Archive for August, 2009

August 17, 2009

A Convection Oven – A Great Way to Save Energy

by: Taz Loomans

Tweet In my previous blog “Huge Utility Bill and Hot Guests” I talked about how we just couldn’t cool 3 Palms down on a hot summer day when we had guests and I had used my wall oven to bake enchiladas.  This blog post is a follow-up on the oven part of that story. At 3 Palms, we kept the original vintage wall oven from the early 1960’s.  It’s very cool-looking and wonderful in a lot of ways. But it’s  a big energy-hog!!!  Not only does it use alot of energy to operate, but it also heats up the house…

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August 12, 2009

High Utility Bill and Hot Guests at 3 Palms!

by: Taz Loomans

Tweet All of you who live in Phoenix know well that July is one of our hottest months of the year.  Things like “It is like the surface of the sun outside” have been said about this month.  Imagine how hard our air-conditioning has to work to keep us comfortable in outside temperatures like 112-118 degrees. Two things happened to alarm me that something is amiss with our air-conditioning unit at 3 Palms: 1.    I had a party for my family.  Anyone who knows me knows that I have a giant family.  Only 50% of my giant family was in…

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