Glad to see that I'm not the only one. I'm from the tropics, but would MUCH rather freeze my a*s off that sweat it off.68-70 The wife and I hate to be hot and we live in the deep south. Our apartment isn't very big and our power bill averages about 120 a month. Well worth not being hot.
thermostat is set to 77. where i'm sitting it's about 80.
don't understand people wanting blankets in the summer.
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.I don't understand people who like to sweat their balls off. :awe:
At work most equipment rooms are at 74 and office at 70-72. At home I set my portable to 64 (lowest it goes) but that's just because I try to do the whole house with it and it's kinda undersized for that. Basically I just try to get things as cold as I can for maximum comfort. I use fans to direct the air where I need it most. Keeps my office comfortable at least.
I don't understand people who like to sweat their balls off. :awe:
At work most equipment rooms are at 74 and office at 70-72. At home I set my portable to 64 (lowest it goes) but that's just because I try to do the whole house with it and it's kinda undersized for that. Basically I just try to get things as cold as I can for maximum comfort. I use fans to direct the air where I need it most. Keeps my office comfortable at least.
I don't understand people who like to sweat their balls off. :awe:
At work most equipment rooms are at 74 and office at 70-72. At home I set my portable to 64 (lowest it goes) but that's just because I try to do the whole house with it and it's kinda undersized for that. Basically I just try to get things as cold as I can for maximum comfort. I use fans to direct the air where I need it most. Keeps my office comfortable at least.
Yep that's what I did in SoCal. I did have a portable AC tho, no way I can sleep over ~79 degrees. Bill last July was $49.Off all the time except when guests are over and then 77 degrees. House gets to 86+ routinely in summertime.
Southern California Edison charges 31c per kwh starting at kwh 357 and that jumps to 35c per kwh at anything over 547kwh's.
From what I can tell the average kwh per month for a family is 800-900kwh. The rates here are obnoxious and i've raised hell to a number of media outlets, but it persists and looks like it will raise substantially next year. Last rate hike was 15% after SCE had been trotting out to news media that the hike would be less than 1/3rd that.
The bills are deceiving enough that I think a lot of folks don't realize how screwed they are getting in tier 3 and 4 (the bills will show tier 3 and 4 usage in bar graphs as equal to or less than tiers 1 and 2 despite tier 3 and 4 usage being 2-infinity times greater than teir 1 and 2). So basically SCE charges rip off rates for all tiers but especially Tier 3 and 4 and then they mislead how much tier 3 and 4 power you draw.
Solar is very tempting now, but a few agents are now telling me in kind that the sky high rates from SCE is allowing them to charge a lot more for solar installation than they otherwise could and do in other areas.