Air Conditioning... What Do You Keep YOURS At?

[nmmom95]

I keep my house at 67 year round. Both the heat and AC are set to that temperature.

 

[John VN]

I think I've won the award for hottest so far! Keeping it at 80 seems to be higher then most here. Actually I usually don't even turn it on until it gets into the upper 80s.

We have a balmy 86 outside degrees right now and storms possible. I have the thermostat at 84 degrees but at night for sleeping a frigid 79 degrees.

 

[themilesfamily]

I don't touch the thermostat. Keeping marital peace.

Ain't that the truth. I always heard that it's differences in religion, money and child-rearing that will bring down a marriage.

For us it's been "who changed the thermostat?", "where does the furniture go in the living room?", and "where do we eat on Thanksgiving?" Minefields for sure! It took us 8 years of marriage and at least two rounds of marital counseling to solve those three questions.

 

[OK!]

Can you imagine coming out of 110 temps into 65 degrees???

Yes. It would feel fantastic. Thankfully, it doesn't often get that hot here (St. Louis) in terms of actual temperature, but the heat index normally hits that level several times per summer. You walk out the door and feel immediately like you've been wrapped head to toe in a sweaty horse blanket. Blech. I hate summer.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Those of you that can keep yours set higher probably don't have the humidity issue we face.

I keep my AC between 80-85 unless the dew point is in the high 70s or more. Then I drop it down to about 78 or so.

I think the humidity in Southeast Louisiana is roughly similar to Florida.

 

[BillSears]

We have a balmy 86 outside degrees right now and storms possible. I have the thermostat at 84 degrees but at night for sleeping a frigid 79 degrees.

I was at WDW last week and I was FREEZING in my room at Pop Century. The thermostat wouldn't go above 78! I really find it hard to sleep below 80.

 

[dlhvac]

must keep it at 68 deg f or cant sleep too hot down in fla

 

[Took]

Ours is the exact opposite.

We keep the C/A at 76, with the house closed up and ceiling fans running.

In the winter, we keep it at 68 all the time.

We're close. A/C is 77-78 or so and heat is 64-68. We love lower electric bills...Spend lots of our summer time in our basement which is cool almost year-round.

 

[C.Ann]

During this ungodly heat spell we've been having here, I've had mine as low as it will go - 60 degrees - with the ceiling fan running in the same room.. Of course you need to understand that this is actually a "seasonal" home, so there's no insulation, no basement, etc.. Normally it will stay pretty decent in here (blinds and door closed - as well as very little sun hitting my place) until around 3 p.m. or so and then it's suddenly like an oven and that's when I have to turn the a/c and fan on and leave it on all night..

Luckily I'm on a budget plan here for my electricity, so I can spread the cost out over 12 months so it isn't quite so painful.. But even if I couldn't, nothing would change.. Physically (medically), I "need" the a/c to be on, so I just deal with the cost - regardless of what it is..

 

[J3nn78]

Interesting how different people are.
We keep ours at 68/69 year round. I cannot sleep if it is over 70*. I wake up all sweaty. I guess my internal thermostat is VERY sensitive. Actually, the colder the better.

 

[Drew Sailbum]

Lived in the tropics for more than 8 years now. No A/C yet. I've acclimated.

It's now 82 inside at 9:45pm. Those nights that the temp drops below 75 I shut the doors and windows. The blankets (yes I have them!) come out at 72.

 

[disneydreamersx4]

We installed a new heating/air cond system in NOvember so this will be our first summer season with the ac and I am soooo looking forward to being cool this year. We used to rely only on floor fans in 90+ summer
We will probably keep the cooling set to 77 and then lower it if the outside temps go higher than 83. Will also be closing the drapes in the living room window to help keep the room cooler.