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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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[-] LesbianLiberty@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

My landleach pays for energy, so, 72F at all times and a small data center running in the corner

[-] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

wait you can control the weather in your house?

[-] jcit878@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm genuinely confused in this thread. do people really use climate control to keep their homes the same temperature year round? WTF? a but of AC on the hot days for us, and hardly ever turn heating on (don't really need to here tbh)

but year round? unbelievably wasteful

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[-] Zlytheis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Summer when overnight doesn't drop below 70F: 75F first and second floor, 80F on third floor

Summer when overnight drops below 70F: All window open.

Winter: 58F during the day when we're at work, 63F when we get home, 60F overnight.

[-] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

We don’t have a thermostat. We have storage heaters and criminally insufficient insulation. I’d like to keep the flat about 21C (69F), a little lower at night. I can only afford to keep the flat above 17C (62F). Cost of living crisis sucks.

[-] BestTestInTheWest@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

18° in winter. 24° in summer.

However I would only put the heater or aircon on somewhere between 40-60 days a year and only for a couple hours. And often it's just to take the chill out of the house or cool the bedroom before bed. I have a modern well insulated house which is a rarity in Melbourne or Australia in general, houses/apartments are built like shit here.

Australia has some of the worst built houses in the western world, especially houses built in the 20th century. I think the average was 0.5 stars out of 10. Thankfully we have the most amount of solar of any country so we are offsetting the crappyness.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

23c (73.5f) all year round. We have two nearly hairless cats, they do not like cold weather.

[-] indigomirage@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

23.5 in day and 22.5 at night. For summer, at least. I realized too much AC really affects my joints. Too little is unbearable. Humans are a fickle bunch...

Might for 22.5 day 21.5 night for winter.

[-] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

21 in summer, though it hardly ever kicks in with the awesome isolation we have.

23 in winter, cause I like it toasty.

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[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 4 points 1 year ago

70F (21C) during the summer time, and usually its off during the winter (we just have the windows open, and might briefly use a space heater if its really really cold).

In fall and spring it just heavily depends on the day and how it feels.

[-] axo@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Only have heating, no AC. So 19C over the day and 16 at night for the winter

[-] clutchmattic@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago
[-] SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

70-74F during summer, 65-68F during winter.

[-] Stuka@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

73 day, 70 night.

I prefer it a little cooler, but my apartment isn't insulated for shit so anything less and the ac basically never turns off.

Hasn't turned off a whole lot with heat waves lately.

[-] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I do 76F in the summer for AC and 68F in the winter for heating. Try to use minimal heating and air and still maintain a comfortable range. Can get expensive if working the system too hard. If it wasn't a matter of cost I'd leave it on 72F all the time.

Evaporative coolers are great if you live where you can use one, much cheaper to run and they can work pretty good as long as humidity isn't too high. I had one in a house I lived in before along with a regular AC system. It was a good to have and saved a lot on the electric bill. If it was dry enough out the AC unit was not needed.

Haven't used a heat pump before and don't know much about them. If they work as well and cost less to operate that would be a good option, but I wouldn't use one if it's a downgrade in performance. Rather pay for the comfort.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

We live in Seattle. There is no thermostat.

[-] eosha@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

During AC season, 71 during the day, 68 at night. Geothermal FTW.

[-] PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

In the winter, 68, 69 if I'm particularly cold, In the summer I don't turn on the AC unless I'm absolutely dying, and then it only goes to 77. I'm a lizard, I love the heat, but I also hate paying high gas bills.

[-] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

65F/19C. Fans in summer, sweaters in winter.

[-] 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.

[-] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[-] 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!

[-] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year 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.

[-] 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

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

77F normally

[-] aport@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

76 in the summer and 68 in the winter

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

72 during the day and 68 at night.

[-] 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.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The simplified version

Summer: Day: 76°F (24°C), Night: 73°F (22°C)

Winter: Day: 78°F (25°C), Night: 73°F (22°C)

[-] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I program mine to run less when we're not home. On top of that I set a "super cool" routine on weekends when it's going to be hot outside.

You see, the a/c is most efficient when it's cooler already. So in the last hour of darkness in the summer I set it to run down to 68 or so. Then it doesn't have to run as long to do that. Then it doesn't have to run again for several hours as the temperature is set back to 72.

I also clean the outside coils annually and put up a sun sail so that the outside unit is shaded all day. This has helped save a lot of money along with the thermostat programming.

[-] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

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