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Date:
8/21/2018 9:02:31 AM
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A Necro-inspired post on air conditioning
Late twentieth-century houses were built to use central air. Some may have plentiful windows with clever designs, but they're not intended to be used without A/C.
Sensibly designed nineteenth- and early twentieth-century houses were built without any conception of A/C. The windows, room placements, connectivity, and materials operate differently than their later counterparts. This is why people could wear twice as many clothes as we do and stay reasonably comfortable. Old houses are "drafty" on purpose. Some of the better ones had fans and other amenities that were used strategically.
Of course, people did other things to keep themselves cool. They drank iced beverages, dressed for the season, surrounded their houses with shade tress, etc. Some took three baths a day. Some just didn't think about the heat.
But the heat in an old house like this was different from the heat you feel in a new structure when the A/C fails. Old heat was mitigated by breezes and interior design, rather like the places you find in the Bahamas, Florida Keys, etc. New houses trap air. It doesn't matter how they're architected. They aren't "drafty" and therefore are not designed to go without A/C.
The reason you feel so bad in a relatively modern house where the A/C has failed is the lack of air movement and proper external shading. The air seems stifling because it is. You can have all the fans in the world and open all the windows you want, but you'll still suffer because 80 degrees in a house like this is not the same 80 degrees you experience in a house where A/C wasn't a possibility. The air has no proper volatility. Even fanned air is dead.
This is why people get sick even when the temperature doesn't reach 90.
You people don't know this. I am giving you this information from my vast store of knowledge and experience, which is totally non-theoretical. You're all idiots who don't know anything about air conditioning or house construction.
I may follow this post with 27 brief replies, each more eccentric than the last.
