Also... you know... there are these funny little devices called switches that allow you to turn individual devices on and off without cutting power to entire apartment. Just saying...
My first reaction would have been what OP suggested.
Then Big Lighting ruined that by going to LED strips and what not.
And even the current code in CA doesn't require separate circuits for each room. They require separate circuits for different functionality. E.g. lights vs power plugs.
I documented a bit recently as in France we will potentially have 2h power extinction at grid level during this winter. Apparently you can have your fridge safely keeping your food for up to 4h, but you should not open it during that period obviously — although since I don’t have any radiator in my kitchen I’m rather confident it wouldn’t be that problematic in the middle of a winter that is announced especially cold.
Kinda depends on fridge, altho sadly it's rare to see that number in manuals.
But one trick is to just take food that you want to eat anyway from the freezer and put it in fridge, the food will slowy defrost while cooling the fridge food. Just make sure water have somewhere to go
that's quite rare and bad design if you can't go overnight without power
>Then there are devices that expect power 24/7 like fridge.
that's why i said to leave kitchen ON, not that Airbnb fridge on first night would contain anything requiring power anyway
> Also, since I was abroad, I relied on the Internet that was at the apartment that would be cut off if the power was turned off.
dunno about you, but when I sleep I don't use internet, but maybe you are able to disable some parts of brain and use internet while sleeping
>Also... you know... there are these funny little devices called switches that allow you to turn individual devices on and off without cutting power to entire apartment. Just saying...
Also you know maybe read the comment I'm replying to about faulty automatic switches impossible to switch off.
I thought HN readers pay more attention to what they answer to and the context, but after reading some replies to my comment I've lost all hope that this site is any better than Reddit.
Some might, but I doubt they are a lot. None have such where I am for sure. People would need to turn power off for specific rooms/circuits or the whole thing once a year or so anyway (to do some electrical work, to change some light fixtures, etc). It also happens by itself if some machine overloads/there's a sudden surge. I've changed several rented houses, and it would ocassionally happen to all of them.
As for the fridge, he did say to leave the kitchen (or fridge including) circuit on.
Just your subjective knowledge of your local area and class of home you normally experience.
Not everybody enjoys the security that western democracies provide (although US and couple other countries seem to be slipping behind). In most of the world people with wealth above standard have to actually take special, pretty expensive precautions to preserve their wealth (and in some places lives).
Here people install security to call security company whenever the alarm is tripped. Lack of power is immediately suspect (thieves like to cut power). The security company is notified by the automation and they call the owner for security code. If the owner does not give the security code within required time they will immediately dispatch their patrol. The owner also has special security code in case he is compelled to give one and this triggers a specially escalated response.
So, like yours? When you said "A lot of apartments here have security devices" did you qualify it as "in non western countries with the right balance of affording security services and intenterrupted mains power"?
>Not everybody enjoys the security that western democracies provide
Well, not everybody who doesn't enjoy "the security that western democracies provide" has money to pay for a security company - or even the luxury of continuous power that is not frequently cut anyway, either.
In the context though, in a house with automatic sensors and such, I'd consider my case more likely.
not sure what should go wrong when you switch on the power again, blackouts happen
Did you consider the insulin fridge in the garage you just shut off when you did that? How about the attic fan that keeps the place cool? The water softener that needed to do a recharge cycle. The electric vehicle plugged in that was waiting for night time trough to charge. etc, etc
> edit: and now I'm 100% sure there are bots downvoting my comments, immediately downvoted less than minute from posting
No, you’re just inconsiderate of people’s property.
you come out as completely ignorant of context who just gets angry for no reason
> you come out as completely ignorant of context
Says the commenter who didn’t follow the context.
And maybe all those people reading HN and clicking into the comments of this post are actually bots.
obviously other more elegant solution would be unscrewing bulbs, but they may be not accessible
That's a bit of a weird claim. I'd say it's likely to be at its most full on the first night.
Is the first thing you do in the afternoon after checking in airbnb place going to shop to buy tons of supplies to store them in fridge?
I'd think people have better things to do on the first evening than shopping for groceries besides something small for dinner (if any) and those few dinner things would be fine even without fridge or not worth sleepless night with lights on.