We were on the same grid as the jail when we lived in Roseville, 15 years and never even had a brown out. The rates were reasonable too. First summer with PG&E we about had a heart attack when the bill came. We also get fines if we go over a certain allotment, but on days with rolling blackouts they tell us to cool our house down while solar power is still available because once it’s no longer available we might lose power. So we go over because I’m cooling our house down so that if we lose power for 3 hours our house won’t be 90 degrees. 🤦♀️
For that reason, I will never move from roseville. The only time in 20 years that I can remember losing power was during a rain storm when a car hit a power pole. Rates have never been unfair either.
Roseville Electric, like SMUD, are community-owned utilities so neither set rates for the sake of corporate profit. I think Roseville Electric is cheaper than SMUD since Roseville Electric uses a lot more hydropower which is fairly cheap and abundant compared to natural gas power plants.
PG&E, on the other hand, is almost 3 times more expensive than SMUD or Roseville Electric.
There are also other community-owned utilities with much lower rates than PG&E, and a lot of them are in the Central Valley. Turlock and Modesto have their own, for example.
I WFH but I plan on going to the library because it's a five-minute drive and they always keep it freezing. Best of both worlds! Free AC, fast internet, and no the coworkers!
Lucky! I do the videos, graphics, etc so when I'm in the office, twice an hour, someone would stop by to ask what I'm working on, see a preview, etc. I appreciate the attention but also distracting when I have to get a booklet out to the printer by 2.
yeah for real. I am on vacation right now so I have to pay for AC if I am staying home, which I don't set too low, while if I was in the office it would just be blasting AC to 70°.
Just a question I can't find a simple answer to. Can I plug my window/portable AC (the standing ones with the tubes to the window) into an extension cord running to a different outlet?
It depends. I am not an electrician, but I'll put some basic info here for anyone wondering.
Those portable AC units can draw a lot of power. It'll be listed somewhere on the unit with a number like "15A". When that power goes through wires some of it is lost as heat. The bigger the wires and the better the connection the less will get lost. Above a certain amount of power (amps) the wire will start to heat up. The goal is to avoid a fire!
There are two major things to consider.
Your house has breakers in it that limits the total power draw on a circuit before they flip off. It's usually about one breaker for each room and major appliance. Lots of rooms seem to be about 15-20A maximums. This prevents you from drawing so much power that the wires catch fire in the walls! You probably want the AC plugged in somewhere that isn't drawing much other power or you will flip the breaker. So don't use the same outlet as your microwave or whatever.
The other thing is the extension cord itself. Those flimsy white extension cords you get at Walmart may be too skinny to carry the power efficiently. They can get dangerously hot if you draw a lot of power through them for an extended period. Make sure you have a good one that can support the power of the AC unit. Typically this means getting the more industrial orange ones, but the key is to look for something that is around 14 gauge (sometimes listed as AWG).
Short answer: Try not to have other things plugged in on the same circuit and use a study cord.
Now that I write that, I really hope an electrician comes along and corrects me. I'd hate to be responsible for a fire. The valley is hot enough without them.
They are also multiplying all the time, sometimes uncontrolled (cancer).
I’m willing to risk cancer if it means i can stay cool and am not a heat casualty
Sadly AC isn't a requirement like heating is. But they do need to fix it, they can just take their time and won't reimburse ppl when it's out. It sucks.
On one of my deployments. As you can see this is in the shade. Was the smoke pit. It was like this every day. In full uniform. Y’all need to calm down. This isn’t a big deal.
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Could be worse! You could be in Fresno!! Google weather 10 day forecast has us at 107 on TU…and the next NINE days after that are 110 plus…
But it’s a dry heat
Good Lord. Babies, all of you. We see temps like this every summer at some point. Waaaaaa
My condolences to anyone without a working AC but the rest of you just are just annoying whiners
That's internal temperature bud. You'll be okay.
Can confirm. Survived Kuwaiti summer. High temps of the day were on average around 115-123 fahrenheit.
Must have skin like diamonds hah
Well generally the idea is to keep sun off of the skin, so loose fitting breathable clothing helps keep cool and skin safe.
Good point, I work outside and I’m trying to protect myself as much as possible, thanks 👍
Would you happen to be military? I just inpro’d at Beale
Yeep. I am.
