AC

Most cars are made with steering wheels already fitted too, so why not houses?

Because houses don't move. But they are subject to the same weather and therefore require AC just like cars.

because houses are not much like cars and stop cross posting it is bad for my news readers health. Brian, but then I've not seen your house, maybe you live in a car? Brian

Your house gets hot in summer just like your car.

How can your newsreader not like crossposting? The function was created for a reason.

You spend more time in your house than your car, so it needs AC more than your car does. In fact a higher percentage of your car's surface area has openable windows than your house, so again, your house needs AC more than your car does.

Brian probably does not subscribe to uk.rec.driving and uk.rec.cycling. If your post was restricted to just those groups, he'd probably not mind the cross posting.

Cars don't have double glazing and brick walls.

Doesn't stop the houses getting too warm in summer. And as I've said, you can open all the car windows to very quickly make it the same temperature as outside.

What's the problem with a crosspost to somewhere someone doesn't read? I often respond to posts made in a group I'm in and a few I'm not. The reply I make goes to all of them, and I see replies to it, because they come to the group I'm in.

It's a steaming turd by design.

But few houses are metal boxes with that much single glazed glass.

Probably, if he's using one specially made for him. Software made for blind folk is not a big market, so they don't have a lot of work put into them. I assumed he was using a mainstream newsreader with a voice addon.

Irrelevant, houses soon get too hot in summer. And they cannot be cooled as fast as cars, as I've already said. And you might not want your windows open all day, no privacy and if you go out you might get burgled.

In the UK we only need cooling on a couple of days in the year at most. We don't need it in cars either. It's just bollix added to try to sell more cars.

If you have a heat pump for heating, that can be reversible.

Well, you would say that.

Your pathetic little battery couldn't run that AND move the car any distance.

Actually as I get older I value it more. When I had a Mini, AC was provided by opening the (sliding) window. These days I like a car to be quieter inside and I feel the heat extremes (such as they are in this country) more.

Likely because he's never been able to afford a car with air-con. I wouldn't buy one without it.

On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 5:19:19 PM UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wro te:

houses this way?

In a car you are pretty much sitting in a greenhouse. Large windows coverin g the majority of the area exposed to the sun. They get beyond just warm to unsafe temperatures, especially if you have a dog with you (animals cannot sweat).

It's not good for your food shopping run to have a hot car, an hour in the sun will ruin most fresh food.

Opening the windows does not work in a traffic jam. An overheated driver is not a safe driver.

Aircon also controls the humidity. Turn it on and it rapidly demists the wi ndows.

My house is well insulated and has double glazing. In summer it never gets too hot inside, even on the hottest stillest of days. The same cannot be sa id for my car. I have never seen my thermometer over 30C inside my house, which is a temperature I can cope with. On the other hand if I return to my car after it has been sitting in the sun for a while it easily exceeds 50C which is just too hot to be inside.

Philip

Well horses can and IIRC pigs.

Yes, horses do sweat. Pigs have so few sweat glands that they're nearly useless for temperature regulation.

Bullshit, I'm in Scotland and for about 3 months last year my house was around 25C. I prefer no more than 20C.