Those who live in hot climates and use A/C

[Papagayo]

75, when I'm away from home.
73, when I am home.

People, who says that Summer is their favorite season, spends 99% of the time in an air-conditioned area.

 

[Papagayo]

75, when I'm away from home.
73, when I am home.

People, who says that Summer is their favorite season, spends 99% of the time in an air-conditioned area.

 

[Todd33]

76 downstairs and 78 up.

 

[ElFenix]

I don't understand people who like to sweat their balls off. :awe:

i would sweat if i put on a blanket.

if you're sweating at 80 i would think you'd need to get that looked at.

 

[Red Squirrel]

i would sweat if i put on a blanket.

if you're sweating at 80 i would think you'd need to get that looked at.

80 is freaking hot, especially for indoor temperature. Not so bad outside when there's a brease, it's actually quite nice. A week ago we had a heat wave and I managed to keep the house lower than that but it was slowly creeping up and I had to sleep with no blankets and even then it was not really comfortable. Heck it's 75 in my office now which is on the hot side of things and I'm slightly sweating. Think I'm going to fire up the AC. 12,000 BTU's of wonderful AC blowing directly at me. Nothing feels better.

I need to insulate the ceiling of my server room, it's right below my office, so guess where all that heat goes? Need to build my air exchange unit actually and run all the proper ductwork. Basically it will use crawlspace air and outside air to cool it based on temperature.

 

[NutBucket]

So basically this thread comes down to different people being comfortable at different temperatures. Shocking!

 

[Aikouka]

I believe my thermostat is set to 70F. Although, I live in a two-story townhouse-style apartment, and the difference between the upstairs and downstairs was just crazy. It would usually hit about 85F upstairs. They gave me a portable air conditioner to use, but with how much that thing has to run, I'm afraid to see my next power bill! I don't pay all that much at the moment, but I might need to hook up my meter to the outlet to see how much juice it's pulling.

 

[KentState]

72F when people are home. Mostly because the baby gets grumpy when it's warm. Personally, I can handle 75F during the day and 78F when sleeping.

 

[Anarchist420]

i live in virginia the upstairs thermostat is at 72F. dont know the downstairs temp but it feels hot.

 

[Shlong]

75 is comfortable for the bedrooms but one of the rooms is a game room with multiple computers, tv's, monitors, and gaming consoles. I need to set it to 71 for that room to be comfortable.

 

[gorcorps]

74 right now. I'd love to keep it at 72 but it won't do it.

Last guy I had come look at it added a couple lbs of freeon and a hard start kit and that didn't do much. I don't know what's worth fixing on a 14 year old unit.

 

[MongGrel]

i would sweat if i put on a blanket.

if you're sweating at 80 i would think you'd need to get that looked at.

I agree, at 78 here with a newer two year old HVAC that is granted larger than rated for the house, I sweat not at all.

It's even colder in the main bedroom just leaving the house as it is.

We have pretty good airflow in the house helps, lots of large openings in doorways and ceiling fans.

 

[MrPickins]

80 During the day, 74 at night.

When it's 100F outside, I wonder how much money you actually save keeping it at 78 instead of a more comfortable 74 or 72.

Quite a bit, depending on the energy efficiency of your AC unit and the insulation of your home.

 

[MrPickins]

extreme temps like 90-100.

LOL

 

[Imported]

76.

 

[XavierMace]

People in Iraq learn to live in 120f weather. I think I'll be fine at 80f in my house with a ceiling fan blowing on me. I don't sweat and compared to the 100f temps outside it feels nice and cool.

Personally I prefer for the temperature in my house to be a bit better than "livable". It's the same reason I have a couch to sit on rather than the floor. I like being comfortable in my house.

 

[Jeff7]

extreme temps like 90-100.

LOL

And our friends from California consider anything below 40F to be fatal.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I'll run my AC to whatever I feel like since I'm paying my electric bill. BTW, I like the weather report for the forecast high today of 88ºF. Well, it hit 95ºF. So much for the forecasting.

 

[notposting]

First summer in our new (to us) home so we're experimenting. One of the first things I did was install an ecobee Smart Si thermostat. Tried going with 78 as the AC threshold originally, but it's at 76 right now.

Usually have windows open, have ceiling fans in every room, so unless we are getting up to mid-80s and humid it usually isn't necessary. I find once the humidity hits about 60-70% it starts to make an impact, it made 78 not really doable.

PS love the ecobee so far. Was easy enough to install, from all accounts and from what I've seen online they have prompt support (Canadian, eh?) and rock solid in the HVAC department. It figured out our house and how long it took to heat and cool, uses the weather to assist as well, couldn't be happier.

Originally saw it when one of their reps posted in a thread and it seemed like a spammy response, but a bit too literate and helpful to actually be spam

 

[Howard]

I keep it at 80F, or if I'm especially pissed off, 78-79.

I seriously did not know this was possible.

 

[tortillasoup]

it's stupid to set the A/C so low. Aside from energy waste, it basically makes going outside untenable because of the temperature differential between the inside and outside of the building is too great. If you acclimate to the artificially low temperature, with a 20+ degree differential, being outside feels miserable. Keeping the building around 80F is a good compromise.

 

[tortillasoup]

My portable is usually set to 64, which is the lowest it goes. Basically I want it to just run continuously so it helps cool the house to some extent. I point it to the hallway so it can help cool more than just the room it's in.

I want to get central air eventually though, but it's a low priority considering our summers are like 2 months.

Portable air conditioner. Does that mean the one on wheels? Or is it a wall unit air conditioner where it's half way inside, half way outside? You do understand that a "portable" air conditioner that is on wheels will actually HEAT a room rather than cool it, RIGHT?

 

[Leros]

Portable air conditioner. Does that mean the one on wheels? Or is it a wall unit air conditioner where it's half way inside, half way outside? You do understand that a "portable" air conditioner that is on wheels will actually HEAT a room rather than cool it, RIGHT?

Uhh... no. They vent heat out the window.

The nice dual hose ones pull air from outside to use for exhaust cooling, so they don't suck cold air from inside the room either.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Portable air conditioner. Does that mean the one on wheels? Or is it a wall unit air conditioner where it's half way inside, half way outside? You do understand that a "portable" air conditioner that is on wheels will actually HEAT a room rather than cool it, RIGHT?

Well, it's modded. :biggrin:



Secondary tube added for condenser intake, so it's a closed system. Technically I should probably insulate that pipe too, and seal things better, but it's meant to be easy enough to move.

It can't actually do the whole house but it does help a bit. We don't get extreme temps like 90+ very often though so it gets the job done most of the time. At least it can make my office comfortable, and if it's really bad I can move it to my bedroom as the screen is the same size (that piece of wood is basically an insert that goes where the screen goes). Though usually just pointing the fan to the bedroom will help enough.

Eventually I want to get central air though, and I will put this unit in my garage and install it in a more permanent way so I can tape up and insulate it better. Though I may also just get a mini split for the garage.

 

[pcgeek11]

72 during the day and 69 at night.