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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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[–] CoriolisSTORM88@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mine is set at 80 degrees during the summer. During the winter it is at 60 or maybe 65. I live in an over 100 year old dog trot style house in Alabama with only attic insulation and the original single pane double hung windows.

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[–] krellor@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Just moved into a house with ac for the first time and it is well insulated and lots of shade from trees. At night before bed I set it to 68, and in the morning I set it to 74. Even when we had 100 degree days it never got above 73 inside, so basically I only run the AC at night.

[–] OhTheMoose@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

65° while I sleep, 68°-70° while I'm home, off while I'm not

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

76F in the summer, 72F during the day in the winter, 68F at night in the winter.

[–] ptman@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Minimum, but it still doesn't get below 23C in the winter

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

For A/C I like it warmer than most office buildings, around 27°C/81°F, which means it's usually off outside of summer heat waves. My current place in Vancouver has no A/C.

Winter the heater's usually at 21°C/70°F.

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

If I had one and was unbothered by energy, probably around 18-21 C. As it stands, I'm planning on storing a couple of spray bottles full of water in the fridge and having a fan pointed at me at all times when summer comes around.

25.5 C (78F) in the summer, 21 C (71F) in the winter

[–] RyanLiu@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I do 26c, my partner likes 24c.

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Off. ~~Type error: null is not a number.~~

I don't live somewhere that it gets to 0°C / 32°F, although it can get close in the middle of the night in winter, so I don't need to worry about the cold killing me.

Electricity is expensive though. I just dress in layers and use blankets or a hot water bottle when it's cold. When it's hot I might turn on the aircon to get myself to "not miserable", but that usually only happens a few weeks a year. I try to acclimate to whatever the outdoor temperature is.

I also keep my windows open all year. The idea of keeping an entire house (not my small city shoebox, that is at least insulated by other shoeboxes) at a constant temperature year-round is sort of weird to me. Most people I know will use the aircon or heater at home maybe half the time, they're nowhere near as avoidant of using them as I am.

I just find it hard to justify the expense, both financially and environmentally, unless I'm truly miserable and not just slightly uncomfortable.

[–] yenahmik@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

In the summer: usually 78, but sometimes I'll drop it to 75 if I'm feeling hot. We spend most of our time in the basement and most of the time it cools off at night enough to just open the windows.

In the winter: somewhere between 65 and 68. Our house can feel chilly pretty easily so I tend to bump the heat up a bit.

[–] MagnusRobotFighter@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

73 in spring, summer, and fall. 67 in the winter.

[–] rothaine@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

71F always, year round

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

We don't have a set temperature for all year, that seems silly to me. The outside temperature, the price of electricity/gas, the energy efficient of your house, so many variables...

Apologies for not converting, but in the winter we stick to the mid to high 60s when it's in the 40s or below outside. For the summer if it's getting into the high 90s or low 100s we have to go up to the high 70s to avoid going broke on electricity.

PS go clean out the heat exchange fins on your compressor outside, sometimes animals or weather will clog them up with debris which kills the efficiency of the compressor.

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