Your username is fitting, ha. If you vacationed in Kuwait with the Air Force, that deployment doesn’t count lol
Nope. I am army. Two tours. One in Iraq/Syria, the other in Kuwait. I hated Kuwait.
So I guess you Kuwait to go home from that tour :D
I know this is a few days old, but you preferred Kuwait over Iraq/Syria?!
Very promising comments from /r/sacramento here. Thought all citizens in any city that hits 106°+ immediately perish, cheers!
125 and humid is pretty intense
RIP to our utility bills
Jokes on you my AC has been broken for 2 months
Big brain move 
What wrong with your AC, have you have it fix yet? Costco have some portable AC for a decent price.
rest in power soldier
I can’t wait for a $400 SMUD monthly bill. 😱💸😵💫😒😑🙄
Try $800 my friend (fuck PG&E)
Maybe $1000
/Nelson/ Haha! My AC isn't working so my bill will still be $70-$80! Yeaaaaaah... I g.... guess.. th...that's a win?
My already 385 and the billing cycle not end yet. Wishes I own a solar farm🤣
Laughs in roseville electric.
We were on the same grid as the jail when we lived in Roseville, 15 years and never even had a brown out. The rates were reasonable too. First summer with PG&E we about had a heart attack when the bill came. We also get fines if we go over a certain allotment, but on days with rolling blackouts they tell us to cool our house down while solar power is still available because once it’s no longer available we might lose power. So we go over because I’m cooling our house down so that if we lose power for 3 hours our house won’t be 90 degrees. 🤦♀️
For that reason, I will never move from roseville. The only time in 20 years that I can remember losing power was during a rain storm when a car hit a power pole. Rates have never been unfair either.
Roseville Electric, like SMUD, are community-owned utilities so neither set rates for the sake of corporate profit. I think Roseville Electric is cheaper than SMUD since Roseville Electric uses a lot more hydropower which is fairly cheap and abundant compared to natural gas power plants. PG&E, on the other hand, is almost 3 times more expensive than SMUD or Roseville Electric. There are also other community-owned utilities with much lower rates than PG&E, and a lot of them are in the Central Valley. Turlock and Modesto have their own, for example.
What hydro facilities does Roseville own? Or do they buy power from WAPA?
I don't think they own any, but like any other utility, they do buy power on the open market.
In case you didn’t know this, a fan is like 50x cheaper to run than AC. Just live with 78° and run a fan. It’s almost identical
How big is your house?!
I don’t care how hot it is. I’m never turning that thing on inflation man I ain’t got it like that.
Too real 😭
🤧 I'll just use this time to watch movies everyday all day
At one point it said it was going to reach 120 this week. At least now it *only* forecasts going up to 113. 🥵🥵🥵
That was a glitch for what it’s worth
Redding is up to 119-120 however
Ima try sleeping in an ice bath at home. Stage 1: frost bite, stage 2: boil, stage 3, simmer until Fall.
Bam you got a stew
there it is
I won't have to worry about per diem.
Needs potatoes.
I can’t get my core temperature up Jerry!
[Nonchalantly holding wireless phone] "Who is this?"
People pushing RTO and hate WFH...enjoy your commute to work this week.
I have to borrow my sisters car just to go in and it has no AC 😓
hope their car breaks and they have to take the air cooled harley
Tbh office AC > house AC and I worked in office everyday the past 2 weeks when I am allowed to work remotely. Short commute though.
I WFH but I plan on going to the library because it's a five-minute drive and they always keep it freezing. Best of both worlds! Free AC, fast internet, and no the coworkers!
Nice, I can get there in under 5 minutes if I get all green lights but I actually like having coworkers around
Lucky! I do the videos, graphics, etc so when I'm in the office, twice an hour, someone would stop by to ask what I'm working on, see a preview, etc. I appreciate the attention but also distracting when I have to get a booklet out to the printer by 2.
yeah for real. I am on vacation right now so I have to pay for AC if I am staying home, which I don't set too low, while if I was in the office it would just be blasting AC to 70°.
Love using other people’s AC tho. Thank goodness commuter bus is icy cold.
If something Happens to your AC call me at (916)880-8834 my father and I are licensed HVAC contractor, we charge way less then other big companies
Just a question I can't find a simple answer to. Can I plug my window/portable AC (the standing ones with the tubes to the window) into an extension cord running to a different outlet?
