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What temperature do you have your air-con set at?

It's a constant source of amusement in our house as I whack it up (warmer) while H cranks it down.

What do you have yours set to day and night (if different)?

I've asked a few locals and I've got to say we're way out of synch! Mr H thinks their temperatures are wrong lol :lol:

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I like it hot so I'm not a lover of air con so I have it set at 80F. We like to sleep in a cool room...so the bedroom is set at 68F during the night.

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:ohmy::ohmy: 80F

I'd get lynched if I put it up that high! :huh:

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You should see our heating bills in winter. :eek:

I have the pool temperature set at 90F.

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Ah, now our landlords went to the expense of putting in the most gorgeous pool and jacuzzi, but a) the pool isn't heated and b) there are no bubbles in the jacuzzi !! :rofl:

It's all for show!

Mind you, the pool is at 89 anyway it's so damned hot out there. Soon it won't be refreshing to jump in! :thumbdown:

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Wife sets it 80f.:(

It was up and down for years between us, I finally got tired and quit fighting it. I spend as much time as possible in the basement where it's cooler.

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How do you not cook yourself? :blink:

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Our Ac is at 70 to 71F and 68 to 69F in the bedroom. And our elec bills are pretty bad in the summer but who gives a tinkers? Lifes too short to be uncomfortable.

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That was my argument. She gets her way in the Winter though, since we can get it as hot as she can stand it for "free" the house is roasting.

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I hate the cold, and it really worried me that moving over here would be hell for me air-con wise. And to begin with it was!

For the first 4 or so weeks I had a terrible back after it stiffened up at night with the air-con on. It was it at 73 :cry_smile: A couple of nights I'd put it up to 74, but that was the highest. PJs, socks, extra blankets .... !!

Anyway, I think after my research (asked a dozen or so people) most people have theirs set between 76 & 80

[Nikki] I'm soooooooooooooo cooooooooooooooold [/Nikki]

PS .. if you don't know who Nikki is, you've been here too long! :rofl:

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We try and keep it to around 69F.

Back home, I've always known comfortable room tempreture to be around 20C-68F. Here they seem to like it a little warmer, the air con Guy was here the otherday, He told me all his other customers have it set to at least 24C-75F and often warmer.

Sometimes we have it down to 18C - 64F, I love being cool :D

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Are you M or F?? Seems to make one hellova difference

ETA - Just saw your sign .. I knew it! Venus & Mars! Why do men like it so cold when we're the ones who retain body fat for warmth??? :curse:

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Male. My Wife likes it at 69F, she really hates a hot house like me, but if we've got it down too low, which Im fine with, she gets cold, and we turn it up.

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Ours is set at about 73 or so. We change it a lot depending on how we feel. :lol:

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I only use my AC if its humid..it can be as high as 90/95 upstairs....its been on 82 most of the time...we use fans...when its humid i try to only have the AC on for a few hours a day...if its dry inside...I don't worry about the temp....


In FL the house is at 81 when we are not there...and at 76/78 when we are...its a very dry house...unlike this one...

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it depends how high the humidity is and that fluctuates daily here so i'm forever playing with the controls lol! without the high humidity i like a warm mid to high 70's inside however now that summer is here and it's very humid i have it down to 69 and although it feel somewhat cool we have to have it that low to pull the humidity out of the air. OH doesn't mind the humidity too much but then he's grown up with it.

btw our elec bill for last month was $789 ~ how does that compare to y'alls?

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Ours was $489 but the gas was as much as your leccie bill...even more in winter.

Do all bills end in $89? :D

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Gezz...when my AC ads more than $20 a month to my bill I cry....$50 was the most so far...and that was trying to bring the temp down...now I put the AC on just a few hours a day to dry out the house...we are still just as cool...but are not spending a lot...

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I'm doing well then having a $120 summer bill...the next one will be higher because its so humid...I'm still hoping for under $150

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I have ours set between 76 and 78, and our last leccy bill was $358.

