AC temp

[The Cooterpoot]

76 in the day and 68 at night. Never really gets to 76 in the day until about 2:00, so my air basically shuts off at 7:30 and doesn't come on again until about 2:00. Then it bumps down to 73 about 7:00 & 68 at 10:00. A Nest thermostat is great! Highest bill I've ever had is $210. Average a little over $100.
You really shouldn't run an A/C below 68.

 

[The Peeper]

77' and never touch it. Ceiling fans going in whatever room we're in. If that sounds warm to you come work outside all day every day with me and 77' feels like a meat cooler after that

 

[DerHntr]

Similar to my house - my wife is always burning up & I am always cold, she wants it 68 & I prefer 72. We COMPROMISED at 68.

This is the type of compromise I have grown to sadly understand. My dad told me about it but I didn’t get it until about 10 years in.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

83.

Just open your windows

 

[40mikemike]

That used to be me until I got a $500+ electric bill a couple months in a row.

I’ll pay em before I bump up that thermostat.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

77' and never touch it. Ceiling fans going in whatever room we're in. If that sounds warm to you come work outside all day every day with me and 77' feels like a meat cooler after that

I worked outside for years, didn't matter. 77 is miserable unless I'm in a pool.

 

[She Mate Me]

77 day 75 night
And yes we are Boomers

This is the right answer.

A lot of y'all apparently would have simply died in 1920 Mississippi.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

70 day and 67 night. If it gets hot enough that the A/C struggles, we bought a portable room A/C to make sure we are comfortable.

 

[MSUDOG24]

Main unit 72, bedroom unit 69.

Question while we are on the topic of A/C.
You get in someone's car and are hot. Do you ask them to turn the A/C up or down?

 

[hatfieldms]

67

 

[BulldogBlitz]

17 deg C

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

No wonder this country is circling the drain.

 

[ItawambaDawg]

74 during the day 70 at night

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

77 to 75, Normally.

I do run ceiling fans, etc.

 

[kired]

71 day / 65 night. I’m at home ~2 days during the week. Might bump it to 72 on days I’m gone.

Got a small upstairs section that we keep 75 day & night

 

[Guy From Gulfport]

We have Time Of Use (higher than normal rates during peak, lower than normal off peak) electricity billing. Peak billing is about 7x off peak rates. I've become crazy with optimizing our semi-smart thermostat.

72 at 5am until 12p
68 until Peak
75 during Peak (3-6pm during week)
72 until bedtime.
70 at bedtime, until 5am.

When the wife and I are away 78 until a couple of hours before we get home.

 

[She Mate Me]

71 day / 65 night. I’m at home ~2 days during the week. Might bump it to 72 on days I’m gone.

Got a small upstairs section that we keep 75 day & night

So, you run your air at 72 when you are not at home?

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

17 deg C

Are you waiting on somebody to call your hand on this?

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Are you waiting on somebody to call your hand on this?

It's the appropriate temp for the board....that or 19.83

 

[40mikemike]

77' and never touch it. Ceiling fans going in whatever room we're in. If that sounds warm to you come work outside all day every day with me and 77' feels like a meat cooler after that

17 that dumb ****. I work around molten metal all day and 77 degrees is retarded. That’s retired people temps.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

What you bums keep the thermostat on during this heat? I say 72, ms Skipper says 70.
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well its always gonna be hotter in the kitchen with her using the oven and stove.

 

[HeCannotGo]

The responses are going to split between two groups. Those with a pre menopausal wife and those with a post menopausal wife. There is a HUGE difference!

This^^^. The struggle is real. No fun paying sky-high electric bills for the privilege of shivering in my own house.

 

[Ranchdawg]

75° during the day and 72° during the night with a fan by the bed. I tried 73° at night but we couldn't sleep. Our reason is the electric bill. It was $412 last month.

 

[She Mate Me]

If anyone who keeps their air in the low 70's or lower consistently would be willing to look and post a recent monthly kwh usage for a month, I'd be interested to know.

 

[kired]

So, you run your air at 72 when you are not at home?

Yeah, guess my house is pretty well insulated. AC doesn’t cut on till noon even during this hot spell, and then either me or the kids will be home just after 3. It would save some to bump it up higher, but that’s maybe 10 hours per week - from noon till 3:15ish that the house is empty. During summer my wife is home a lot (teacher).

Now obviously if we’re going to be gone all day, I’ll bump it up more. But it’s just rare for someone to not be at our house starting around 3:15

On the flip side - we keep it COLD during the winter. So we probably save on gas what we waste on electricity

 

[Death Rattle]

71 day

64 night

 

[skipperDawg]

Just crack a window at night and let the cool air fill the house. Should stay comfortable through the following afternoon. Wait one, being told you prefer the hot sticky coastal humidity over the crisp thin mountain

This is the right answer.

A lot of y'all apparently would have simply died in 1920 Mississippi.

Shat
Our papaw put in a window fan

 

[skipperDawg]

17 that dumb ****. I work around molten metal all day and 77 degrees is retarded. That’s retired people temps.

 

[bully12]

This!!

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Many of us had NO AC thru school, including MSU , I think except maybe in Lee Hall.
We all like it a little cooler.

 

[trob115]

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[PooPopsBaldHead]

Shat
Our papaw put in a window fan

That's what we do on a hot day. Hit 98° back in July... Close all the windows during the day, once it gets below 72° at night (nice thing about the mountains is it dips into the 50's all summer long) we open a window on one side of the house and stick a box fan blowing out on the other side of the house and suck the cool air through. By morning it's 67° inside.

I wish I had a whole house attic fan like my grandparents did back in Texas. That dude created a 20 mph breeze in the house.

 

[HRMSU]

74 70
Ceiling fan and floor fan rolling

 

[skipperDawg]

That's what we do on a hot day. Hit 98° back in July... Close all the windows during the day, once it gets below 72° at night (nice thing about the mountains is it dips into the 50's all summer long) we open a window on one side of the house and stick a box fan blowing out on the other side of the house and suck the cool air through. By morning it's 67° inside.

I wish I had a whole house attic fan like my grandparents did back in Texas. That dude created a 20 mph breeze in the house.

Attic fans were the poor man’s HVAC
But. Your voice would not vibrate if you talked behind an attic fan like it did a window fan. Good redneck entertainment

 

[TilloDwg]

75 day 68 night....obviously not home during day.

 

[MSUDAWGFAN]

What you bums keep the thermostat on during this heat? I say 72, ms Skipper says 70.
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Ac? I don't have AC because I'm not going to be responsible for the global climate change**

We bought our house in 2019 and in 2021 we had some problems so I bought 2 new units. I got a higher SEER rating so they run almost all the time but it's running very low. We have it set on 73 degrees all the time, but can bump it down to 72 if we need to. Like someone said every house is different, so if we bump it down to 71 it will be too cold for anyone.

 

[kired]

If anyone who keeps their air in the low 70's or lower consistently would be willing to look and post a recent monthly kwh usage for a month, I'd be interested to know.

Not sure about that - but I've always kept up with my electric bills. My current house, it costs me $500 - $700 per year to run my AC depending on how hot the weather is. I figure even if I could save $300 per summer by keeping my house warmer, would it be worth it? No thanks

 

[Jacknut]

68 night, 74 day. I need to get some new attic insulation blown in because when it's hot, the AC comes on about noon and doesn't shut off until like 5-6 pm.

 

[mcdawg22]

What you bums keep the thermostat on during this heat? I say 72, ms Skipper says 70.
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Hotel room 55
My house 71

 

[drexeldog23]

Hotel room 55
My house 71

i will f a Hotel room AC up.....