[stockstradr]

“The Korean made units seem to be the highest rated (Sunpentown, LG, etc)..”

I agree. We bought a Sears and then later realized Sears had re-branded the LG model. So we have a LG model sold through sears. We like this unit.

This is what we bought and is an example of one of the 15,000 BTU or larger window air conditioners that still have a current draw low enough it won’t trip the fuse on a 15 A dedicated circuit (circuit has no other additional current draw). I should explain that you cannot put a 15 A rated air conditioner on a 15 A circuit because it will typically trip the fuse. You need something that is about 12 A or less to ensure no problem on a dedicated 15 A house circuit.

LG LWHD1500ER (15,000 BTU)

This baby will cool down our entire 1200 sq ft vacation condo. And if you want to cool just one room, say 12 ft X 20 ft, this baby will cool that into a deep freeze condition in about 5 min flat. When you turn it on, it sounds like a medium sized diesel generator kicking in. The characters on “Home Improvement” would probably let out a few *argh* grunts if they heard it.

And this LG unit even delivers more (18,000 BTU) at lower current draw:

LWHD1800R

Now there ARE some drawbacks of buying such large window air conditioners:

1) so LOUD you never want them in a bedroom or living room. Put in a back room to hide the noise.

2) So heavy you need a couple guys to install. So heavy you better put strong wood or metal frame (as we did) under the portion that hangs out the window. (many of these have fallen out of windows without such a support!)

3) The only way a 15,000 BTU window AC unit can cool 1200 sq ft of space spread through multiple rooms is you must have massive air circulation spread the cool air out into all those rooms. I’m talking about three box fans or more.

A neat trick is to re-use the white Styrofoam pad sitting under the unit as it ships, and then install the air conditioner into your window sitting upon that same Styrofoam pad, where that pad rests upon a solid plywood base in the window. This pad attenuates the AC’s vibrations from reaching and resonating in the house structure.

[stockstradr]

“The Korean made units seem to be the highest rated (Sunpentown, LG, etc)..”

I agree. We bought a Sears and then later realized Sears had re-branded the LG model. So we have a LG model sold through sears. We like this unit.

This is what we bought and is an example of one of the 15,000 BTU or larger window air conditioners that still have a current draw low enough it won’t trip the fuse on a 15 A dedicated circuit (circuit has no other additional current draw). I should explain that you cannot put a 15 A rated air conditioner on a 15 A circuit because it will typically trip the fuse. You need something that is about 12 A or less to ensure no problem on a dedicated 15 A house circuit.

LG LWHD1500ER (15,000 BTU)

This baby will cool down our entire 1200 sq ft vacation condo. And if you want to cool just one room, say 12 ft X 20 ft, this baby will cool that into a deep freeze condition in about 5 min flat. When you turn it on, it sounds like a medium sized diesel generator kicking in. The characters on “Home Improvement” would probably let out a few *argh* grunts if they heard it.

And this LG unit even delivers more (18,000 BTU) at lower current draw:

LWHD1800R

Now there ARE some drawbacks of buying such large window air conditioners:

1) so LOUD you never want them in a bedroom or living room. Put in a back room to hide the noise.

2) So heavy you need a couple guys to install. So heavy you better put strong wood or metal frame (as we did) under the portion that hangs out the window. (many of these have fallen out of windows without such a support!)

3) The only way a 15,000 BTU window AC unit can cool 1200 sq ft of space spread through multiple rooms is you must have massive air circulation spread the cool air out into all those rooms. I’m talking about three box fans or more.

A neat trick is to re-use the white Styrofoam pad sitting under the unit as it ships, and then install the air conditioner into your window sitting upon that same Styrofoam pad, where that pad rests upon a solid plywood base in the window. This pad attenuates the AC’s vibrations from reaching and resonating in the house structure.

[stockstradr]

“The Korean made units seem to be the highest rated (Sunpentown, LG, etc)..”

I agree. We bought a Sears and then later realized Sears had re-branded the LG model. So we have a LG model sold through sears. We like this unit.

This is what we bought and is an example of one of the 15,000 BTU or larger window air conditioners that still have a current draw low enough it won’t trip the fuse on a 15 A dedicated circuit (circuit has no other additional current draw). I should explain that you cannot put a 15 A rated air conditioner on a 15 A circuit because it will typically trip the fuse. You need something that is about 12 A or less to ensure no problem on a dedicated 15 A house circuit.

