Damn! It's Hot Out!!!
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The only time I've seen someone with an ELECTRIC guitar on a beach is in a music video, string-syncing. EVEN HE WON'T HEAR THOSE STRINGS AS HE PLAYS OVER THE SOUND OF THE WAVES AND CROWDS!
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
It's so frickin hot here that our iPhones will no longer charge. Says it's on hold due to heat. 30c temp with humidex in the 40s.
In the 90s yesterday and today; and yes, sunny and humid. I've been cutting out early to hit the beach. But I tend to charge my phone in the house, so it's fine (72 and dry).
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
The luxury of living with A/C. The house is also where I am charging. Will charge some tonight in the car which has A/C.
Living in a hot state, I had some issues sometimes with my iPhone not charging in the car because of the heat. I use this device I got from Amazon, the ESR 15W MagSafe Phone Cooling MagSafe Car Mount Charger with CryoBoost. It has a built-in fan which can help cool the battery. I don't clip mine to the fan vent. I modified it so it's on a mount on my dashboard.
ESR 15W MagSafe Phone Cooling MagSafe Car Mount Charger with CryoBoost
ESR 15W MagSafe Phone Cooling MagSafe Car Mount Charger with CryoBoost
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Where inside or outside are you that your iPhone won’t charge? I’m not familiar with this, but I always charge in the house or office.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I am inside my non air-conditioned apartment. I have several fans. Aside from about 3-4 weeks a year, I am comfortable. This is the first time I have ever not been able to charge.
Perhaps he needs to move farther north.
It was 97 yesterday with at least 300% humidity.
I was at a job site and was drenched with sweat after 15 minutes outside.
I have a lot of respect, and feel very bad for contractors, especially the roofers that are out in the sun for full 8 hour days.
The weatherman said on the news last night that we’ve had something like 44 days this year over 90 degrees. Its more than twice what we usually get.
I was at a job site and was drenched with sweat after 15 minutes outside.
I have a lot of respect, and feel very bad for contractors, especially the roofers that are out in the sun for full 8 hour days.
The weatherman said on the news last night that we’ve had something like 44 days this year over 90 degrees. Its more than twice what we usually get.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
It's a long complicated story how I got to this state. I have 3 A/C units all which don't work in some fashion. Also a landlord which has gone $ hungry if you are running an A/C unit. So the hassle of fixing one or more of the A/C units + the hassle of the landlord is currently greater than my discomfort with the heat given my expectation of short duration. Although I heard this morning that this summer is the worst since 1981 for humidity on the east coast.
ETA: my equation was wrong. It IS greater.
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This was how I lived for about 15 years in my current house. We inherited an old AC from someone about 10 years ago and used it for 3-4 weeks a year. Then we bought an energy efficient one and run it in our living room with a cheap old ripped sheet hanging in the doorway to keep the cold in the room (the rest of the house is still hot as hell).
I've had it shut down in the 'overheating' screen when I've had it in my car (sometimes even with the A/C running). I won't say we are Arizona, but we do get pretty hot here. Today in fact will be 97 degrees, with no humidity, makes hydration a problem.
We are nearly at the same latitude, with a similar proximity to water. We find that there are at least a few days in June which are hot & humid enough to warrant A/C. Then, for the majority of July and August, we are either running the A/C from afternoon until bedtime, or all day (alternating high/low settings). And then September is about half-time for A/C. Many days only get into the low 80s, but the humidity is high. And on the hot days, the overnight lows stay in the 70s. Sitting or sleeping in a house that's 80 and humid might be bearable, but not comfortable.
Having said what I said above, I've spent most of the past 30 years in a situation where it wasn't possible - or practical - to keep a house cool. In 1988, I moved into an old ranch, where I eventually installed a very marginal central A/C (running through the heat vents in the floor). And then in '99, we moved into an old, sprawling cape, where A/C was on a room-by-room basis, and mostly futile. So I understand that it's not always possible to use A/C in a house, and you just make due with fans.
I grew up in NJ, where most people have central A/C; because the nights are humid from May through September.