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What temp do you set your AC to before you leave the house for work?
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Zaraki_Kenpachi
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They're greedy for not giving you a rebate on something you buy from some other company? What?
Violence Jack
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76, mostly for the cat. Drop it to 69 when I get home. I'm ok with paying a $300 power bill. Summers in GA suck.
ScatheZombie
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4pm-8pm is the standard On-Peak usage for power companies. At least in the US. And On-Peak usage rates can be anything from triple to 6x as expense as Off-Peak.
When I replaced the two AC units in my house I bought ones with wifi that I could remotely control. I leave them off during the day and turn them on to around 23c (74f) before I leave work. My commute is about an hour so the house is pretty cool when I get home.
I have the cheapest electricity bills of everyone I know, so I know they're pretty efficient (for reference I live in the western suburbs of Sydney which can get quite hot).
I have the cheapest electricity bills of everyone I know, so I know they're pretty efficient (for reference I live in the western suburbs of Sydney which can get quite hot).
HUELEN10
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Yep, they have just made an unprecedented partnership with Honeywell so their rebates only work for THIER shitty wi-fi thermostats. This is one type of exclusivity deal that's hard to support.
Rebate is 225 USD, BUT you have to deal with a shitty Honeywell.
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Bubble Metropolis
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Off. But I'm dying when I walk in here after work and throw the AC on its lowest setting of 62 every time so maybe there's something to leaving it on a milder temp throughout the day.
Or I could just buy a fan, I guess.
Or I could just buy a fan, I guess.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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Are you...me?
My electric bills hit $150-$200 in peak summer already w/out leaving the air on while I'm at work already lol
Owed T'Alex
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82-85F range.
Does anybody know if there is any truth to the notion that the AC has to "work harder" to cool down a hotter house? As in, more wear? Certainly not higher electricity usage compared to leaving at, say 75F all day, right?
Does anybody know if there is any truth to the notion that the AC has to "work harder" to cool down a hotter house? As in, more wear? Certainly not higher electricity usage compared to leaving at, say 75F all day, right?
speculawyer
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Why would I leave it on at all?
True Underdog
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It would likely take much longer than five minutes to cool OP's home down. At least, I know it'd take much longer to cool my apartment down from having the AC off all day.
HUELEN10
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If you're in an apartment with a partially shared unit, then shutting down your potion only causes a slight usage drop in power, since it technically always idles, so by spiking it up to get cooler, faster, you are helping the environment, but WASTING money, which is bad.
In other words, it all depends on what you are dealing with.
speculawyer
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I'd say shitty programmable is better than non programmable.
HUELEN10
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I said shitty for a reason. I read manual and service manual for the one in my apartment. No matter what, it defaults to 85 at night after a week of override use, that is too hot for us to handle for what we do, as we are night owls of sorts.
And with our schedules, mere on-off/limit programmable thermostats would be constantly overridden, so there would be no point and it would be a waste in time and money.
For us, manual or smart is truly the way to go; get what works for you.
Try turning it off everyday, coming home to an 84 degree home, and then blasting the AC for the rest of the day to bring it down to a comfortable temp. See how much that power bill is after a month of that!
73 degrees here. Can't stand anything warmer than that.
HUELEN10
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We recently replaced our unit so it runs quietly and efficiently. When we are home it is set at 76 and it gets cool pretty fast. When we are not home we raise it to 84 so it won't come on. At night in the summer it is set at 80. I like it cold but others do not but 76 with this unit is very comfortable.
Battersea Power Station
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No idea. Nest does all the calculations.
Hip Hop
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I guess you don't live in an area where the weather is 110F+ all summer long.
it's a must here.
No. Atlanta, Ga.
HalfwayOrb
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72.
HUELEN10
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Close enough to know the pain though, imagine that with even more humidity!
EYEL1NER
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Mine stays at 60F at all times. I love the cold and I can afford to keep it cold in my place, so that is where it stays. Well, it stays at 60 at all times but isn't running at all times; whenever my wife walks past the thermostat, she sets it to auto and it naturally turns off. So I'll usually walk over shortly after that and switch it back to "on." She switches it to auto whenever we are about to go anywhere or to work, but if I see it I'll switch it back on so that way it is cold when we get back. The AC in my car stays at 58F at all times too.
I absolutely love it. The only downside is that my glasses fog up immediately upon opening a door to the SC heat and humidity. I don't really mind that all too much though; I've spent the majority of my last three years in N Greenland and am fully acclimated to the arctic climate, so even when I arrive in the 'States in the middle of winter and it is 30F out, I am still too hot.
I absolutely love it. The only downside is that my glasses fog up immediately upon opening a door to the SC heat and humidity. I don't really mind that all too much though; I've spent the majority of my last three years in N Greenland and am fully acclimated to the arctic climate, so even when I arrive in the 'States in the middle of winter and it is 30F out, I am still too hot.
PantherLotus
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Get a roll-back thermostat. Goes up automatically at the same time every day, set it to cool back down about 30 min before you get home. Saves you a ton of money.
78 at all times
One of my housemate's girlfriend was in town for a month and she kept turning it down to 72. She turned it down to 70 a couple of days ago and I went ape-shit. She's gone now thank-fucking-god. We all agreed he has to count her as an extra person and pay her share of the utilities. Personally I think they should pay even more since they kept pumping the AC for no reason. Fucking bougie suburbanites.
One of my housemate's girlfriend was in town for a month and she kept turning it down to 72. She turned it down to 70 a couple of days ago and I went ape-shit. She's gone now thank-fucking-god. We all agreed he has to count her as an extra person and pay her share of the utilities. Personally I think they should pay even more since they kept pumping the AC for no reason. Fucking bougie suburbanites.
And she's from Panama of all places and still has to live in a freezer
EchoChamber
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I don't have AC.
Yep yep. I kick mine up to about 76-78 while I'm at work for my evening comfort and for my cat. For the past month or so, it's still at or over 100 and sunny when I get home from work around 7:00. It's 95 degrees outside at 10:00. I cook (usually oven and stove) when I get home from work, running the AC somewhat while I'm gone is a must.
TheVampire
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About 10 degrees
Crimson-Death
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We will find that perfect balance, AC temp down as global temp goes up. We must. We must.
And anyone who sets their AC over 70 degrees is a real freak, in my humble opinion, and I live in southern California.
Yeah, ac on when not at home?! Wth?
Texas.
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