{"id":98,"date":"2012-08-11T08:49:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T13:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openproduce.org\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2012-08-11T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T13:49:13","slug":"an-update-on-our-customer-financed-air-conditioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/11\/an-update-on-our-customer-financed-air-conditioner\/","title":{"rendered":"An update on our customer-financed air conditioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick update on our air conditioner, brought to you by…you.<\/p>\n

As you know, we solicited a loan from our customers through LendSquare<\/a>. A dozen people offered to loan us money, and we ended up fulfilling the loan with money from five people (all customers), who each lent us between $100 and $5,000. The interest rate will be a very, very reasonable 3.7% — many times better than we could get from a bank.<\/p>\n

We went with an LG minisplit system — there’s a compressor outside and (very quiet) blower unit inside. These units, while rare in Chicago, are to be found all over Asia and Latin America. Cost, including installation, was just over $4,000 and comes with a nice warranty. (The remaining $2,800 from the LendSquare loan was used to refinance some 18% credit card debt, bringing our credit card debt to $0.)<\/p>\n

We contracted installation with Greenleaf Heating and Cooling<\/a>, who specialize in energy efficiency and were also, as a bonus, prompter and more respectful of our space than previous contractors we’ve worked with.<\/p>\n

While pricier than a normal window A\/C unit, this thing can pump out quiet a bit more cooling, is quieter, and is more energy efficient (has a higher SEER rating). We haven’t received a power bill yet, but I can tell you we are throwing away less produce now than we were a few weeks ago. With our previous A\/C, we were hitting 79 F in the produce section on hot days. Since installation, it hasn’t gone above 66 F.<\/p>\n

Here’s some pictures of the indoor and outdoor units:<\/p>\n

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A quick update on our air conditioner, brought to you by…you.<\/p>\n

As you know, we solicited a loan from our customers through LendSquare<\/a>. A dozen people offered to loan us money, and we ended …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openproduce.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}