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Show CONSUMER RNEROT Money-Saving Ways To Keep Your Cool When summer heat and humidity humid-ity threaten to make you lose your cool, here's how to keep it and save some cold cash besides. . T Your air conditioning system may work more economically if you continuously run the fan of your central air conditioning system, instead in-stead of letting it cycle on and off when the compressor operates. Continuously circulating air keeps the temperature more even throughout through-out the house. Running the fan alone takes much less energy than when the compressor is also operating. operat-ing. If the climate is very humid, however, running the fan continuously continu-ously reduces dehumidification. You should also remember that running the fan by itself isn't free its energy cost is a factor smart consumers con-sumers need to consider, say the people at the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI). Two free ARI pamphlets on "How to Keep Your Cool and Save Cold Cash" answer 47 questions consumers consum-ers frequently ask about indoor climate cli-mate control. For free copies, send a stamped, self-addressed business envelope to ARI, Dept. U-56, P.O. Box 37700, Washinon D.C. 20013. |
