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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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[–] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

We're in Canada so we use Celsius but I'll convert for our farenheit friends:

23C/73.4F most of the time we try to keep the heat/AC off in spring/fall when it makes sense to do so.... We seem to generate a lot of heat inside (we have a lot of computers in the house) so it has to be quite a bit cooler outside to justify opening windows. something like 16C/60F, then between the heat from everything inside and the cold outside, we tend to keep rather comfortable.

My last place was an apartment and we didn't have control over the heating. Whenever it was on, we were cooking, so we left all the windows open all winter (the super knew about the situation and recommended we do this). The valves for the baseboard heaters were extremely old, didn't have knobs, and the super said he could try to adjust them, but there's a decent chance that they could snap and flood the apartment. Nobody wanted that, so we just left the windows open. For summer, I only turned on our AC at the apartment after the haters shut off. I wasn't going to pay to run AC to cool the place down while they were actively heating it up.... I'm glad we don't live there anymore because of that, though, everything else about the place was stellar. The landlord tried to get the owner to Green light the replacement of the valves while the system was not in use (namely in summer when they turned it off) since it would be easy to drain the system and do the work, but they didn't, so year after year, Windows open in winter. It kinda sucked, but we did what we had to. I installed a netatmo temperature system and at times in the dead of winter with all the windows open, the inside temps would read in excess of 30C/86F which wasn't fun. Hanging around in boxers with all the windows open in the dead of winter, and still sweating by doing nothing at all, wasn't great.

My new place has it's problems with airflow, but it's much better overall.

[–] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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

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

WTF 70s? I'd be roasting.

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

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[–] p_diablo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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!

[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 3 points 1 year ago

72 during the day and 68 at night.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

74F during the day, 72F at bed time.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] Koraboros@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

77F normally

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

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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[–] radix@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year 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).

[–] RustedSwitch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

75 in the summer and 68 in the winter

[–] craigevil@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

stays on 73F year round , AC and heat. Average bill runs around $80.

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[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually 72° F / 22.22°C. But my wife likes to turn it down on the really hot days were the AC doesn’t quite keep up. I try to explain the AC is running all out, turning it down does not help. And we certainly do not have one of the high end units that can throttle, it is either on or off.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

At some point it will freeze up, stop working, and you can say "see?!" while it thaws. But no one will acknowledge you were correct and tried to warn them. But you'll know.

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

[–] kinttach@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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.

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

[–] Zaros@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] 2d@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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[–] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That sounds awesome!

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year 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

[–] krellor@kbin.social 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] Torty@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year 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

[–] MisterChief@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

Winter 70-72 all the time.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year 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.

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