What temp are you keeping your AC right now?

RidgeHunter · Jun 17, 2016

70+ in the winter blows my mind just as much as 85 in the summer.

Low 60s in the winter. Light a fire and grab a sweater, weirdoes.

I'm pale, blonde, and blue. I am meant to be somewhere colder. My ancestors made a mistake.

Podman · Jun 17, 2016

78 all the time.

Jace · Jun 17, 2016

74 during the day, 72 at night

RidgeHunter · Jun 17, 2016

Some of the offices I go to in the winter have girls that set the thermostat on Hell Setting. Come in wearing a flannel shirt and immediately break a sweat on a 20 degree morning. Drives me up a wall.

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nofearfactor · Jun 17, 2016

I was born and raised in San Diego but moved to the cooler temps of the bay area for a few years and now have lived in the even cooler northern CA mountains the last 25 years. I have solar screens on all of the windows- tons of windows, up in nor CA and with those awesome mountain breezes most times I dont even have to run the several window units we use up there, during the day with shades down it stays a constant 76 or so in the home no matter what it is outside. Its heated by a wood pellet stove in winter so the temps vary.

Been living the other part of my time in NE OK for the last 13 years. Here at the house in OK its usually on 74 during the day and the program changes it to 75 at 9pm- depending on the heat, but thats the usual. Winter its usually on 72 during the day then changes to 73 in the evening and 74 later in the night then back to 72 in the morning. Summers the wife likes it really cold while she sleeps so we have a window unit in her room that so she can get her room down to her preferred sleeping temp of 71 without freezing the rest of us out- meaning me and the 2 dogs. I have excellant insulation, a newish roof, good attic venting, updated central units with higher Seer per sq ft than I needed several years ago along with a new heater system and hot water tank, all nat gas- even my back up generator runs on nat gas, I do all regular maintenance on my units in spring myself plus I keep ducts cleaned out, etc etc (I did some HVAC in a smoke and water damage company I owned back in CA years ago). I put in programmable thermostats myself years ago and theyre still working great. My bills run from about $55(elec) $75(nat gas) in winter to about $100-125(elec) $40(gas) in summer in an approx 2500 sq ft house (22x22 garage), on one level. I have an 800 sq ft studio/shop not connected to house with seperate heat&air.

dennishoddy · Jun 17, 2016

I worked in hell holes where temps reached 135 degrees in the summer, and mellowed out to a hundred degrees when the outside temps were at freezing.
I've earned my time at cool temps after retiring.
My wife lives in a blanket while watching TV, and I'm usually in shorts and t-shirt with a fan blowing on me at the same time. I can only take off so many clothes to get comfortable.

JD8 · Jun 17, 2016

RidgeHunter said:
Some of the offices I go to in the winter have girls that set the thermostat on Hell Setting. Come in wearing a flannel shirt and immediately break a sweat on a 20 degree morning. Drives me up a wall.

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Yep, welcome to my world. I'm a walking heater and I'm in my own private hell at work usually. Even with the thermos set to "Hell" in the winter half of them are still wearing sweaters. More than a few complaints this past week that the a/c was set too low.

To the OP 72 now and ~66 in the winter. Lower when the fireplace is going.

rhodesbe · Jun 17, 2016

Low 70s year round for me. I'm with RH, if it gets colder in winter time, then put on a sweater or some thick socks. But in summertime, the AC is cranked and shall be as long as I am cashflow positive.

Fredkrueger100 · Jun 18, 2016

Mine stays on 67 at night and 70 during the day. And that is as high as I will let it go. I get hot easily.

Poke78 · Jun 18, 2016

My wife has been out of town this week so I've run the AC higher since I'm gone during the day. My setting, day and night, has been 75. However, she returns Sunday afternoon so I'll have to reset the thermostat early enough to pre-cool the house to 70 when she arrives. If it doesn't get there, she'll walk in and wonder if the AC died while she was gone. The house was new in 2009 yet could probably stand some more insulation in the ceiling.

The office is another story. My area has four offices and we get a "meat locker" effect where there are times in the spring where a jacket feels good in the office. Even earlier this week as the heat was building, it still chilled the office so much that it felt kind of good to step outside to go to lunch to thaw out. A recent office move has placed a woman in the space that was previously only men so I'm sure there will be much fussing about the temperature.

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