It's That Time Of Year Again! What Is Your AC Thermostat Set To?

[ozzie908]

65f all day 68 at night

Its not a luxury when neither of you like heat and as we use no gas during the summer it pays for the extra electricity... We cut our use of gas down so far this winter they cut our monthly payments in half so not concerned about about the bill.

 

[estesguy]

74 on average. 75 daytime while I'm away, 74 when I return, and possibly 73 at night for a cooler bedroom.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

thermostat

My thermostat is set to 73 f year round.

 

[jmm63]

We prefer windows open whenever we can, but the house has been closed up for at least the last week.
Central A/c set to 74 or 73 and a few vintage fans running. The upstairs is always warmer so I keep a small window unit in the bedroom for sleeping chilly.
Just bought a new Windmill 6k btu for the bedroom. Very very nice unit and very quiet.

 

[pulltostart]

78 when I go to bed, 80 when I get up in the morning.  Later in the summer the daytime setting might go to 81.

 

lawrence

 

[panasonicvac]

No lower than 75 for us. Unfortunately two of our three ac units just went out. One of them had a problem earlier this month when we turned it on for the first time this year and now it's currently unavailable to use again. Hopefully today the guy will come over to fix them as it's toasty in our house as of today But I've had worse when I was living down in Lake Powell for one summer and my apartment ac broke.

 

[launderess]

Temps dropped overnight.

Off went AC, windows opened, just using vintage Paxton fan.

Can always tell when outdoor temps drop and AC is on, things start getting really, really chilly. This without any adjustment to thermostat.

Went to bed last night outdoor temp was still in middle 80's. By this morning things dropped to middle or low 70's with low humidity.

 

[rp2813]

I'm in a similar situation to Eddie, but I have zero shade and the front of the house has original 1922 windows that face southwest.  They are architecturally specific and would cost a fortune to replace with double panes.  I keep the blinds closed on all windows except in the back of the house, where it's always considerably cooler inside.  I can get by with the thermostat set to 76 or 77 if I'm wearing shorts only.  I'll bump it down to 74 or 75 if I have guests.  I also set the system fan to run continuously in order to equalize temperatures throughout the house.

 

Once the outside temperature drops below the thermostat setting, either from the sea breeze or just on its own on calm days, I open windows and use fans for the rest of the time and overnight.  If it's a really bad hot spell (fairly rare) and doesn't cool down enough by bed time, I'll open windows and shut off the central AC, then fire up the 8K BTU portable unit in my bedroom for comfortable sleeping.

 

I can wait longer to turn on the AC in June since the sun is directly overhead and not beating on the front of the house.  There's been no "June gloom" to speak of this year.  It seems to have been more of a "May gray" situation instead.

 

[gusherb]

72º during the day and 68-70º while sleeping. If it goes below 83 outside I'll raise it to 74 as it'll start to feel a little chilly in the house. This past week has been between 92-98º. There is no more shade on the house since the only tree providing morning shade fell and the rest was taken down. AC goes on at night when lows are above 60º and stays on all summer once highs are above 75º

 

[petek]

Keep things about 77 . We don't have ducts so it's a minisplit which covers the living/dining/kitchen area (open plan) as well as the familyroom 4 steps down. I have a small tablefan by the front door to stir things up and it feels quite cold when you first walk in the front door. Upstairs I have two portables but we only use one primarly and only run it about 60 minutes before bed time with the aid of a box fan in the hall. With exceptions of course for those very humid heat wave days where it doesn't cool down at night much and opening the windows up there would be pointless. It aint the heat it's the humidity thing for me.

 

[kevin313]

The thermostat is set at 75 degrees. I still have one of those old round Honeywell thermostat with what looks like mercury in the mechanism. So I just set it and leave it alone. I have two huge maple trees in the front yard which faces west, so that helps to shade the house in the afternoon and evening.

 

[combo52]

The Great indoors

We have five built-in central systems, two main ones and then three auxiliary systems in areas of the house.

Temperature stays around 74 all summer sometimes I said a little cooler in our bedroom at night, In the winter, we usually heat to 70 to 72 depending on the area of the house

The largest system the blower operates 24 hours a day with an electric static filter. Both main systems have large thick pleated filters that remove particles down to 2 µm.

Never open any windows, absolutely no ceiling fans or portable fans anywhere in the house is always cool top to bottom side to side, no bedrooms or bathrooms take on any musty odors, etc. all three bathrooms have good exhaust fans on timers that are used as needed, the master bathroom actually has two exhaust fans one just for the shower area on its own humidistat. The kitchen alone has three exhaust cooking appliances and there’s an additional five close dryers that are exhausted, and the workshop has its own exhaust system to remove, any Dust or pollutants.

