Office Aircon wars

Me: I'm freezing over here in the corner, please can we have it back on 22

Most colleagues: OK

One colleague: 22 is OK in winter but it needs to be cooler in summer. I think it should stay at 18.

Me: 22 is same in winter as it is in summer.


Let battle commence.

Warmest day of the year and typing with frozen fingers

 

Ours is set at 21 and is great (but we don`t sit directly under the unit).

 

You should be working.

 

Fair point well made.

Just on here to check if we've made a signing

 

Yes, some people simply don't understand the concept of a thermostat....

 

I hate how cold air con is always set to! I have to take a cardigan to Florida because of how freezing it is in places. You know it’s bad when my hands completely lose all circulation and turn white because of it.

The one thing I would say is if you have pre/menopausal women in your office then let them set the air con lower and wear something warmer. It’s easier for you to wrap up than them deal with an internal furnace they cannot control. Anyone who is wanting it colder who has an outer layer they can appropriately remove should be expected to shed that first though before making it colder for everyone.

 

Never sit under an air con unit ive seen what happens if there’s a build up of fumes in the unit it can ignite and throw a fire ball out . I witnessed it a few years ago at work fortunately the worker who was sat under it had gone to the toilet otherwise they would have been fried

 

Not fired then, in another context.
Al get mi coyt.
By the way Andy would that be the naughty corner. ?.

 

Twenty is plenty.

 

The world burns. To stay comfortable we use aircon at increasing levels. As such, we help the world burn a little more.

Can't escape the irony of it all.

 

Any seat I choose whether at work or home

 

We have ours set at 20 in the summer, but there are times when we drop down to 18, especially at night

 

We don't have an issue in our house the dogs in charge of when the air con unit goes on as soon as it's starts to get too warm for him he sits in front of you and won't move until somebody turns the air con on then he goes and lays in front of it and goes help anyone who turns it off before he thinks it's cool enough.

 

Air con and cool coats on already it's officially too hot for 2 Mastiffs and a Rottweiler

 

There are 3 vents down the centre; I am close to one but not directly underneath.

Never liked Aircon anyway; rarely use it in the car and am fairly sure my sinus issues and dry nasal linings are down to many years of working in data centres and posh offices.

Amazing how much Aircon dries you out and generally sucks every last drop of moisture out of you.

 

My wife.

Sticks it on 28 in winter, "so it'll get to 22 quicker". FFS.

 

AirCon?

We’ve a £4.99 fan I picked up from B&M and a window that opens three inch.

Ancient city building we are in.

 

We’d been complaining for weeks about being hot at work a couple of months back so someone came out to measure the temperature coming out of the vents in my room. 42 degrees!

 

There is actually some substance to that. Most control systems are "3-term controllers" in which the first term (proportional) applies corrective action proportional to how far the system is away from the control point. So moving the control point up to 28 should increase the rate at which the system would approach it. However, in the case of a heating system, the amount of heat produced by the boiler governs the speed of approach to the control point - and the boiler will be on maximum when it first comes on. The upshot is that increasing the set point to 28C will have no significant effect on how quickly the house warms up - but will cause the house to overheat and waste energy.

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