Hi, I've visited the DR and am relocating there for one year. I was nearly hospitalized for heat-related issues while I was there.
I know what heat stroke can do. The humidity and heat was new to me. I developed rashes, etc.
It was bad.
Can you please post your monthly A/C cost here? Including the size of room, duration, province, etc?
I told my fiancee I can use fans and drink fridge cold, bottled water. She said it will help, but it's not enough.
She saw how much I suffered because of the heat and humidity. My body did not respond well.
My fiancee tells me the medical costs will be high and the public hospitals are terrible.
She insists we buy an air conditioner and I agree with her.
I told my friend "I'm not returning here without a dehumidifer". "Good idea," he said, after living in the country for years.
I'm looking at Chigo, Samsung, LG, Excell units. The prices range from DP$15,000 to DM$30,000 and over.
My questions are:
1. Is installation included? Doesn't it need to be connected to a hose/pipe/tube and does every apartment offer one?
2. What are the economic costs of running one A/C for a normal sized bedroom in a Dominican residential area?
9 hours during the day, and another 9 for night while we sleep? I"ve been reading a thread here on DR1.com, and the contributers suggested LG is best on energy consumption,
and costs never run more than 940 to 4000 pesos/monthly, which stunned me. I've been telling my fiancee Canadian and American costs,
so I said it's too expensive. But Dominican costs seem much lower.
3. My air conditioner in Canada cost me $300 and it's a stand alone unit on wheels. Do these units exist in the DR?
If not, I'm thinking about importing one or two to the DR. Is that a bad idea? What about the import tax, customs, etc?
These units are huge and heavy. It's like half the size of a fridge. The only air conditioners I saw in the DR were long, large horizontal units always installed at the top of a wall.
Some stores, homes, liked to use those enormous propeller-sized fans (Tecnomaster) that are pretty good and affordable.
They sell for DM$2000-3000 used and DM$6200 new at Plaza Lama.
4. Are dehumidifiers sold in the DR?
5. Does the A/C I buy influence the generator/inverter I can buy?
6. Can I buy used? (I know after-sales support/customer service in the DR doesn't exist.)
7. Which brands should I focus on and which should I absolutely avoid?
I know what heat stroke can do. The humidity and heat was new to me. I developed rashes, etc.
It was bad.
Can you please post your monthly A/C cost here? Including the size of room, duration, province, etc?
I told my fiancee I can use fans and drink fridge cold, bottled water. She said it will help, but it's not enough.
She saw how much I suffered because of the heat and humidity. My body did not respond well.
My fiancee tells me the medical costs will be high and the public hospitals are terrible.
She insists we buy an air conditioner and I agree with her.
I told my friend "I'm not returning here without a dehumidifer". "Good idea," he said, after living in the country for years.
I'm looking at Chigo, Samsung, LG, Excell units. The prices range from DP$15,000 to DM$30,000 and over.
My questions are:
1. Is installation included? Doesn't it need to be connected to a hose/pipe/tube and does every apartment offer one?
2. What are the economic costs of running one A/C for a normal sized bedroom in a Dominican residential area?
9 hours during the day, and another 9 for night while we sleep? I"ve been reading a thread here on DR1.com, and the contributers suggested LG is best on energy consumption,
and costs never run more than 940 to 4000 pesos/monthly, which stunned me. I've been telling my fiancee Canadian and American costs,
so I said it's too expensive. But Dominican costs seem much lower.
3. My air conditioner in Canada cost me $300 and it's a stand alone unit on wheels. Do these units exist in the DR?
If not, I'm thinking about importing one or two to the DR. Is that a bad idea? What about the import tax, customs, etc?
These units are huge and heavy. It's like half the size of a fridge. The only air conditioners I saw in the DR were long, large horizontal units always installed at the top of a wall.
Some stores, homes, liked to use those enormous propeller-sized fans (Tecnomaster) that are pretty good and affordable.
They sell for DM$2000-3000 used and DM$6200 new at Plaza Lama.
4. Are dehumidifiers sold in the DR?
5. Does the A/C I buy influence the generator/inverter I can buy?
6. Can I buy used? (I know after-sales support/customer service in the DR doesn't exist.)
7. Which brands should I focus on and which should I absolutely avoid?
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