- 8 months
Ummm, what kinda wacky thermostat do you have? My colder AC is with turning the temp down.
- shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish8 months
If someone says, “Turn the AC up.” you know they want it colder but you actually turn it down.
- 8 months
Turn the heat up and turn the AC up means fundamentally different things though.
- shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish8 months
Hence the post! Everyone will still understand your intent and take the appropriate action.
- 8 months
People around me, don’t say that. We say, “Turn the temp down”.
Down!
- 8 months
Same. My husband “tell the kids to stop turning down the thermostat” have never heard anyone say to turn the AC down meaning to make it warmer. I do agree that I would not infer that someone saying to turn down the AC wanted it colder, I would ask.
Heater yes. “Turn up the heat!” means make it warmer. Though I hate the heater as much as I hate the cold so never say that either.
- 8 months
I mean, it kinda depends on your mental model. If you think the AC is “low” as in not running a lot you can turn it “up” so it’s making things colder.
8 monthsJust set the VAC part to suck out the undesired temperature air. 🤷♂️
- 8 months
This reminds me of this: in Danish, “zipping up” means both zipping and unzipping a zipper.
- scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish8 months
A lot of people in the world only have one kind of HVAC, heat or cooling, but not both.
