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masklinn on Nov 12, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gzip exceptions, but only on hot or rainy days

Seems like a completely slapdash piece of work really:

> They asked lots of questions, and then recommended that my air conditioner stay on a different outlet because there were two circuits.

An AC has sufficient power draw that you'd normally put it on its own, exclusive, circuit. Like a drier or washing machine. Not on whatever random outlet is nearby.

Gracana on Nov 12, 2022 [–]

Probably talking about a window unit there.

bombcar on Nov 12, 2022 | [–]

And even then if you've been anywhere with "fun" power you've noticed the lights dim when any beast of a machine turned on.

The US grid has gotten better, and machines have too, but lights used to dim all the time.

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