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> AC is easy, because it is needed when there is a lot of sun. This isn't universally true and I think shows a lack of intuitive familiarity with climates that
by freddie_mercury 4y ago
> AC is easy, because it is needed when there is a lot of sun.
This isn't universally true and I think shows a lack of intuitive familiarity with climates that aren't North America or Europe.
Where I live the over night low will be 26c (79f). With high humidity that's a "RealFeel(r)" of 31c (88f).
Most people find that uncomfortable to sleep in, especially if they didn't grow up in it. Most people I know have their air conditioning on overnight.
There are plenty of places where night time temperatures, especially when combined with humidity, still result in air conditioning -- assuming the country is rich enough to afford it. Which increasingly many are.
Heck, today is overcast with no sun but it is still 33c with a "RealFeel" of 40c.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoIs your house so badly sealed that if you air condition during sunlight hours it will become uncomfortable got at night? A 3 degree temperature differential between inside and outside will take a long time to equalize. My parents old house had wood heat. In other words it took a lot of effort, so we'd start the fire as rarely as possible. Which was every second or third day when the outside temperature was -20c. You don't have 12 inch walls like my parents did, but you don't have a 40c temperature differential either...
- freddie_mercury 4y agoThere's no such thing as whole house air conditioning here. Running air conditioning in the living room during the day isn't going to do anything for the bedroom at night. Also houses are often empty during much of the day due to people being at work/school. So they get home at 6pm and turn on the air conditioning. They certainly wouldn't leave it running all day when no one is home.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoCircling back to the point of the article, they might leave the air conditioning running in an empty house if the power was free.