bet their place was disgustingly hot.
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I was quoted between $1400-$1600 for 1/2 of my west facing windows (6 panes, about 3'x6' each) with 50-60% solar energy rejection, so between cost and voiding warranty tint was a non-starter for me.
Getting a/c installed by W&J as I type this.
Last edited by Strider; 05-18-2021 at 02:38 PM.
Originally posted by max_boost
Hey baller, any problem money can solve is no problem at all. Don't sweat it.
Those kinds of costs would take a lot of big AC bills to pay back.
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If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
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Free heat from Sun in winter is free heat. I don't think I'd want something so incredibly effective in our climate. I would sure AF not want 60°C in summer though!
Heating 1 degree is cheaper than cooling 1 degree. But yeah, a thousand bucks of tint doesn't seem like it'd ever pay out.
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