My personal test-day for the end of Summer - the first day after August I have to put the heating on first thing. Soon it’ll be setting the timer again. Fucking hate winter.
Depends where you are, forecast for Saturday:
London: 25C and sunny
Inverness: 11C and pishing
I know electric blanket gang are almost as annoying as air fryer gang, but seriously. Electric blanket changed my life.
Yeah I got a massive one last year when the utility suppliers decided it’d be fun to try and financially break us all. Unfortunately, due to afore-mentioned zero insulation and single pane windows and subsequent condensation I need to keep the place well-aired (all windows open for at least 30mins per day, every day) followed by at least an hours blast of the heating just to ensure I don’t get black mould :/
I’ve got single paned windows. I put that plastic storm shield plastic sheet across them. Keeps the condensation down to miniscule levels.
Can you get them that turn on when the power is switched on anymore? I heard they stopped doing them as a safety feature, but I want to power mine via ZigBee smart plugs and a raspberry pi that powers my home automation.
Basically I want to make an automation that checks my bedroom temperature an hour before bed, and if it’s below the temperature, put it on for a bit to warm my bed up.
But if I have to physically walk up to my bedroom because of some safety feature, I’ll just not bother.
Edit: well I should have just had a fucking look myself instead of asking a stranger on the internet, found one on Amazon, and found “Smart Plug” in the reviews, yeah you can still get mechanical remotes for them.
Hah, good to know! Mine is for the couch so the switch is just within arm’s reach, but I have to admit if it was upstairs this one would also see a lot less use.
I just need to find one the right size now. Wifey has hot flushes due to chemical menopause she’s in to help a condition she has, so a full bed warming is out. I’m happy just having warm feet in bed, so I need to find one that will just go across the bottom of the bed.
I can cuddle her to warm my body, the bonus being more chance of that leading to sexy times.
I’m nearing my 40s and find myself getting excited by ideas now that would have bored me to tears 20 years ago. A fully automated foot warming electric blanket for my bed for example…
Considering electricity costs are through the roof these days (and they weren’t cheap to begin with), but I am interested in these blankets…, how many kWh do they use an hour, do you know? Or what wattage do they continuously run at? Thanks!
We don’t put the central heating on in our house any more literally at all, it’s just too expensive these days. I use a hot water bottle, they’re great in bed, stays hot all night long, great for my frozen feetsies ❤️
Have to admit I can’t find the calculations now, but we got one each last year for exactly that reason and I’m pretty sure we worked out that each blanket was like 4p an hour or something in that ballpark. Plus of course, it’s just a nice weighty blanket even when it’s turned off which is all you need some nights!
Hello from San Francisco,
It’s the first day of Indian Summer here. With some microclimatic variations, it’s been cool and foggy since June. I just woke up with all the windows open for the first time this year.
You lot are right in the hit-zone for El Nino variations aren’t you? I’d guess that can be a mixed blessing!
Yes, SF is generally at the northern edge of the major impact, so it really depends on how the fire hose wiggles. Some El-Niño years are really wet, but sometimes everything misses us.
The city also has epically diverse microclimates. I live close to the ocean, without any hills in the way, so the fog just doesn’t go away all summer. We might’ve had a combined total of 14 full-sun days since spring. Up until this week, I could count on my fingers, the days when I didn’t wear a light jacket and sweater to work.
Hello from New York; it’s about that time for us, too.
And I am similarly grumpy about it.
The only good thing about winter is watching it go by, from inside, in my blanket nest, surrounded by cats and tea.
What’s your heating set to?
It’s about to get warm af
17 - but my place has no insulation and single pane windows so I get inside condensation and it gets cold quick. Glad its warming up again though!
