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The OP said window unit. I think her concern is they pay a monthly rate
to the LL, unnecessary usage would increase the rate, so in the end everyone pays??
Even if this is the case, you can't monitor another tenants usage.
One of my housemates tried to monitor my usage. I let him know that my contract does not state anything about usage of A/C. Due to humidity in FL, if I don't have the A/C on (& we're talking at 80 for a box unit during the day), it will affect my tv, oil paintings, furniture, clothing...
I told him to MHOB and that if he's doesn't have his A/C on during the day while he's at work, he's just ruined the new flat screen that he bought by allowing it to absorb humidity & he's upstairs; heat rises.
If the person has asthma or allergies, or even security concerns (or a cat that can push out screens) then perhaps opening a window isn't a viable option for them
They make guards for that (so the cat wont fall out) but thats not my problem. My COL rising would be. They can get bars if they have security concerns.
My main worry was running it during freezing weather and having it make the unit start a fire or something. But no one talked about if that could happen. I guess they thought snarky stupid remarks more helpful.
They have opened the windows no problem though. So that is not an issue.
One of my housemates tried to monitor my usage. I let him know that my contract does not state anything about usage of A/C. Due to humidity in FL, if I don't have the A/C on (& we're talking at 80 for a box unit during the day), it will affect my tv, oil paintings, furniture, clothing...
I told him to MHOB and that if he's doesn't have his A/C on during the day while he's at work, he's just ruined the new flat screen that he bought by allowing it to absorb humidity & he's upstairs; heat rises.
Yes...see that makes sense. This heat on/ac on was/is just stupid. I am guessing the heat got stuck in the full on position. I could not turn mine off the other day and I thought it was broken. But it was just stuck open.
They are old fashion radiators that only open and close by a valve on the side.
Yes...see that makes sense. This heat on/ac on was/is just stupid. I am guessing the heat got stuck in the full on position. I could not turn mine off the other day and I thought it was broken. But it was just stuck open.
They are old fashion radiators that only open and close by a valve on the side.
Wow; haven't seen one of those radiators since I lived in Manhattan!
It isn't your business if it is a waste of electricity. It isn't your business if the landlord loses money because of utility expenses. It isn't your business if the other tenant damages their apartment--only if they damage yours.
You can pretty much guarantee your experience in your own apartment is different from everyone else's. Yes heat rises, but in a multi-tenant space--whether apartments or stores or offices, and whether steam radiators or central forced heat or convection--it is far more complicated.
The amount of outside wall and window exposure, the number of separations within each unit, the number of bends and turns in ductwork or pipes, and on and on--all mean each unit will be a different temperature when controlled by a central thermostat. And of course how the space is used affects temperature too--the number of occupants, the amount of furniture, window coverings, and floor coverings, the amount of cooking being done, the activities done within the apartment.
Landlords have plenty of protections under both the law and their lease terms. Like any business they have to consider contingency factors when establishing their business plan. They have to foresee that a tenant may work at home or be a stay-at-home parent/spouse, who uses more electricity than someone who is gone for 8-10 hours a day. They have to foresee that a tenant may work the night shift, sleeping during daylight hours and requiring lights and lamps to be on whenever they are at home and awake. They have to anticipate that a tenant may have health issues such as allergies or asthma that require a cooler, filtered temperature to avoid complications.
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