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To prevent the cold air from escaping.
by wnevets 3mo ago
To prevent the cold air from escaping.
- pandaman 3mo agoI see, all I found is a piece of cloth you tape around window opening though. I don't think it's doing a great job of insulation, and, paired with an inefficient portable unit, what kind of temperature difference can you get inside vs outside?
- wnevets 3mo ago> what kind of temperature difference can you get inside vs outside? Enough to prevent death. When I was growing up we used duct tape and cardboard boxes.
- pandaman 3mo agoIt really makes no sense. Death from heat is caused by the absolute temperature, not a difference. If it's 30C outside and you can get get 10C difference then it's 20C inside, which is not going to cause death per se so it's "enough to prevent death" but if it's 40C and you are getting the same 10C difference it's 30C inside which is likely to kill frail people.
- wnevets 3mo agoI don't understand the push back and all of the excuses about this. Europe's heat waves are deadlier than American gun violence [1] [1] https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/europe-heat-waves-deadlier-american-163553040.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/europe-heat-wave...
- pandaman 3mo agoWell, yes. How does it make window units feasible though? I used to rent an old house in California, it had central air but also wrapped wooden windows with single pane glass. I ran A/C whole day in the summer and could only get 10F (80F inside with 90F outside), which was a relief but far from ideal. A window unit with an open window, covered in cloth is not going to save you from heat IMHO.
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