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Just to add to this perspective. I live in Austin, TX, in April of this year it is hot enough outside that the A/C has to stay on constantly day and night. It's
by avelis 6y ago
Just to add to this perspective. I live in Austin, TX, in April of this year it is hot enough outside that the A/C has to stay on constantly day and night. It's August and the A/C is never off. I don't expect the A/C to turn off until late October. That's 6 months of non-stop A/C in our apartment. That's insane to me.
- burlesona 6y agoThat seems normal to me for Texas, though. Most population growth across TX, NM, AZ happened after the invention of air conditioning, precisely because it's uncomfortable there for half the year without it.
- zxcvbn4038 6y agoThat is normal for Texas - but most buildings have central air so it’s not so bad. In NYC I’m in a pre-war building that has no A/C or ducting so I have to put in window units which only have a 3-5 year lifespan and aren’t horribly efficient , I can’t put in ceiling fans because the ceiling can’t support the weight (no cross beam or something), I’m limited in A/C size by the wiring, and until last year I had the old Edison S-type fuses which tend to blow in warm weather so you had to keep a shoe box of them around just in case - last year the super put in a breaker panel and man it has been wonderful, I’ve yet to even have to reset one of them.