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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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[-] [email protected] 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.

[-] [email protected] 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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I usually do 19C in the winter, and 24C in the summer, my parents do 22C (72F?) year around

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 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.

[-] [email protected] 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?

[-] [email protected] 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).

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Currently set to 67F (19.4C) for heating, and I don't have air conditioning but would probably keep it around 76F (24C).The weather here is mild enough that we usually don't need AC in summer.

We're starting to have more and more hot days during summer though, so I'm getting the gas furnace replaced with a heat pump HVAC (which is the term Americans use for a reverse cycle air conditioner) this week. The furnace is 22 years old so it was due for a replacement anyways. I had an 11.2kW solar system installed earlier this year, so I'm trying to move away from gas appliances.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

WTF 70s? I'd be roasting.

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

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm in Denver Summer: 80° in the day, 70° at night Winter: 73° in the day, 63° at night

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

There is no one right temperature — it depends on the humidity. In the winter I often have heat at 71. In the summer 68.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I like to keep my home at 16°C (60.8°F) when possible. Summers are hell.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

https://www.relay.fm/cortex/145

In which CGPGrey discusses ordering parts to replace inside of hotel A/Cs so that he set the room temp to 16º. Quite chilly, btw, why do you need that??

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That sounds awesome!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Chiming in to say comparing thermostat settings between houses is comparing apples to oranges. Your AC is only "on" or "off," changing the thermostat setting only changes how much time it's on vs how much time it's off.

On a 100° day, the HVAC in a well-insulated house with double paned windows and solid weatherization is going to be able to maintain 77° with little effort, where a poorly insulated, leaky house may struggle to even reach 77° with the HVAC running continuously. These two houses may have their thermostats set the same but their internal temperatures and energy usage will be different, maybe even radically different

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

In the summer 78F during the day but I spend most of that time in the basement because that's where my office is and 68F at night to sleep.

During the winter 68F all day err' day

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Cincinnati. 66 at night 70 during the day during the summer, sometimes 72.

Winter 70-72 all the time.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

75 in the summer and 68 in the winter

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

27?! I would actually die. We keep ours at 19.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

In winter I light the fire, in summer I open the windows, the temperature range goes from chilly to toasty. I don't have exact numbers on that.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't! My windows are open all year here in Chicago.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You have your windows open in winter in Chicago? In a single family home your pipes would or rather could freeze in winter. In an apartment depending on how warm the neighbors get their place and heart can radiate through walls that might work. In the summer though Damn that would get warm.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't have AC and haven't really needed it this year. I'm way north in New Hampshire.

We keep the heat at 63-65f(about 17c) in the winter, but occasionally go up to 67 when it's warmer out and the furnace doesn't have to work as hard to keep it there.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

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