• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    You’re also not meant to run an air conditioner before 7am or after 11pm on a weekday and between 9am and 11pm on other days.

    • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 hours ago

      There’s no way I’m turning the aircon fully off on a 30° night with another 40+ day predicted for the following. I do also have a medical need though.

    • Salvo
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      1 day ago

      The reason you can’t go off-grid in suburbia is because you need to own a generator to work as a backup in case your off-grid system goes off-line.

      The problem is that you can’t have a generator within a specified distance from a permanent dwelling, which is conveniently more than the size of a typical suburban block.

      This is despite modern generators being practically silent.

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      3 days ago

      You can run it anytime provided that the noise at the border of the property doesn’t exceed limits set by the local council. In the event of a neighbour complaint council will come out and measure it

      • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        Oh nice, I thought it was just an antiquated rule that folks didn’t really follow anymore myself included. That sounds a lot more sensible.