Growing up in Hawaii from the mid-60s to late 90s, my parents put in an AC unit in the mid-70s. Installed in the dining room window, cool air went through there & the kitchen, down the hall, and into the living room. Our bedroom doors had to be closed because they were out of the path. The AC was wonderful on hot days, we could feel a huge difference when going into our rooms. How did everyone survive without AC on those certain hot days? Miserably. Living in comfort has a price.
On an island though you are subject to more power outages so they happened once in a while. But we never had a backup gen so we just dealt with it. Heck sometimes the AC would trip the switch so we had to be careful not to run certain electric items at the same time. TV was okay. Maybe not a hair dryer. So yeah a backup gen here sounds like a good idea.
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