"Turn up the air conditioner"? (1 Viewer)

[GregR]

Well?

 

[IC FBGCav]

You don't use the AC to make the room warmer, FYI.  You either make it colder or turn it off.

 

[Foosball God]

If someone told me to "turn up" the air conditioner I would assume they want it to be colder.

 

[belljr]

If someone told me to "turn up" the air conditioner I would assume they want it to be colder.

Me too and my wife always says this when she wants it to be turn to a warmer temperature so I always make it colder anyway to mess with her and then an argument ensues

 

[audiophile]

This is a peeve of mine as well.  I know from experience that my wife means "make it colder," and that's how I voted.  With guests/others that say this, I always ask "Would you like it colder or warmer?", just to clarify.

 

[Juxtatarot]

I'm old school, so I crank it up.

 

[mr. furley]

I'm old school, so I crank it up.

freedom rock?

 

[Rustoleum]

Turn up the thermostat = Make it warmer

Turn up the AC = Make it colder.

 

[Christo]

I have never heard anyone use this phrase.

 

[bryhamm]

I guess I'm in the minority.  If I have the AC set to 72 and you want me to turn it up, I move it to 73 or 74 ... warmer.

 

[skol asylum]

Turn up the AC really means to turn up the temp on the stat. So make it warmer. Same thing if running heat.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

freedom rock?

Nice semi obscure reference

 

[GregR]

I guess I'm in the minority.  If I have the AC set to 72 and you want me to turn it up, I move it to 73 or 74 ... warmer.

That's the thermostat, not the AC.  

Turn something up means make it do more of what it does.  

 

[rockaction]

Turn something up means make it do more of what it does.  

This is exactly what I was just coming in to post. To "turn something up" means exactly that. To make it do more of what it does.  

 

[AAABatteries]

Air conditioning (often referred to as AC, A.C., or A/C) is the process of removing or adding heat from/to a space, thus cooling or heating the space's average temperature

 

[joffer]

I have never heard anyone use this phrase.

OH BULL ####!

 

[Jules Winnfield]

I'm old school, so I crank it up.

Turn up the radio

I need the music, gimmie some more

 

[Sinn Fein]

Mine goes to 11.  Most guys, when they want it colder they turn it all the way up to 10.  But when you need it just a little bit cooler - where can they go?  Nowhere.

When I need it a little colder, I crank it up to 11.  One level colder.

 

[Mister CIA]

This is a peeve of mine as well.  I know from experience that my wife means "make it colder," and that's how I voted.  With guests/others that say this, I always ask "Would you like it colder or warmer?", just to clarify.

Instead, they should ask you to turn down the heater.

 

[Christo]

OH BULL ####!

I don't hang around with a lot of simpletons. YMMV.

 

[Mister CIA]

I don't hang around with a lot of simpletons. YMMV.

ahem.

 

[Koya]

Turn up the AC: 

AC = make it cold.  Make more AC (turn it up) means colder.

When you live in a Democratic Republic, up means down

 

[xulf]

Clearly make it colder.  

Just like turn up the heat clearly means make it it hotter.

 

[Wingnut]

I see it as saying turn up the juice. So colder.

 

[eoMMan]

Turn up for what?

 

[shuke]

Turn up the AC really means to turn up the temp on the stat. 

No, it really doesn't.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

What does it mean? It means they can eff off. It's my house and the temperature is fine.

 

[E Street Brat]

Bunch of a/c know nothing in here

 

[Daywalker]

It's a bit cold/warm in here could you adjust the thermostat/ac.

 

[TheAristocrat]

Turn up the AC really means to turn up the temp on the stat. So make it warmer. Same thing if running heat.

So, saying "turn up the heat" means make it colder?

 

[belljr]

Turn up the AC really means to turn up the temp on the stat. So make it warmer. Same thing if running heat.

So, saying "turn up the heat" means make it colder

BOOM!!!!

:micdrop:

 

[Henry Ford]

I have never heard anyone use this phrase.

Congratulations on not being married to my wife. 

 

[Henry Ford]

The best part is my wife uses this phrase to mean different things depending on her mood.  

 

[E Street Brat]

BOOM!!!!

:micdrop:

Yes. Turning up the heat from 70 to 80 makes it colder.