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"I was thinking about getting off on demand, but it sounds like I should be glad that I didn't"
We don't turn on the air conditioning at all if nobody is home.
I'm so puzzled.
I didn't know leaving it on appears to be common practice.
I leave it on for the dog.
Re: bills -- you know how hot my area gets. Last year I found out that by setting it at 78 as recommended by the electric company, instead of 74 as I did the previous year, we could save well over $100 monthly. Our bills the first summer in our house were just ridiculous.
When it makes sense (usually if daytime temps are below 90), we cool down the house by opening up the 2nd floor windows after sunset.
ONE MORE THING, the a/c guy (and others over the years) have said not to turn it off b/c of the fact that your house will be hot as balls and THEN the unit has to work its' ass off to get your house from 95 to a comfortable temp.
If I left my a/c off during the day it would be 90+ degrees in my house when I got home. It takes HOURS to get the house cooled off from that. It's not efficient.
If you thermostat is at 68, is your house actually 68? Or is it hotter than that because your air conditioner is inefficient?
I set at 78 when home and am freezing sometimes and move it up to 80.
Our A/C is very cold. I often find my baby in a hoodie, leggings, and socks when I come home because the nanny has bundled her up.
And that's at 78!
No. It's 70-72. Our air conditioner and insulation both suck. The fun of apartments.
Our electricity bill doubles when we try to adjust temperature depending on when people are home. It's so much cheaper to leave on.
And if we were going on a two week vacation, I would set the air conditioning to the 80 degrees my lease requires during the summer and take a photo of the setting because it would probably be 84-86.
Ours is set to 70-72 all day and night. When we left for 3 days last week we bumped it to 74*. It's been 95-100 outside every day for the last 3 weeks, with 80% humiduty.
We keep it around 76 when we're home. Sometimes 74 if it's really hot. It's very humid where I live and I mainly need it to cut the humidity.
I'm all about being comfortable and definitely want to feel cool when I walk in my house but I'd freeze at anything below 72! It's always Interesting to see what people can tolerate
We have a new system - it's a 2 stage unit. LOVE it. I just heard the first stage click on. Very low air flow but it's usually enough to get us comfy. The full 2nd stage doesn't need to kick in much.
I'm at 71 all the time from April to September (except vacations). Maybe because I've got a lot of personal insulation, I like the cooler temperatures. Of course, I live in a LCOL area and my bills are generally between $30 - 75 dollars/month. Worth it.
Would you like some cold AC passing your way? Come to nowheres-ville and I'll crank it down.
If you are angry about the not-environmental friendly nature of most AC units, well, I'll defer. As I breathe in the crap from fireworks being shot off locally.
I went there a few years ago and dh was booking the hotel for this part of the trip. I made him swear that if it was hot in this no-a/c hotel bullshit that he'd go buy me a window unit or an air conditioned blanket or something. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't end up hating him for the decision. Lol
Post by aprilludgate on Jul 4, 2015 23:26:41 GMT -5
In the summer, 75-78 during the day. 70 at night. I love warm weather, so I would let it get warmer, but then the dog drinks too much water and pees on everything.
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