Parents won't put AC on at 100% humidity

[Rick]

It's only 24C but 100% humidity all night... literally water on surfaces. Too cheap to run the AC for a day but willing to get mold all over the house. Smfh. I can't breathe here. How can I convince them? They also think it costs $20+ a day just to run it when it's only 24C out.... It wouldn't be that expensive.

[temps]

I used to have the opposite problem from my parents. Dad would insist on turning on the air conditioner every day , sometimes to fairly uncomfortable temperatures like 63 or something, even when the weather was literally nicer outside like 72, breezy, and not humid.

He wore winter clothes in the summer so when he got hot he'd always go to the thermostat and turn the AC temperature down (for the whole house) to cool himself off.

Temperatures in the 60's might not sound so bad, but when it's summertime and you're dressed accordingly, and if you sit still a while to read, do homework, or do anything on the computer, you realize it's uncomfortably cold.

[michaelplehner]

You can work and help pay the bills.

[GunsForBucks]

24C is like lower 70'sF

That is nothing really.
Put on the dehumidifier.

At 100% humidity you can't evaporate sweat to cool off.

I get high humidity days here. 27C put on the dehumidifier and it goes up to 30C inside but it feels cooler since I can evaporate sweat.

One other factor. Computer boards are made from organic materials that absorb moisture. Most board failures over time come from the boards swelling from humidity.

Keeping it dry is better for your computer in the long term.

[AdahnGorion]

Move out and make your own choices?

[76561199689177033]

Get a job and help them pay the electric bill.

[Rick]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από GunsForBucks:

24C is like lower 70'sF

That is nothing really.
Put on the dehumidifier.

At 100% humidity you can't evaporate sweat to cool off.

I get high humidity days here. 27C put on the dehumidifier and it goes up to 30C inside but it feels cooler since I can evaporate sweat.

One other factor. Computer boards are made from organic materials that absorb moisture. Most board failures over time come from the boards swelling from humidity.

Keeping it dry is better for your computer in the long term.

So you close the windows? I feel like it would get so much hotter though because then no airflow going through the house plus the dehumidifier will add even more heat + pc. Lower humidity but my room would be insanely hot.

[White Knight]

I wonder why people think so little of young people?

Things that make you go "hmm".

[Rick]

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I wonder why people think so little of young people?

Things that make you go "hmm".

What? Translation please.

[Defenestration]

Just get a fan

[Ysosrscat]

Do your parents have decent jobs or do they have a rational reason to be cheap.

because skimping on AC is foolish because you are just shaving productive hours off your life.

Do the actual calculations and show how much it will really cost them.

[Apollo702]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rick:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από White Knight:

I wonder why people think so little of young people?

Things that make you go "hmm".

What? Translation please.

If this isn't setting off a 4-alarm fire in you to start making your own money and work on a plan to do better then...

His comment nails the issue.

[Rick]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rick:

What? Translation please.

If this isn't setting off a 4-alarm fire in you to start making your own money and work on a plan to do better then...

His comment nails the issue.

These type of comments are so idiotic so I don't pay them any attention. I already pay rent and utilities. As I said my dad thinks having the AC on is an extra $20 a day just for a few degrees difference, even though it would help tons with the humidity.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Ysosrscat:

Do your parents have decent jobs or do they have a rational reason to be cheap.

because skimping on AC is foolish because you are just shaving productive hours off your life.

Do the actual calculations and show how much it will really cost them.

Bro don't tell me this lol (edit: missed the word productive, thought you were saying I'm gonna die earlier lmao) they're fine financially just frugal when they don't need to be imo. He overestimates the cost and would rather be uncomfortable and save a few bucks

[Fajita Jim]

Cold shower. Even just running a cold shower will pull the humidity from the air, but just in the bathroom. It'll make it run down your walls.

But it's a refuge.

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rick:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Apollo702:

If this isn't setting off a 4-alarm fire in you to start making your own money and work on a plan to do better then...

His comment nails the issue.

These type of comments are so idiotic so I don't pay them any attention. I already pay rent and utilities. As I said my dad thinks having the AC on is an extra $20 a day just for a few degrees difference, even though it would help tons with the humidity.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Ysosrscat:

Do your parents have decent jobs or do they have a rational reason to be cheap.

because skimping on AC is foolish because you are just shaving productive hours off your life.

Do the actual calculations and show how much it will really cost them.

Bro don't tell me this :csgoskull: lol (edit: missed the word productive, thought you were saying I'm gonna die earlier lmao) they're fine financially just frugal when they don't need to be imo. He overestimates the cost and would rather be uncomfortable and save a few bucks

Get one of your electric bills and then start doing the math to see how much the ac to use per day costs. I highly doubt it's 20 dollars a day. Then show him and have a talk with him maybe you can convince him differently if he sees the daily cost is not what he thought. Won't hurt to try.

[Apollo702]

If one doesn't want to do better nobody here will make anybody.

People get what they seek.