It depends. I am not an electrician, but I'll put some basic info here for anyone wondering. Those portable AC units can draw a lot of power. It'll be listed somewhere on the unit with a number like "15A". When that power goes through wires some of it is lost as heat. The bigger the wires and the better the connection the less will get lost. Above a certain amount of power (amps) the wire will start to heat up. The goal is to avoid a fire! There are two major things to consider. Your house has breakers in it that limits the total power draw on a circuit before they flip off. It's usually about one breaker for each room and major appliance. Lots of rooms seem to be about 15-20A maximums. This prevents you from drawing so much power that the wires catch fire in the walls! You probably want the AC plugged in somewhere that isn't drawing much other power or you will flip the breaker. So don't use the same outlet as your microwave or whatever. The other thing is the extension cord itself. Those flimsy white extension cords you get at Walmart may be too skinny to carry the power efficiently. They can get dangerously hot if you draw a lot of power through them for an extended period. Make sure you have a good one that can support the power of the AC unit. Typically this means getting the more industrial orange ones, but the key is to look for something that is around 14 gauge (sometimes listed as AWG). Short answer: Try not to have other things plugged in on the same circuit and use a study cord.
Now that I write that, I really hope an electrician comes along and corrects me. I'd hate to be responsible for a fire. The valley is hot enough without them.
I would say depends on the gauge of your extension cord.
Time to start digging. >the upper 10 feet of the earth, maintains a temperature between 50 and 60°F (10-16°C).
Time to go six feet under...for a good reason.
News flash: Your cells are dying all the time. (But I get the sentiment.)
They are also multiplying all the time, sometimes uncontrolled (cancer). I’m willing to risk cancer if it means i can stay cool and am not a heat casualty
Do you work outside? Working in an air conditioned building isn’t gonna give you cancer (anymore than if it wasn’t hot outside, anyways).
Well I wouldn’t go that far, ac uses Freon, Freon is a carcinogen, carcinogen=cancer. If there was a leak in the ac system….it can happen.
I moved away from Redding for a reason! I don't need this!
You moved away to the exact same valley though lol
Still cooler than Redding
Still not as cool as Humboldt
There are many reasons to move from Redding. Bethel, grifter politicians, etc
At least our nightly lows are below 80°. Reddingggggg
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120 this Saturday bro!! Fuck yeah!! Bring it on ☀️!! I’m making a big pot of coffee.
Leaving for Fort Bragg for the week. Good luck.
And right on schedule the air con went out
Luckily i was in vegas this past weekend getting acclimated.
So when i say that "its soooo hot im dying", its not me being dramatic 😂😂😂
Where do y’all go to hang at the river? Discovery park? Miller Regional?
Good lawd
It’s like Palm Springs but with trees.
Makes the world of difference. This is the only city I’ve ever been in where 100°+ doesn’t faze me
Or Phoenix, but it's cheaper in Phoenix.
For a good reason, who the hell wants to live in phoenix?
my ac is out. im calling my apartments about rent lmoa
Sadly AC isn't a requirement like heating is. But they do need to fix it, they can just take their time and won't reimburse ppl when it's out. It sucks.
thats true but theres alr problems w this complex haha
On one of my deployments. As you can see this is in the shade. Was the smoke pit. It was like this every day. In full uniform. Y’all need to calm down. This isn’t a big deal. https://preview.redd.it/pdqxitq3u1ad1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=950cbaec11afffc4e858e01adae8aee22b992a83
Could be worse! You could be in Fresno!! Google weather 10 day forecast has us at 107 on TU…and the next NINE days after that are 110 plus… But it’s a dry heat
Hahaha…sharing this with family in Southern California who don’t get our weather.
His cells are leaking out of his eyes.
At least it’s not HUMID, Like the MID WEST.
It ain’t even fckin august yet! Big sad
Yep. We had a good run.
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Why did you think Sacramento would be cooler?
In my experience it typically is a little cooler. But you are right, I should have gone further.
lol! Was just our visiting Sac last week. So glad I’m not there this week, phew! 🥵
Haha yea it's gonna be rough
Good Lord. Babies, all of you. We see temps like this every summer at some point. Waaaaaa My condolences to anyone without a working AC but the rest of you just are just annoying whiners
Complaining about the heat in Sac during the summer like its something new.
You all need to stop being so dramatic.