Random Rants
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@jdwaid I did read about some places setting these up, but then I also read about various local councils giving people crap for running their A/C "unless absolutely necessary" because it was going to impact their green targets. Mf, the only person who should decide whether to run their A/C is the person in the house.
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@jdwaid the answer is yes, basically.
Cologne opened up a designated area in the halls of the trade fair, and there are a lot of other spaces available. in our case on friday, it was the IKEA store
but churches are usually cooler, and malls generally do have a/c. even the local supermarket may be enough.in my case, this accelerated our plans. when we got our house over a decade ago, i opted out on getting a PV system installed on the roof, mainly due to budget reasons. i will get one asap, and the next steps in the fall/winter will be an a/c system. i'll also give the idea of swapping out the gas powered heater for a heatpump a second thought. time to ditch the fossil fuels...
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@EdH @tody thanks for the insights. When my wife was pregnant with our first born we traveled through France and Croatia during a heat wave. No AC in France but our lodgings in Croatia had them. When I was in Dublin a few years later I think there was a window AC but the weather was perfect (in July) and didn’t need it. Lack of AC along with no ice and smoking indoors were probably some of the earliest cultural differences I was quick to notice.
Glad some spaces are open for people to get relief.
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@EdH: I don’t know if it could work for you, but back in 18 there was a heat wave in Denmark. My wife bought a small air condition unit - really simple, about the size of a big suitcase. You need to put a wide hose from it out of the window, and it’s far from silent, but it can get one room down to tolerable temperatures. It’s been a blessing these last days (though we haven’t been hit as hard as the Germans and the French, but our houses are like yours, built to retain heat).
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@TeflonDon Thanks mate. I think our house will need the proper job, and once you've spent quite a bit on several portable units, I think I may as well pay a bit more for a multi-split system. I've been saving up anyway in anticipation of moving house or doing up the loft, and think this would be a worthwhile investment. If it can be installed before the end of summer, then hey, I'm going to chill this place down to arctic levels of cold and be fighting the offers off.
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@Twistlock that is crazy hot
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@Twistlock it’s our turn this week
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@jdwaid in the UK we've got a/c in our cars, most offices have it as do a lot of shops, especially the bigger ones.
The problem we have with high heat isn't the lack of a/c - we stayed with friends in San Diego last year and they didn't have a/c and it was fine. The problem is a combination of humidity when it is hot, and houses that are made to keep heat in, not shed it. Over the past few days it was 29-30c in my bedroom, even when it had cooled down a bit outside and my windows were open.
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@NickD I lived in the Pacific Northwest for a decade and most home didn’t have AC there for what I imagine are the same reasons as Europe - historically mild temperatures most of the summer. Then we had heat waves with 105F and would bake in our brick house. Luckily we had a pool we could jump in to cool off, which we did often.
Glad to know there are places to escape the heat. Sounds like it’s been brutal over there.
