Do you turn the air conditioner up or down when making it colder?

Question

My boyfriend says "turn the air conditioner down" when he wants the temperature decreased, but I say "turn the air conditioner up" when I want the temperature lowered. What do you think is the correct term?

Answer 1

Air conditioner is for cold air, so I'm guessing that if you say "turn the air conditioner up", it means to make it colder or power higher.

Answer 2

Well I guess you could go by what kind of AC (window unit) it is, most are 1-10, ten being the coldest so if you want it colder you could say turn it up

But if its central air then you would say to turn it down (because colder is a lower temp) if you want it colder in the house

Answer 3

Turning either the air or heat up and down is referring to the power, not the temperature. Maybe you should each decide to turn it up or down when you want. Then you won't have to actually say it and end up disagreeing...

Answer 4

Doesen't matter what answer i put here because i know that my girlfriend will say it's the opposite.

Since a heater is turned up to make the temperature warmer turning the airconditioner up would be to make the room cooler.

I think the way you say it is the correct term.

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Answer 5

To be accurate, you "turn the thermostat down" to lower the temperature. For easy understanding........say "lower the thermostat" or "increase the thermostat"

Answer 6

well if u want it to be colder you'll have to put the temp down because the lower the colder and if you want it to be less cold simply put the temp up

Answer 7

Here we say turn the thermostat up or down as it is all in one unit.

Answer 8

Neither, since this is a question of etiquette you should use proper English and say "Would you please lower the temperature" and not use dialectics.