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I blame the double story ceilings and the open rooms for the high bills.

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I change the thermostat about 6 times a day, I can't leave it alone. We don't like it too cold, 78 deg.

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Same here :)

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We have high ceilings in FL...our summer bill if we are there a month is about $150...up from $90 when the place is empty....

We just went to a family members new house just of Cape...its going to cost a few thousand to keep warm in winter per month....good job money is no object for them....

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I would have a coat on if it was set in the mid to low 70's. :eek:

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:eek::eek::eek:

$789??? That's nearly our house payment!! Our electric costs between $120-$150 all year, the lower number is Winter and the higher is Summer. Our house is all electric, no gas.

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I use a lot of leccie cooking...the microwave is electric. :lol:

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We cook on the BBQ all the time its hot so we don't heat up the house....or we eat out which is cheaper...

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We like (OK I and my OH has got used to it) a cold bedroom about 64f at night <awaiting how cold comments :o>.
Its usually that normally so we don't need heating in the Winter or much cooling in the Summer.

During the day depends if I'm active - 68f if not 71f and evenings about 74f.

I have a thing about the temp always have to know it and fiddle with it :o

Our bills this Summer as its mild are really low a lot lower than Winter. Ah the advantages of living in a moderate place.:)

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I'm... shocked by how low so many of you set your AC.

Our house is ~4000sq.ft and if we set our AC to ~70deg we would easily break the $1000/mo electricity bill in the summer.

As it is, we have the AC at between 78F and 83F, depending on the humidity. Our highest electricity bill ever was last August, when outside temperatures were >100F every day of the month, and that was $450.

Our average summer bill last year, when Dallas was baking in a heatwave was $350/mo and this year, with the cool weather it's been <$250/mo. Gas (really just for water heating) only added $25 this month.

I would be FROZEN if we cooled the place to 68F like some of you do. Bloody frozen.

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:o

Well in my defence the a/c has hardly been on it doesn't need to be, its at those temps normally. :thumbup:

It only gets to about 80f outside if we're lucky. ;)
Last Summer was far hotter here.

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In winter our house is at 62 all day 65 in the evening...but we do have a log fire going which keeps the temp of the living room way up......at night it is in the low 50s...I like a cold house at night ....we have econe panels around the house at 3 cents an hour they keep rooms we don't use a lot warmish ..they also stop parts of the house from getting to cold at night so it easier and quicker to warm up in the morning about the only time I use the gas ......I have one panel out here in my office...and I need no other heat because this room is small..

Gas just costs to much to heat a house and you still feel cold when it turns off...I try my best not to use it....

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Thermostat set at 78 degrees (hint pick a comfortable setting for you and yours and leave it alone) constantly changing runs the bill up.

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good tip :o

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I try that on the Cape and my bill was sky high...its way cheaper for me to turn it on for an hour 3 times a day ...also my house can be humid at a very low temp...but dry at a high one...

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I spent 4 years living in the North of Scotland, and 64F was very warm there. Half the year it would be impossible to get the house temp above the mid 50's, I'd just stick a jumper on, and it wasn't a problem. I remember a few summers back, for a week it reached the mid 70's outside, and I overheard several people say the weather was sizzling. LOL :D

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Thank you!! At last someone understands :o ;)

Its funny my parents never say what the temp is, if its hot here and sunny (we do get them lol).
They just say yes same here, so sunny and hot and (its only about 70f) :ohmy: :D

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Thats another thing I've noticed, our two apartments before this one had the bedroom's upstairs and was always far warmer than downstairs :confused: A/C never seemed to do it's job properly, I'm so glad we live on one floor now :)

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$15 electric and $28 gas. No AC required here. ;)

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It sucks doesn't it? ours always was at least 10 degrees hotter upstairs when we lived somewhere hot. Hot air rises :( But as you pointed out why couldn't the a/c do its job and have that knowledge built in somewhere lol. Instead of having to zone a house if you want it cooler upstairs.