Muushka
<font color=red>I usually feel like I just stepped
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- Aug 16, 1999
I've just been contemplating this subject. We are leaving for DW next Friday. We'll be gone a week. We won't turn off the A/C, but how high should we set it? I was thinkng 80, but now am wondering if that's too high. Keeping in mind, that it's in the high 90s here right now, so it's definitely A/C weather. TIA for any advice.
We set ours at 83 when we are gone. It takes a little while to get down in temp, but I think the savings makes it worth while.
I've been wondering the same thing as OP....thanks for clarifying. And sorry if this is highjacking but does it help on the electric bill to turn up the thermostat a few degrees at night and then back down in the morning (more specifically while we're asleep)? Or would that also be counterproductive?
We keep ours at 82 during the night. Neither one of us is a big fan of the 'ice cold bedroon' and we have a ceiling fan that cools us off just fine.
We also installed dampers on our heat/AC. In the summer we send the AC upstairs and in the winter we shut it off because the heat rises. We have very reasonable heating and cooling bills.