The weather here is not extreme. It gets cold enough to kill off bugs and things in the winter don’t have to worry about getting dengue fever here, lol and the summers are really not that extreme even during this recent heat wave it only got to 95 or so

I built a huge screen porch on the back of the house. It has a kitchen in it extra laundry area hot tub and steam room, outdoor shower, etc. I love the great outdoors, And when I want to enjoy the lovely weather all the birds and trees, I do use that area a lot but I like the house itself to always be a perfect environment.

Electric cost are very reasonable. We put 42 solar panels on the roof. I took the free plan so I still pay for the electricity I pay nine cents per kilowatt average electric cost is around $80 a month year round which I consider to be one of the smaller monthly expenses, considering I’m running five refrigerators and freezers, and having every appliance gadget, I could possibly want.

Water cost Here are reasonable just got my quarterly water bill today. It was $122 not bad for two of us living here for all the showers and laundry we do.

 

[parunner58]

We leave our AC set at 76 all year. The few time we have used the heat, wich has been maybe 3-4 times in the 13 years we lived here in Fl it's 68 and leave it on maybe for an hour. Our Average electric bill for a 2000 sq. ft. house with 20 ft ceilings is $308 a month. 4 TV's, 2 fridges, most of the lights are LED, range. Dryer, heat, tankless Water heater natural gas. gas bill is about $35 monthly.

 

[norgeway]

67

Summer 68-69 winter, Donald grew up in a unairconditioned house, His theory is, As long as I can pay the bill ill never toss and turn all night in a hot house! I grew up in air conditioning, In my bedroom at home I had a 1952 Fedders Weather wheel, it had two positions cool and off, It would pull my bedroom down to 55 in the hottest weather. I loathe detest and hate any temperature over 60!

 

[kimball455]

Cool Cape May

Hello Everyone ..

Living at the bottom of New Jersey we get interesting weather. Cape May is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay. I live in Cape May City a few blocks from the beach. The inland areas between the ocean and bay can get quite toasty in the summer. This past week during the east coast heat wave, we had a rather nice breeze every day. That changed today, it got rather warm and muggy.

The entire city of Cape May is a national historic landmark. We have the largest number of Victorian building outside of San Francisco.

I keep the front of the house at 72F most of the time. Back where the kitchen/laundry is located is usually about 75F. Second floor rear bedroom no AC unless occupied. Front (Master) 72F during day, 68F at night.

This achieved with a Samsung mini split system. House is 1100 sq ft. Well insulated walls with Marvin wood windows with thermal glass that has a reflective film. On the budget plan with the electric co. Monthly bill is $88. Heat is gas baseboard condensing boiler. Same boiler does hot water. Gas dryer.

In my spare time I am the President/Historian for the Greater Cape May Historical Society. If you visit Cape May, let me know when you will be in town and I will give you a personal tour of the Colonial House Museum.

Harry

 

[retro-man]

Daytime temp is kept at 73 degrees and night time is 69 degrees. Being right on the ocean also have a dehumidifier running on very humid days. Current bill for the last 30 days was $140.00. Usually open the windows and sliders in the morning early for a few hours if the temp is cool enough.

Jon

 

[gizmo]

Thermostat? What thermostat?

If its too cold I put another log on the fire...

 

[panasonicvac]

Update

Our furnace guy came over. On Monday he fixed a board for one them. This kind from my understanding is if it goes bad, it'd need a new motor. But thankfully someone came up with a aftermarket kit where you can just repair the board instead of replacing the motor. And the second one, there's a leak somewhere in the coolant line. He came back yesterday with some fill & fix injection for inside but this is only for a temporary solution because unfortunately, it's that time where we're gonna need to get a new system because we've had it since 1991. So the plan is to keep using the ac as is until we can replace it next year but we may have to this year if the fill & fix doesn't last for this summer.

 

[polkanut]

Ours is set at 72–73ºF when it's on. Right now the rain is keeping things cool. 

 

[rp2813]

Upper 90s are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, followed by mid 90s for a few more, then lower 90s by next week.  So far this year, the forecast high temperatures have consistently been lower than the actual ones.  I'm anticipating triple digits.  Low temps will only get down to 70 on Tuesday and likely Wednesday, which means the AC will be cranking well into the night. 

 

The 4th of July typically brings comfortable temperatures, but this year the fire danger is going to be off the charts, and the far inland valleys will be sizzling.  Fireworks are still legal in many parts of California's interior, where the concentration of climate deniers is the most dense -- in more than one context.