LG LWHD1500ER (15,000 BTU)

This baby will cool down our entire 1200 sq ft vacation condo. And if you want to cool just one room, say 12 ft X 20 ft, this baby will cool that into a deep freeze condition in about 5 min flat. When you turn it on, it sounds like a medium sized diesel generator kicking in. The characters on “Home Improvement” would probably let out a few *argh* grunts if they heard it.

And this LG unit even delivers more (18,000 BTU) at lower current draw:

LWHD1800R

Now there ARE some drawbacks of buying such large window air conditioners:

1) so LOUD you never want them in a bedroom or living room. Put in a back room to hide the noise.

2) So heavy you need a couple guys to install. So heavy you better put strong wood or metal frame (as we did) under the portion that hangs out the window. (many of these have fallen out of windows without such a support!)

3) The only way a 15,000 BTU window AC unit can cool 1200 sq ft of space spread through multiple rooms is you must have massive air circulation spread the cool air out into all those rooms. I’m talking about three box fans or more.

A neat trick is to re-use the white Styrofoam pad sitting under the unit as it ships, and then install the air conditioner into your window sitting upon that same Styrofoam pad, where that pad rests upon a solid plywood base in the window. This pad attenuates the AC’s vibrations from reaching and resonating in the house structure.

[stockstradr]

I should have noted earlier in this thread that I currently do NOT have a single dime of my portfolio short any stock or stock index.

I’m noting this to ensure nobody gets impression from this Prechter thread that I’m heavily short this stock market.

I did short the market in April as the S&P500 neared 1200, and I did make money when I closed that position in May (prematurely).

Market days like today are exactly the reason I liquidated that short position. There are still too many people expecting markets to crash or head south NOW, even after markets had fallen 20% (off the April highs). I agree that Prechter showing up in the NYT is a contrarian indicator.

I’m on the sidelines waiting for another little bear market fool’s rally to squeeze the shorts out of the market, and lower the prices on put options (on the indexes) that I want to (re-)buy. When that happens I’ll go short again, because generally I believe Prechter’s predictions for a depression-style stock market crash.

[stockstradr]

I should have noted earlier in this thread that I currently do NOT have a single dime of my portfolio short any stock or stock index.

I’m noting this to ensure nobody gets impression from this Prechter thread that I’m heavily short this stock market.

I did short the market in April as the S&P500 neared 1200, and I did make money when I closed that position in May (prematurely).

Market days like today are exactly the reason I liquidated that short position. There are still too many people expecting markets to crash or head south NOW, even after markets had fallen 20% (off the April highs). I agree that Prechter showing up in the NYT is a contrarian indicator.

I’m on the sidelines waiting for another little bear market fool’s rally to squeeze the shorts out of the market, and lower the prices on put options (on the indexes) that I want to (re-)buy. When that happens I’ll go short again, because generally I believe Prechter’s predictions for a depression-style stock market crash.

[stockstradr]

I should have noted earlier in this thread that I currently do NOT have a single dime of my portfolio short any stock or stock index.

I’m noting this to ensure nobody gets impression from this Prechter thread that I’m heavily short this stock market.

I did short the market in April as the S&P500 neared 1200, and I did make money when I closed that position in May (prematurely).

Market days like today are exactly the reason I liquidated that short position. There are still too many people expecting markets to crash or head south NOW, even after markets had fallen 20% (off the April highs). I agree that Prechter showing up in the NYT is a contrarian indicator.

I’m on the sidelines waiting for another little bear market fool’s rally to squeeze the shorts out of the market, and lower the prices on put options (on the indexes) that I want to (re-)buy. When that happens I’ll go short again, because generally I believe Prechter’s predictions for a depression-style stock market crash.

[stockstradr]

I should have noted earlier in this thread that I currently do NOT have a single dime of my portfolio short any stock or stock index.

I’m noting this to ensure nobody gets impression from this Prechter thread that I’m heavily short this stock market.

I did short the market in April as the S&P500 neared 1200, and I did make money when I closed that position in May (prematurely).

Market days like today are exactly the reason I liquidated that short position. There are still too many people expecting markets to crash or head south NOW, even after markets had fallen 20% (off the April highs). I agree that Prechter showing up in the NYT is a contrarian indicator.

