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Air conditioners

Princess AlicePrincess Alice
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In every house I've lived in with individual air conditioners (not central air), the lights flicker or dim slightly every time one comes on

Have any of you experienced this, or have all my houses just had crappy wiring?

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  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    That is not my experience no.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Just be glad you're not like those barbarians in Europe who live without it as some kind of ritual sacrifice to maintain bidets.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    Our house has one window AC. Most days it's not necessary but there tends to be like a few weeks a year when I'm real grateful for it.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I'm juvenile

    image
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    ehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    thanks to reddit downvoters downvoting any comment in "69" threads that reads anything other than "Nice" I now hate 69 jokes
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    Surely you know that most reddit downvotes, statistically, are given out by bots?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    they are?
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    Yes!

    It's a huge problem actually, especially on larger subs.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Central Avenue said:

    In every house I've lived in with individual air conditioners (not central air), the lights flicker or dim slightly every time one comes on

    Have any of you experienced this, or have all my houses just had crappy wiring?

    I think this applies to any appliance that draws a lot of current.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    yeah, I often see the lights dim for a moment when (appliance) turns on.
  • eriophora ziaeriophora zia
    I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god
    Yeah, I've seen this happen before as well. Sometimes even with just a hair dryer, which always struck me as a little extra concerning. 
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    It hasn't happened to us often, but it does happen because of the way in which air conditioners draw current to function.
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    Air conditioners draw a lot of inrush current, which drags the voltage down to try to compensate. Once the crankshaft in the compressor starts moving, it no longer needs as much current and things return to normal.

    The elevator at my work is the same way, by the way.
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Somebody who has the words explained it! :D
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Odradek said:

    Just be glad you're not like those barbarians in Europe who live without it as some kind of ritual sacrifice to maintain bidets.

    you see air conditioning sometimes in Spain and Italy, not so much further north
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    To be fair, Spain is on the same latitude as Maine here, so logically it would generally not be quite so hot there in summer? *shrug*
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    glennmagusharvey said:

    Central Avenue said:

    In every house I've lived in with individual air conditioners (not central air), the lights flicker or dim slightly every time one comes on

    Have any of you experienced this, or have all my houses just had crappy wiring?

    I think this applies to any appliance that draws a lot of current.
    I guess what's different is that other appliances that draw a lot of current (like, say, an electric stove) are usually on a separate circuit in the house, whereas air conditioners are just plugged in wherever it's convenient.
    eriophora zia said:

    Yeah, I've seen this happen before as well. Sometimes even with just a hair dryer, which always struck me as a little extra concerning. 

    Hair dryers use a resistive heating element, so they draw a lot of current. It's actually pretty similar to a space heater, but with a fan to blow the hot air around.
    Tachyon said:

    Odradek said:

    Just be glad you're not like those barbarians in Europe who live without it as some kind of ritual sacrifice to maintain bidets.

    you see air conditioning sometimes in Spain and Italy, not so much further north
    Much of the US would be uninhabitable without air conditioning.

    I'm in the Great Lakes and we regularly get 90F+ days in the summer...and the South is even hotter!
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    don't forget Phoenix, the fast-growing Land of Excessive Heat Warnings
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Yeah, the Southwest can be even worse than the South
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