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Title. We keep ours at 75F, parents do 77F, and in laws 68F. It made me curious what everyone else keeps theirs at?

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[–] PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

In the winter, 68, 69 if I'm particularly cold, In the summer I don't turn on the AC unless I'm absolutely dying, and then it only goes to 77. I'm a lizard, I love the heat, but I also hate paying high gas bills.

[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I do 76F in the summer for AC and 68F in the winter for heating. Try to use minimal heating and air and still maintain a comfortable range. Can get expensive if working the system too hard. If it wasn't a matter of cost I'd leave it on 72F all the time.

Evaporative coolers are great if you live where you can use one, much cheaper to run and they can work pretty good as long as humidity isn't too high. I had one in a house I lived in before along with a regular AC system. It was a good to have and saved a lot on the electric bill. If it was dry enough out the AC unit was not needed.

Haven't used a heat pump before and don't know much about them. If they work as well and cost less to operate that would be a good option, but I wouldn't use one if it's a downgrade in performance. Rather pay for the comfort.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

73 day, 70 night.

I prefer it a little cooler, but my apartment isn't insulated for shit so anything less and the ac basically never turns off.

Hasn't turned off a whole lot with heat waves lately.

[–] Urbanfox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

18Β°C in the winter, and off completely in the summer.

[–] axo@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Only have heating, no AC. So 19C over the day and 16 at night for the winter

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

65F/19C. Fans in summer, sweaters in winter.

[–] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

We don’t have a thermostat. We have storage heaters and criminally insufficient insulation. I’d like to keep the flat about 21C (69F), a little lower at night. I can only afford to keep the flat above 17C (62F). Cost of living crisis sucks.

[–] BestTestInTheWest@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

18Β° in winter. 24Β° in summer.

However I would only put the heater or aircon on somewhere between 40-60 days a year and only for a couple hours. And often it's just to take the chill out of the house or cool the bedroom before bed. I have a modern well insulated house which is a rarity in Melbourne or Australia in general, houses/apartments are built like shit here.

Australia has some of the worst built houses in the western world, especially houses built in the 20th century. I think the average was 0.5 stars out of 10. Thankfully we have the most amount of solar of any country so we are offsetting the crappyness.

[–] eosha@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

During AC season, 71 during the day, 68 at night. Geothermal FTW.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The simplified version

Summer: Day: 76Β°F (24Β°C), Night: 73Β°F (22Β°C)

Winter: Day: 78Β°F (25Β°C), Night: 73Β°F (22Β°C)

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

In the summer? I have no AC at my house but it doesn't usually go above 77 - 80 on it's own. It's in a unique part of the city where we're surrounded by the woods and trees which provide a lot of shade and cool the air. Also the house is built into the side of a mountain and surrounded by massive retaining walls, so the first floor is basically a story underground. Our bedroom is also on the first floor, so I don't really go upstairs except to do laundry.

In the winter, usually about 64 - 67. It goes down to 60 during the day on a schedule or whatever.

[–] nowrongnotes@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Summer time - 75F during the day, 72F at night. Winter time - 68F during the day, 62F at night.

I live in the Midwest US

[–] LovelyA72@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

70F set it and forget about it until i woke up freezing at the middle of a night.

[–] Poseidon2023@artemis.camp 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

68F-72F in summer 66ish in the winter. In live in the South East United States and humidity is a bitch

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[–] p_diablo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Our heater is set to 60F in the winter.

If i want it warmer than that (usually) it's up to me to keep the wood stove fired and fed!

[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I program mine to run less when we're not home. On top of that I set a "super cool" routine on weekends when it's going to be hot outside.

You see, the a/c is most efficient when it's cooler already. So in the last hour of darkness in the summer I set it to run down to 68 or so. Then it doesn't have to run as long to do that. Then it doesn't have to run again for several hours as the temperature is set back to 72.

I also clean the outside coils annually and put up a sun sail so that the outside unit is shaded all day. This has helped save a lot of money along with the thermostat programming.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'd like to have it at 71f, but it's not going to happen. After a $$$ AC repair i can now get down to 74 instead of 78. Usually around 68-70 in the winter. How come it's always so hot indoors when i go to places with a cold climate?

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WTF 70s? I'd be roasting.

69 is usually what I keep it at in my car.

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[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

We live in Seattle. There is no thermostat.

[–] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

My folks keep it at 79Β°F during the day and 72Β°F at night.

[–] aport@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

76 in the summer and 68 in the winter

[–] dumptruckdan@artemis.camp 3 points 2 years ago

75 summer, 71 winter. Would love to conserve more but my body is a picky jerk.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

19C in the winter, around 28C in the summer. It helps that in the winter I just keep a space heater near me (I get cold and turn it on at what a thermometer in my room calls 19C).

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I have an evaporative cooler it really doesn't have temperature control. It is kind of whatever the outside temperature is -20f degrees with 75% humidity.

[–] RustedSwitch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Summer - cool to 76 around the house. 68 for sleeping.

Winter - warm to 70 around the house. 65 for sleeping, with a heavier comforter.

[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 3 points 2 years ago

72 during the day and 68 at night.

[–] Koraboros@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

77F normally

[–] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

I live in a campervan and so have no temperature control in the traditional sense. Closest thing would be the Maxxfan with thermostatic fan control and it's set to 68F. As long as external temps are lower than internal temps it does a reasonable job.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

74 in the summer and 68 in the winter. Before I met my wife I would keep it at 60 in the winter but she wasn't having it lol (heating oil is expensive). I didn't have central air so my bedroom (window unit) I'd keep at 68-70.

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