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Ancient Iran had air conditioning (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

We're talking celsius, I hope for your sake it doesn't routinely get to 100 C where you are. :)

Edit: The user actually said 20 F, I got confused by the mix of units. "50c to 35c is 27 degrees" didn't make sense to me, but I figured I'd let it slide. No idea what's going on here. :)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Yes, that sounds about right - the relative effect of the tower probably depends a lot on various factors like how windy it is, if extreme heat occurs only for a day or if it has been ongoing so that the water under ground is heated as well, etc.

    These comments were in response to @Gangreless, who stated that a modern AC "can only cool about 20f below the outside temperature". I didn't catch that it was fahrenheit first, and now that I know I am happily backing off rather than having to think in terms of freedom units.

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