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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
mrtravel writes:
If you put a fan in the window, you can then have air move in or out, depending on a combination of blade direction and shape. In hot weather, it doesn't matter, since the air is hot both inside and out. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
mrtravel writes:
Maybe that is how it is in your part of the world, but common sense dictates that you have a method to extract the air from the house. And replace it with what? More hot air from the outside? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Actually, A/C is extremely common in Asia. Singapore is famous for its extensive use of A/C, in particular. Have you been to Singapore? Plenty of people don't use AC, unless you are talking about office towers and shopping malls. Visit some residential areas sometime, you'll see curtains flapping in the wind. You'll also see thousands upon thousands eating at open-air restaurants. I live a few hours up the road from Singapore, and I sure don't use it. With a cross-breeze and a fan it's perfectly nice in here. According to my trusty thermometer it's currently 81F/27C indoors, at 2pm (hottest part of the day, and it hasn't even rained yet to cool things off). Marble floors, a thick, insulating roof, and windows on two sides make a big difference. When I go to people's houses I would say about 1 in 5 have the AC on (usually foreigners), despite the fact that almost all of them could easily afford it. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
mrtravel writes: Maybe that is how it is in your part of the world, but common sense dictates that you have a method to extract the air from the house. And replace it with what? More hot air from the outside? Again with the moving targets. You claimed that a fan was useless for feeling cooler because any space would become increasingly humid until reaching 100%. Mrtravel points out that few people sit with their fans in sealed containers; they open a window. So no, not more hot air - more air that's the same temperature. The important thing about the new air in this discussion is that it's less humid than the air which has supposedly been rapidly saturated by your profuse sweating, allowing you to continue to cool down by perspiring. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Following up to Miguel Cruz
which has supposedly been rapidly saturated "supposedly" I cant understand why you dont post here anymore, Miguel. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Mxsmanic
It's also exactly what increases humidity in the room. The more sweat that evaporates from your body, the higher the humidity gets, and the harder it is to keep cool through evaporation of sweat (because it evaporates more and more slowly as room humidity increases). This creates a vicious circle of ever-increasing sweat and discomfort, until the room humidity reaches 100%, at which point no amount of sweating will provide any cooling at all, no matter how powerful the fan. Heat exhaustion or heatstroke will often be a risk before this point is reached, however. so windows haven't been invented in France, funny they have the words "ouvre la fenetre" (or something similar). -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Mxsmanic
Without air conditioning, you sit and sweat in a room with or without ventilation. Psst windows can be opened, take a class. Opening windows and getting air to move through them are two different things. try a fan, idiot. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Mxsmanic
In hot weather, it doesn't matter, since the air is hot both inside and out. you're argument is about humidity, remember? -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Mxsmanic wrote:
mrtravel writes: If you put a fan in the window, you can then have air move in or out, depending on a combination of blade direction and shape. In hot weather, it doesn't matter, since the air is hot both inside and out. Really? Are you under the impression that the temperature inside and outside a building, without a heater or A/C is always the same? Do you know what a greenhouse is? Do you think it is possible that the glass windows on buildings may cause a similar effect? What about the number of people in a building. Would a building get warmer or colder if you add people? What about the shading effect of the being inside of a building? Is that no benefit, when compared to being in direct sunlight? So, are you now saying that air movement has no benefit in reducing comfort levels? |
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The Reid wrote:
Following up to Miguel Cruz which has supposedly been rapidly saturated "supposedly" I cant understand why you dont post here anymore, Miguel. Funny, after just two days of reading mxsmanic's greasy twisty argumentation, the reasons are coming back to me all too quickly! miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu |
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