There’s no way I’m turning the aircon fully off on a 30° night with another 40+ day predicted for the following. I do also have a medical need though.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
You’re also not meant to run an air conditioner before 7am or after 11pm on a weekday and between 9am and 11pm on other days.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Salvo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
The reason you can’t go off-grid in suburbia is because you need to own a generator to work as a backup in case your off-grid system goes off-line.
The problem is that you can’t have a generator within a specified distance from a permanent dwelling, which is conveniently more than the size of a typical suburban block.
This is despite modern generators being practically silent.
gila@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
You can run it anytime provided that the noise at the border of the property doesn’t exceed limits set by the local council. In the event of a neighbour complaint council will come out and measure it
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Oh nice, I thought it was just an antiquated rule that folks didn’t really follow anymore myself included. That sounds a lot more sensible.