I have pretty good guideposts for heating during the winter (66-68 when I'm home, don't turn it down overnight, and 60 when I leave the house). But I've never lived in a place with central AC before and I feel a little lost with the temps. :wacko:
I'm keeping it around 78 or 79 when I'm home, and turning it up to 83 or 84 when I leave for the day. Am I doing it right? What do the central air experts advise?
I keep it between 75 and 78 during the day and about 70 at night. There is no winter here.
78 or 79?? Bleh.
I keep mine at 72 for cooling during the summer-- which can actually feel a bit warm to me if I'm doing a lot around the house. If electricity were free, I'd set it somewhere in the 60s. I set it at 68 for heat in the winter & would probably go lower if it weren't for the wife & kids.
I don't have it set to change when I leave the house. It's pretty efficient for heating and cooling and the company that installed it advised not to do that unless I'm going to be gone for more than a day.
You must be doing it right Capetan because that is basically what I do too. AC is set for 78, it goes up to about 82 on weekdays when no one is here.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 19, 2012, 10:12:42 PM
I keep it between 75 and 78 during the day and about 70 at night. There is no winter here.
It visits there once in a while...I still remember the MLK day ice storm.
Set the AC at 24C (75.2F) when I'm there, turn it off when I leave.
I think it's better to leave it at one temp and not make big adjustments like that. Anyway, 72F.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 19, 2012, 10:50:41 PM
It visits there once in a while...I still remember the MLK day ice storm.
Just stops by for a week or so usually. Not really enough to adjust temp gauges and such.
From ~Nov - ~Feb, I'll generally just keep everything turned off unless it gets really frosty.
I could use central air today.
Ick it's hot for Alaska.
Quote from: katmai on June 19, 2012, 11:05:46 PM
I could use central air today.
Ick it's hot for Alaska.
Up into the 60s? :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 19, 2012, 11:06:22 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 19, 2012, 11:05:46 PM
I could use central air today.
Ick it's hot for Alaska.
Up into the 60s? :P
66 in Anchorage
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Anchorage+AK+USAK0012
People who keep the AC at 72 and don't go out in the heat for more than a few minutes aren't giving their bodies the opportunity to acclimate to the hotter temperatures. That's fine if you don't mind the higher bills, but if you're comfortable at 78 or 80 I'd say leave it there.
If it's over 82 degrees outside, I'm hanging meat in this motherfucker.
I don't run the central heat during the winter; between my fireplace and my Ray Lewis(tm) snuggee, it's a push.
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 19, 2012, 11:06:22 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 19, 2012, 11:05:46 PM
I could use central air today.
Ick it's hot for Alaska.
Up into the 60s? :P
Timmay's weather.com was off, hit 72 here in Anchorage, 80's in Squarebanks.
Heh and it just sucks at night as my house is now sitting here with 16 hours of sun on it warming it up over the whole day.
Not lounging outside as frigging mosquitoes are out in force, learned that the hard way yesterday.
Hell, the last summer I was there, I was sooo tempted to buy one of those portable AC units at Costco.
70 in the dog days of summer.
I turn my AC to the 50s each night. Oh wait, I just open the window.
I need to install ducking to have central air :(
This summer I will use a Window AC, I set it to max & let it run. So far it can only get the temp down to 74.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 19, 2012, 10:09:20 PM
I have pretty good guideposts for heating during the winter (66-68 when I'm home, don't turn it down overnight, and 60 when I leave the house). But I've never lived in a place with central AC before and I feel a little lost with the temps. :wacko:
I'm keeping it around 78 or 79 when I'm home, and turning it up to 83 or 84 when I leave for the day. Am I doing it right? What do the central air experts advise?
21-22 celsius in the office.
I rarely use A/C. When temps outside are unbearable (around 40ºC) I do I set it at 26 or 27 ºC, which is low enough.
I usually have it set between 66-68.
What is this A/C of which you speak? We're supposed to have it in the office, by my thermometer is reading 27 degrees (80 F) now, and we have fans to move the warm air around.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 19, 2012, 10:09:20 PM
I'm keeping it around 78 or 79 when I'm home, and turning it up to 83 or 84 when I leave for the day. Am I doing it right? What do the central air experts advise?
