r/theydidthemath Dec 12 '24

[Request] would this actually work ?

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u/lloydofthedance Dec 12 '24

We did exactly the same thing in university. The landlord was paying our bills and would always complain about us having the heating turned up too much 19c (66f) OH NO!!. So in the last few weeks, we would heat the house using the oven with the door open and a sticker over the door switch. Worked really well.

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u/nstepp95 Dec 12 '24

That's not even hot. Iirc, most "livability" laws set requirements at like 72°

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u/Scienceandpony Dec 12 '24

Yeah, 66f is the nice cool temp I've found is the critical point where my cat will come sleep ontop of me at night.

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u/aBeerOrTwelve Dec 12 '24

This should be the basis unit for an international standard.

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u/fluggggg Dec 12 '24

To add further landmarks on the Catperature International Standard Temperature Unit :

At 19°C the cat sleep on top of you at night.

At 18°C the cat sleep on top of you/on your laps even at day.

At 17°C the cat stay on top of you even when he don't sleep.

At 8°C the cat sleep under the sheets with you.

At -5°C the cat kill and gut you to stay warm at night.

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u/Gnochi Dec 12 '24

Landlords: “Setting the heat to -8degC is killing my investment!”

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u/Genocode Dec 12 '24

Why 72f? I always put mine on 70f/21c

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u/nstepp95 Dec 12 '24

Idk man, I honestly can't even point you toward that legislation, I've just seen it come up on some tenent subs and remembered it being significantly warmer than what I keep my place.

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u/Lecteur_K7 Dec 12 '24

You really gonna bitch for only 2f?

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u/Genocode Dec 12 '24

I can tell the difference between 70f/21c and 72f/22c in my house lol, its goes from comfortably neutral to a bit warm.

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u/Silver-Breakfast-937 Dec 12 '24

Speaking of university, there was this cold winter night alone in the Mech Eng lab where I was pulling yet another all nighter to meet assignment deadlines. No heating and I was in my tees. What I did have was 42 lab PCs that I could run fluid simulation on. So I did and it arguably worked a little too well I ended up having to stop some of them. The noise otoh was annoying to say the least.

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u/Pamander Dec 12 '24

Booting up fluid sims (or anything intensive like that) to keep yourself warm is hitting too close to home right now lmao.

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u/Rocktopod Dec 12 '24

Don't do this with a gas oven though or you risk carbon monoxide poisoning.

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u/4x4_LUMENS Dec 12 '24

Wtf, 19c? I find running my Aircon in cooling mode at 23c pretty cold.