I’m on the sidelines waiting for another little bear market fool’s rally to squeeze the shorts out of the market, and lower the prices on put options (on the indexes) that I want to (re-)buy. When that happens I’ll go short again, because generally I believe Prechter’s predictions for a depression-style stock market crash.

[stockstradr]

I should have noted earlier in this thread that I currently do NOT have a single dime of my portfolio short any stock or stock index.

I’m noting this to ensure nobody gets impression from this Prechter thread that I’m heavily short this stock market.

I did short the market in April as the S&P500 neared 1200, and I did make money when I closed that position in May (prematurely).

Market days like today are exactly the reason I liquidated that short position. There are still too many people expecting markets to crash or head south NOW, even after markets had fallen 20% (off the April highs). I agree that Prechter showing up in the NYT is a contrarian indicator.

I’m on the sidelines waiting for another little bear market fool’s rally to squeeze the shorts out of the market, and lower the prices on put options (on the indexes) that I want to (re-)buy. When that happens I’ll go short again, because generally I believe Prechter’s predictions for a depression-style stock market crash.

[stockstradr]

New York Times: A Market Forecast That Says ‘Take Cover’

Prechter gets some coverage in the New York Times

[stockstradr]

New York Times: A Market Forecast That Says ‘Take Cover’

Prechter gets some coverage in the New York Times

[stockstradr]

New York Times: A Market Forecast That Says ‘Take Cover’

Prechter gets some coverage in the New York Times

[stockstradr]

New York Times: A Market Forecast That Says ‘Take Cover’

Prechter gets some coverage in the New York Times

[stockstradr]

New York Times: A Market Forecast That Says ‘Take Cover’

Prechter gets some coverage in the New York Times

[stockstradr]

Only insomnia has driven me to post to this thread, which is filled with even more nonsense posts than the usual Pigg thread.

Gold ETF’s filled with “fake” gold?

It is practically a moot point, because if you read the prospectus cover-to-cover, you’ll identify so many other risks that the gold ETF’s might as well hold fake gold.

http://www.spdrgoldshares.com/sites/us/prospectus/

Because of these risks, when I take a position long gold, if I cannot buy bullion (such as when trading in a 401K or ROTH IRA) then I only buy the Central Gold Trust (GTU).

http://www.gold-trust.com/

I’m presently DOUBLE-SHORT gold, having first established that 10%-of-portfolio position two weeks ago. Yes, so far the gold market is definitely moving my direction.

I am pleased that so many people on this thread think gold is a good buy at this price. That tells me I’m on the right side (short side) of the gold market!

When gold falls to about $700 (likely within 24 months), I’ll dump that short position and, as Hugh Hendry says (paraphrasing) “I’m gonna then back my truck up to the refinery and load my portfolio chock full of gold, then hold it for a good 10+ years, long enough for the dollar to collapse and send gold soaring above $6000/ounce!” (And that might just happen A LOT sooner than 10 years)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hendry

[stockstradr]

Only insomnia has driven me to post to this thread, which is filled with even more nonsense posts than the usual Pigg thread.

Gold ETF’s filled with “fake” gold?

It is practically a moot point, because if you read the prospectus cover-to-cover, you’ll identify so many other risks that the gold ETF’s might as well hold fake gold.

http://www.spdrgoldshares.com/sites/us/prospectus/

Because of these risks, when I take a position long gold, if I cannot buy bullion (such as when trading in a 401K or ROTH IRA) then I only buy the Central Gold Trust (GTU).

http://www.gold-trust.com/

I’m presently DOUBLE-SHORT gold, having first established that 10%-of-portfolio position two weeks ago. Yes, so far the gold market is definitely moving my direction.

I am pleased that so many people on this thread think gold is a good buy at this price. That tells me I’m on the right side (short side) of the gold market!

When gold falls to about $700 (likely within 24 months), I’ll dump that short position and, as Hugh Hendry says (paraphrasing) “I’m gonna then back my truck up to the refinery and load my portfolio chock full of gold, then hold it for a good 10+ years, long enough for the dollar to collapse and send gold soaring above $6000/ounce!” (And that might just happen A LOT sooner than 10 years)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hendry

[Author]

Posts