Goddamn, man, you'll melt at that rate. 78 when you leave for the day, 74 when you're home during the evening and weekends, and dropping to 70 overnight so you can sleep.
When I have central air, 73 at highest. My window unit has a thermostat function but I've no idea how accurate it is.
Also, I woke up the last two nights as I'd left my fan off and my windows weren't open enough. :(
Quote from: Strix on June 20, 2012, 11:02:05 AM
I usually have it set between 66-68.
Now that's what I'm talking about.
'74-'75
I keep it at a cool 70 and lower it to 68 at night, sometimes it stays at 68 all day long just to keep it cool. If we are not home for a weekend we leave it at @74 to save some but the dogs still have some cool temp to run in to. I just can't imagine a hot and humid Alabama August with no AC.
I have no AC. :showoff:
Quote from: Barrister on June 20, 2012, 03:32:28 PM
I have no AC. :showoff:
Yay I'm not a member of the 1st world? :unsure:
I don't have central air but I use one or two window units. I bought two new window A/C units last year. One for my bedroom and one for the kitchen. I set them for 70-72 cooling, and that's usually fine. I don't need real cold. The bedroom unit works well in a relatively small room. Once it hits the temp it shuts down, and comes on briefly to check temps. If needed it will kick on. So after a while it hardly comes on at all as the room stays cool enough.
I'm usually fine elsewhere in the house. I get used to the warmth and it's not a problem. I put one in the kitchen to keep it cool while cooking. My den remains nice enough even in hot weather. The ceiling fan is enough.
We've got it set around 70, and are currently enjoying the delicious tears of those not endowed with AC today (it's 88 already, and it's supposed to hit 97 today).
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/06/how-stop-complaining-and-love-heat-wave/53743/
Supposed to dip back down to highs of the mid-80s here tomorrow thru the weekend. Today's high of 94 was unacceptable :angry:
In the house, 72-74. In a motel or hotel, 69.
Quote from: derspiess on June 21, 2012, 03:30:50 PM
Supposed to dip back down to highs of the mid-80s here tomorrow thru the weekend. Today's high of 94 was unacceptable :angry:
I don't mind this shit anymore since all of our summers are like this. I don't start getting angry until the mercury tops 100.*
*Euros: That's 100 Fahrenheit, not Celsius, in case you were wondering. :)
I think I jinxed things with this thread. :( Today I can't get the temperature below 81, and the thermostat (or control pad) keeps setting it at 85 if I leave it alone. :huh:
I keep it at 73 all day and night.
Quote from: Siege on June 24, 2012, 10:56:53 AM
I keep it at 73 all day and night.
Do your comrades-in-arms know you can't take the heat? :(
I turn it on to cool the apartment down if it's hot and humid when I get back from work. Once it's cooled a bit inside, I turn it off and use a fan.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 24, 2012, 11:06:59 AM
Quote from: Siege on June 24, 2012, 10:56:53 AM
I keep it at 73 all day and night.
Do your comrades-in-arms know you can't take the heat? :(
When I was in That Bad Place Overseas we'd crank that baby down to 66 degrees all day every day. It was the greatest feeling in the world to walk inside after a day out in 120 degrees in body armor.
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 24, 2012, 12:08:25 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 24, 2012, 11:06:59 AM
Quote from: Siege on June 24, 2012, 10:56:53 AM
I keep it at 73 all day and night.
Do your comrades-in-arms know you can't take the heat? :(
When I was in That Bad Place Overseas we'd crank that baby down to 66 degrees all day every day. It was the greatest feeling in the world to walk inside after a day out in 120 degrees in body armor.
USA! USA! USA!
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 24, 2012, 12:08:25 PM
When I was in That Bad Place Overseas we'd crank that baby down to 66 degrees all day every day. It was the greatest feeling in the world to walk inside after a day out in 120 degrees in body armor.
On balls assed hot nights, when it was still 90 with 90% humidity at 1am, I would stop by the morgue and spend my lunch break there. The occupants didn't mind.
Luxurious central air has failed me. :( It will not get below 88 in here.
With all the storms hitting the northeast US, we lost power for most of a day, and I was forced to rely on the insulation of the house to keep it cool. Surprisingly, it didn't get very hot.