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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoWonder how those cheap construction Texas McMansions with the huge foyer and high ceilings will fare. Some of the largest power bills I ever had were from when I lived in Texas, and that was in a pretty small place.
minus-squareLucelu2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI just saw a YT clip about how the 25 y/o McMansions are all falling apart.
minus-squarecrunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThere’s also that privatized power grid that’s never been a problem
minus-squareFelis_Catus_Domesticus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agouse (ceiling) fans & turn the AC down. way down. heat rises. make the high ceilings work for you not against you. just like they did in the 1920’s.
minus-squarepoopkins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoHonest question: doesn’t a ceiling fan blow the hot air back down around the house?
minus-squarephizuol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThey are reversible so you can change the direction… which I should do right now!
minus-squareGiloron@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYes, but more importantly they move the air around you. The air won’t be cooler, but will feel cooler. https://youtu.be/_KWdCqpXB7A
minus-squareFelis_Catus_Domesticus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agological fallacy…
Wonder how those cheap construction Texas McMansions with the huge foyer and high ceilings will fare. Some of the largest power bills I ever had were from when I lived in Texas, and that was in a pretty small place.
I just saw a YT clip about how the 25 y/o McMansions are all falling apart.
There’s also that privatized power grid that’s never been a problem
use (ceiling) fans & turn the AC down. way down. heat rises. make the high ceilings work for you not against you. just like they did in the 1920’s.
Honest question: doesn’t a ceiling fan blow the hot air back down around the house?
They are reversible so you can change the direction… which I should do right now!
Yes, but more importantly they move the air around you. The air won’t be cooler, but will feel cooler.
https://youtu.be/_KWdCqpXB7A
logical fallacy…