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Ask HN: What is the maximum indoor temperature beyond which you can't work?
- muzani 1y ago40+ C in Saudi or Australia. 34 or so in Malaysia. Humidity matters a lot. Get a dehumidifier. The cheapest electrical dehumidifiers are air-conditioning.
- malfist 1y agoThe heat from dehumidification gets dumped into the dehumidied air. Better to turn down the AC and only use a dehumidifier if absolutely necessary to keep humidity below dangerous levels. You'd be surprised how much heat they dump into the air. 400 watts of dehumidification can easily be 1200 watts of latent heat. You should think of dehumidifiers as small space heaters that dry the air a bit.
- muzani 1y agoI think what I meant is called a moisture absorber: https://www.amazon.com/moisture-absorber/s?k=moisture+absorber https://www.amazon.com/moisture-absorber/s?k=moisture+absorb... I'm sure they don't add heat anywhere.
- bell-cot 1y agoWhat matters is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature If I've acclimated - a very dry, breezy mid-30's (C) or mid-90's (F) is still workable, if not optimal, for work with minimal physical exertion.
- stray 1y ago78 degrees Fahrenheit.
- HenryBemis 1y agoSorry, couldn't resist: https://youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk?t=205 https://youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk?t=205 - Spell that for me - Impossible
- incomingpain 1y agoDepends on the work. If I'm sitting at a computer and not particularly doing anything physical, 35c to 40c isnt bad. Perhaps even enjoyable. If i'm lifting equipment, moving desks, that sort of thing... 20c, at 25c im going to be soaked from sweat. If im working with hot work, like welding or some foundry or greenhouse, probably same idea around 20c. 25c will be too hot to deal with it.
- Bender 1y agoAre you asking for the safety regulations of each region and line of work or peoples individual limits?
- HenryBemis 1y ago30 Celsius, but as others write it's the humidity that does the trick. I can do 40 C and super-dry, or 22 and super-humid (and everything below the line that connects these two points).
- swah 1y agoAround 28 celsius is already very bad, but a fan helps a lot. And cold water.
- zerr 1y ago23C/73.4F