In light of the power failure in North America - I just wondered if
we were on a high Aurora alert, or if there had been a solar flare
recently?

More likely excessive power consumption by ****wits running air
conditioners.

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In light of the power failure in North America - I just wondered if
we were on a high Aurora alert, or if there had been a solar flare
recently?

More likely excessive power consumption by ****wits running air
conditioners.

Yeah, it's pretty damn stupid to try and keep cool!

Col
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More likely excessive power consumption by ****wits running air
conditioners.

Yeah, it's pretty damn stupid to try and keep cool!

But in the US they delight in running their aircon so aggressively that
you have to wear a jumper indoors to keep from being uncomfortably cold.

Setting a higher and more comfortable indoor temperature is a great way
to reduce electricity demand during the summer peak. ISTR a 5C higher
setting on the thermostat roughly halves electricity usage by an aircon
unit. (I think that was for 25C vs 20C with external ambient at 35C)

They didn't have much luck last year trying to persuade people to
co-operate to avoid power cuts in California. I wonder how it will go
today when they start the business week?

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Martin Brown

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In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:

But in the US they delight in running their aircon so aggressively that
you have to wear a jumper indoors to keep from being uncomfortably cold.

I have never found aircon that is "uncomfortably cold". I run mine at 20-21
which is lovely.

In the UK it is. But if you are acclimatised to somewhere with external
ambient around the 30-35C mark I can assure you 20C indoors feels very
cold.

Regards,
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Martin Brown