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Summer Reconfiguration: Living Room
May. 30th, 2025 07:55 pmThe next step of the Summer Reconfiguration was today. The high temperature here in Fernley was 36°C. Not Las Vegas or Phoenix hot, but still not comfortable. It was time to get the air conditioning going, such as we have here.
( Welcome to the Swamp (Cooler) )
Our high temperatures here in Northern Nevada don't get so awful as down south. It rarely reaches 40°C, which is where the cooler can't keep up. Fortunately, just like we rarely have days colder than -10°C in the winter, those very hot days don't happen much either. When it gets that hot, it's hard to do anything at all, and even the computers start straining and clocking themselves down to prevent overheating.
One key thing here is how cool it gets at night. Most of the time, it cools off sufficiently that we can open the windows and get some air circulation that dumps the hot air out of the house and brings in the cooler overnight air. It's that desert thing again. There will be times when that doesn't happen, and then it can get very unpleasant. Also, if wildfires send smoke our way, keeping the windows open also messes up the indoor air quality. But we mostly get by.
( Welcome to the Swamp (Cooler) )
Our high temperatures here in Northern Nevada don't get so awful as down south. It rarely reaches 40°C, which is where the cooler can't keep up. Fortunately, just like we rarely have days colder than -10°C in the winter, those very hot days don't happen much either. When it gets that hot, it's hard to do anything at all, and even the computers start straining and clocking themselves down to prevent overheating.
One key thing here is how cool it gets at night. Most of the time, it cools off sufficiently that we can open the windows and get some air circulation that dumps the hot air out of the house and brings in the cooler overnight air. It's that desert thing again. There will be times when that doesn't happen, and then it can get very unpleasant. Also, if wildfires send smoke our way, keeping the windows open also messes up the indoor air quality. But we mostly get by.
