Pussies.
It's not dry heat. ;)
why don't you buy a fuse that has more amperage?1. I live in a flat for rent, so the landlord would kick my ass when I tinker with his electro installations without authorization...
I go out and play disc golf in this. It's no biggie. Just make sure you have plenty of water with you.
Why not play real golf? Just hope they are watering the greens when you are playing.
why don't you buy a fuse that has more amperage?
This sucks, but I know the problem well...
Washing-machine, water-heater, vacuum-cleaner, microwave,
if I turn on more than one of those, our fuse flips as well! >_<
It's not dry heat. ;)
One of my summers in Boston I spent riding out a heat wave in a very hot and very poorly ventilated apartment. It was so hot that I barely got more than a hour or two of sleep 15 minutes at a time for three days. When I finally was so exhausted that I slept for a full hour, I woke up to the sound of splashing water when I rolled over.
I go out and play disc golf in this. It's no biggie. Just make sure you have plenty of water with you.
I might take my computer and set up at the local mall that has AC. I hope nobody minds my interval masturbating.
omg that was me last night. My bed was soaked. I got like 2 hours of sleep. Picking up my ac unit from BB this afternoon, cant wait.
yea, not a dry heat :)
I looked into dehumidifiers but they're just as expensive as AC's. Also dehumidifiers heat up a room cuz their heat exchange isnt sitting outside on the window sill. Its too bad because their current draw is probably somewhat less than an AC.
I go out and play disc golf in this. It's no biggie. Just make sure you have plenty of water with you.
Does it have a powersave mode? On mine, when it's on "Energy Saver", it switches the fan off when the compressor goes off, instead of running it constantly, so it uses less juice
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And that was after the car was sitting in the shade for 6 hours.
I don't have an air conditioner. Up here in CT there's no need for one.
How long do your window AC units last? (ie, effectively cool down a room). I've never had one that lasted more than 2 years. (Even when diligently cleaning the filter). Is it because i've always bought the inexpensive ones? Does that make a difference?
I dont get that because refridgerators use basically the same mechanism and those last for decades.
We had a sleeve type unit (sleeve != window, but similar build style), a late 1980s/early 1990s Electrohome.
We got it used and ran it all day, every day, every summer of my life until 2-3 years ago (I'm 20 now), and it now does similar duty for a family friend.
It won't stand up to all day abuse anymore as the compressor is worn to crap and it'll drop into some sub-functional really noisy condition if run for more than a few hours at a time, but it still runs. It's been serviced a maximum of 5 times in those 20 years.
It does happen to dim every light, CRT TV and monitor, and digital clock upon being turned on, so probably not the most energy efficient unit...but damn, that's longevity.
Gave it away upon moving into a house with central air. Unfortunately, the unit here is a good 15 years old, and apparently that's on the high end of central air life expectancy.
'Sleeve' being the metal box in the wall specifically designed for air conditioners, necessitating an air conditioner which has no side vents...using a window unit (especially one of decent size) in a sleeve is likely to result in death within 2 years.
I'm having a hard time finding a photo of one though, a lot of results for 'air conditioner sleeve' don't look like the right thing. It's basically a metal box, permanently mounted in the wall, with the inside and outside parts removable so the a/c can stick through. You then fill in the space around the unit with foam insulation.
Yesterday was gorgeous. It was warm, but there was a little bit of a cool breeze. Wasn't too humid either.
At least here in CT, it's more humid than yesterday, but it hasn't gotten to 100 degrees outside (It's 102 in the office I''m working in right now).
well i have to assume this amperege cutoff is in there for a reason... and that if we increase it the place would burn down from an overloaded outlet somewhere...
yeah remember folks italians have more balls than brains.
I don't know much about electrical. my fuse box is labeled 1, 2, 3, 4 I had to guess which one was which. 1=Living Room and Kitchen, 2=Kitchen Oven, 3=Bedrooms, 4=Bathroom.
yeah remember folks italians have more balls than brains.
In Italy, electricity was originally distributed in houses in two circuits until the 1970s - one for appliances, and one for lighting. The reason being that the government deemed electrical lightning an important need and appliances were seen as a luxury, so the electricity for lighting was charged much cheaper than the electricity for appliances.
The result? Lots of appliances were hooked up to light fittings...
I made an air conditioner the office. I put a fan inside a refridgerator that was turned on.
Makes sense. Why pay more?
What was the pricing difference anyways? Was it twice as much? More?
The result? Lots of appliances were hooked up to light fittings...
Aww that's too bad.
There was a shindig going on though in the air-conditioned cafeteria, so I stole some cream puffs. They were good.
I don't know the specifics. Apparently in addition to the rate being different, there was some sort of taxation which was less for lighting.
I could have used some cream puffs. it was a 2 hour meeting.
After that, he gave up, and ended the lecture about 5-10 minutes early.
Was there air conditioning?
yes, thank goodness. No shindig though. I enjoy a good square dance in mid afternoon.
everything i know about post war italy comes from watching Bicycle Thief.
Sheesh, you haven't at least seen La Dolce Vita?
It wasn't litterally a shindig with square dancing
i actually havent! I know its supposed to be great, but i never got into fellini. Havent seen 8 1/2 either. They're in my netflix queue tho.
But I really liked bicycle thief ;)
La Dolce Vita is enormously more accessible than 8 1/2- though it's been um... decades... <.< >.> since I've watched either of them (just Netflix queued them).
La Dolce Vita is about late postwar Italy, a very, very different world from just postwar italy that The Bicycle Thief portrays. LDV is not particularly, or at least necessarily about Italy- it could have been set in New York or London or even (West) Berlin of the same era. That being said, it does illuminate 1950s Italy and Italian attitudes of the time.
Sheesh, you haven't at least seen La Dolce Vita?