Have you put your heating on yet?

[jrb43]

TimmyMallett said:

Same in the car, I keep getting in and it's set to 28 degrees.

Fond memories of a impromptu road trip with my late mum. Other cars unavailable, I didn't know I'd failed to reconnect the fan controls in my Griffith 500 after some recent maintenance and it was painfully hot air into the cabin for 4hrs+. Afterwards Mum said it was the most comfortable she'd been in any recent car. I had blisters on the back of my hands...

[djc206]

TimmyMallett said:

Same in the car, I keep getting in and it's set to 28 degrees.

I can beat that. Whacks the temperature up and then closes the vents on her side and sticks heated seats on. WTAF logic is that? She’s a highly intelligent woman, far smarter than I am but still does things like that. Also angles the vent nearest the window toward the centre of the car before switching it off ensuring that I am unable to use my left hand mirror when it gets cold. Thanks.

[skwdenyer]

djc206 said:

TimmyMallett said:

Same in the car, I keep getting in and it's set to 28 degrees.

I can beat that. Whacks the temperature up and then closes the vents on her side and sticks heated seats on. WTAF logic is that? She’s a highly intelligent woman, far smarter than I am but still does things like that. Also angles the vent nearest the window toward the centre of the car before switching it off ensuring that I am unable to use my left hand mirror when it gets cold. Thanks.

Many of us still drive cars where the temperature dial alters the temperature of the air, not the set point of the climate control. Worse in many modern cars (our family Peugeot 5008 included) the temperature sensor is mounted so as to be impacted by sun (for instance) - on a cold sunny day, the car puts the a/c on to try to cool the sensor!

Even if it doesn’t, the glass area means the driver can easily be rather colder than the air at the temp sensor location.

Frankly I prefer manual controls - dial adjusts vent temp; when warm enough, turn it down

[djc206]

skwdenyer said:

djc206 said:

TimmyMallett said:

Same in the car, I keep getting in and it's set to 28 degrees.

I can beat that. Whacks the temperature up and then closes the vents on her side and sticks heated seats on. WTAF logic is that? She’s a highly intelligent woman, far smarter than I am but still does things like that. Also angles the vent nearest the window toward the centre of the car before switching it off ensuring that I am unable to use my left hand mirror when it gets cold. Thanks.

Many of us still drive cars where the temperature dial alters the temperature of the air, not the set point of the climate control. Worse in many modern cars (our family Peugeot 5008 included) the temperature sensor is mounted so as to be impacted by sun (for instance) - on a cold sunny day, the car puts the a/c on to try to cool the sensor!

Even if it doesn’t, the glass area means the driver can easily be rather colder than the air at the temp sensor location.

Frankly I prefer manual controls - dial adjusts vent temp; when warm enough, turn it down

I get that but what’s the point in adjusting the temperature and then switching the vents off? If they’re off they can’t do what you’ve asked, it’s an either/or situation. If you want warm air feel free to whack the temp up to sub tropical, if you don’t want a draught close the vents. Doing both is just mental. Almost as mental as leaving knives in the sink but that’s for another thread.

Besides which the climate control in my car is superb. She knows that!

[Sheepshanks]

djc206 said:

I get that but what’s the point in adjusting the temperature and then switching the vents off? If they’re off they can’t do what you’ve asked, it’s an either/or situation. If you want warm air feel free to whack the temp up to sub tropical, if you don’t want a draught close the vents. Doing both is just mental. Almost as mental as leaving knives in the sink but that’s for another thread.

Besides which the climate control in my car is superb. She knows that!

Your trying to fathom the unfathomable. I've been trying for 44yrs.

[DT1975]

Sheepshanks said:

Your trying to fathom the unfathomable. I've been trying for 44yrs.

Heating and lights. Plus watching a channel in SD on an OLED TV and not batting an eyelid at the picture quality. The mind boggles.

[djc206]

Sheepshanks said:

djc206 said:

I get that but what’s the point in adjusting the temperature and then switching the vents off? If they’re off they can’t do what you’ve asked, it’s an either/or situation. If you want warm air feel free to whack the temp up to sub tropical, if you don’t want a draught close the vents. Doing both is just mental. Almost as mental as leaving knives in the sink but that’s for another thread.

Besides which the climate control in my car is superb. She knows that!

Your trying to fathom the unfathomable. I've been trying for 44yrs.

Oh I’m not. I’m frustrated by the unfathomable. The question was rhetorical, I might only be 12 years in but I’ve arrived at the same conclusion as you, women be women, no point in trying to understand them just bite that tongue.

[Sheepshanks]

DT1975 said:

Sheepshanks said:

Your trying to fathom the unfathomable. I've been trying for 44yrs.

Heating and lights. Plus watching a channel in SD on an OLED TV and not batting an eyelid at the picture quality. The mind boggles.

My wife’s reasoning for the TV thing is that she gets confused by the guide opening in the wrong place if the TV has been on a HD channel.

Yet, if I’m not there, she can perfectly competently operate the heating for individual rooms using the Tado app on her phone.

[HTP99]

DT1975 said:

Sheepshanks said:

Your trying to fathom the unfathomable. I've been trying for 44yrs.

Heating and lights. Plus watching a channel in SD on an OLED TV and not batting an eyelid at the picture quality. The mind boggles.

LOL, my wife can't tell the difference in picture quality, according to her!

What baffles me is she watches the TV with subtitles on, she's not deaf or hard of hearing, I just do not get it, particularly as she is usually glued to her phone at the same time!

[gotoPzero]

17.1 in our house today, 10th June. WTF. Meant to be like this all week.

[clockworks]

gotoPzero said:

17.1 in our house today, 10th June. WTF. Meant to be like this all week.

Only 15 degrees outside, and intermittent sunshine.
Back of the house and upstairs is between 20 and 23 degrees, front downstairs is all 20 degrees.

No heating on, but taking advantage of the free heat from the conservatory.

[djc206]

gotoPzero said:

17.1 in our house today, 10th June. WTF. Meant to be like this all week.

Coolest room in our house is currently 22C. It’s not dropped below 21C indoors for over a week. It’s lovely until it actually gets hot outside and then it’s gets a bit much. Absolute sun trap.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

17.7-19.7 but it feels fine but it's not been higher than 14c outside today

[B'stard Child]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

17.7-19.7 but it feels fine but it's not been higher than 14c outside today

Heating on here too - internal temps have dropped to 16 - 17 - outside it’s struggling to keep in low teens as the current weather is occasional bursts of sunshine between dark clouds and rain showers

[Puzzles]

djc206 said:

Coolest room in our house is currently 22C. It’s not dropped below 21C indoors for over a week. It’s lovely until it actually gets hot outside and then it’s gets a bit much. Absolute sun trap.

Same here near the south coast. Have to open the windows to cool down.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Mine is back on!

[B'stard Child]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Mine is back on!

I’m pretty sure you are not alone

Did you get the credit BTW?

[thepritch]

We haven’t had a single day this year that the heatings been off!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Yes cheers popped in yesterday


It's bloody miserable and here it's saying rain for the next 8 days but getting up to 21or so by this time next week but lows of 6c!

[Capitan Obvio]

Had to hit boost today, bloody raining and living room down to 18. Mind you I do sleep better when it’s colder. If the bedroom is above 15 I’m waking up in the night.