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In the discussion thread: So what do you have your A/C set to? [View all]

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:43 PM

Denninmi (5,590 posts)

8. Off today, thank God. It's cool, drizzling here in Michigan.

I just have a window unit, since it's a small, old house built well before central air, and in a "normal" year we might only have to turn the a/c on 4 or 5 days in the whole season. I usually set it around 72 to keep the entire house tolerable, cool in the living room where it is, warmer up to about 78/79 in the farthest bedroom.

I have another smaller one in the garage I could install in the far bedroom if I needed to, but even 100 degrees hasn't made that necessary.

I much prefer it this way, though, cool enough to have the windows open.

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121 replies	Author	Time	Post
So what do you have your A/C set to? [View all]	NickB79	Jul 2012	OP
I don't.	H2O Man	Jul 2012	#1
We only have fans	Rosa Luxemburg	Jul 2012	#2
Off, right now	Motown_Johnny	Jul 2012	#3
Me too!	cilla4progress	Jul 2012	#110
Mine stays on 71 degrees.	BlueJazz	Jul 2012	#4
72F.	turtlerescue1	Jul 2012	#5
At this moment, 72	We are Devo	Jul 2012	#6
No A/C.	bitchkitty	Jul 2012	#7
I'm w/ bitchkitty. Off in Oregon.	dballance	Jul 2012	#35
Off today, thank God. It's cool, drizzling here in Michigan.	Denninmi	Jul 2012	#8
79/80	nclib	Jul 2012	#9
hi there!	NRaleighLiberal	Jul 2012	#12
80 overnight, 78 during the day - we are fine even when it's been 105 outside.	NRaleighLiberal	Jul 2012	#10
When I go to work I set it at 78.	safeinOhio	Jul 2012	#11
Same as you	NNN0LHI	Jul 2012	#13
Got the swamp coolers on today,	kiva	Jul 2012	#14
78--- over 100 degrees here today	hlthe2b	Jul 2012	#15
My AC here in Japan is kept to a minimum	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#16
I don't think it works that way	Zanzoobar	Jul 2012	#29
There is a temperature setting in the remote control	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#44
So it's related to the fan speed.	Zanzoobar	Jul 2012	#47
Fan speed does play a role, but	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#56
Do you have a ductless mini-split?	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#65
I had to look up photos of "ductless mini-split" to see exactly what it is	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#70
I just re-read your post and saw Japan. It's a no-brainer. Mini splits are big there.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#96
The mini-splits are very efficient	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#101
My furnace is only 12 years old but the A/C compressor has to be 20 plus.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#108
$3-4K for a mini-split?	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#116
I haven't done much shopping yet. But I'll need a 3 zone unit.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#117
My mind is blown!	Zanzoobar	Jul 2012	#83
We have the mini-split	footinmouth	Jul 2012	#92
Do you use the heat pump for heat also? Is it your primary system or do you have a furnace?	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#103
It's based on temperature, provides a differential	jade3000	Jul 2012	#105
78 is perfect IMO. My work A/C is set to 68. Brrrrr.. Server room.	tridim	Jul 2012	#17
They hang meat in my server room.	RoccoR5955	Jul 2012	#30
Cold is hard on the hard drives. They will fail sooner.	RC	Jul 2012	#79
I agree. We don't even have that many servers.	tridim	Jul 2012	#120
I remember well just about freezing in server rooms working on	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#74
74 degrees day and night.	soccer1	Jul 2012	#18
Same, 77F. Also have a couple of window auxiliary units and keep them at 78F so they	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#19
74 when I'm home, 85 when I'm not.	tammywammy	Jul 2012	#20
73	LadyHawkAZ	Jul 2012	#21
Same here	customerserviceguy	Jul 2012	#85
Mojave desert...	procon	Jul 2012	#22
78 here .... also using fans and ceiling fans .... nt	littlewolf	Jul 2012	#23
I CAN'T really set my A/C....	AsahinaKimi	Jul 2012	#24
Quit bragging!!!	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#68
awww...	AsahinaKimi	Jul 2012	#77
It was almost 100F in Fargo, today.	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#87
Is that dry heat?	AsahinaKimi	Jul 2012	#91
Humid heat, Dew Point was 75F.	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#95
oh my...	AsahinaKimi	Jul 2012	#99
I used to almost freeze in SFO at night, then lived in Ebay, oh, it used to	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#80
just to let you know..	AsahinaKimi	Jul 2012	#89
Ohhhh, definitely, I can believe that ... and I used to go out at night	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#93
When I lived in Arizona...	AsahinaKimi	Jul 2012	#97
Stun	Edweird	Jul 2012	#25
Only put in on for bedtime,and very cool.	virgogal	Jul 2012	#26
77 in the summer...	greytdemocrat	Jul 2012	#27
110 volts, 60 Hz. n/t	RoccoR5955	Jul 2012	#28
What is this "A/C" of which you speak?	Canuckistanian	Jul 2012	#31
"Permanent Press"	jberryhill	Jul 2012	#32
120v	unblock	Jul 2012	#33
We like to keep it at 80-85	permatex	Jul 2012	#34
Stun .. . . . . n/t	annabanana	Jul 2012	#36
74 at night	Texasgal	Jul 2012	#37
Off.	Iggo	Jul 2012	#38
74 usually.	femmocrat	Jul 2012	#39
80 during the day while I am at work	nevergiveup	Jul 2012	#40
+1. I work outside all day, dogs are with me so 80 feels heavenly when I walk in	riderinthestorm	Jul 2012	#59
Our new house has 3 zones and all are programmable.	mnhtnbb	Jul 2012	#41
That's a wonderful way to have it set up, 3 zones. We need that	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#78
One of the benefits of building our own house after the fire was getting the HVAC done to our specs	mnhtnbb	Jul 2012	#88
Here, they overtaxed the system when they finished the basement into a really nice lower level. An	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#94
72, but that's only because it's a little bitty window unit	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jul 2012	#42
No AC here, (Az) just a swamp cooler.	panader0	Jul 2012	#43
We set it at 77	badhair77	Jul 2012	#45
120v, 60Hz	IDemo	Jul 2012	#46
68 F............	FarPoint	Jul 2012	#48
That's about what I have it set for nighttime.	GoCubsGo	Jul 2012	#69
We don't have one. All we have are fans.	sakabatou	Jul 2012	#49
78 and I rarely use the heat in the winter. (Florida)	Incitatus	Jul 2012	#50
15 degrees lower than the outside ambient temperature	RegieRocker	Jul 2012	#51
76 the lowest...	MrMickeysMom	Jul 2012	#52
78 F all the time.	Marie Marie	Jul 2012	#53
75.	Nye Bevan	Jul 2012	#54
No central air..just a window unit that I set at 79 when it gets up into the upper 80's or 90's	AnOhioan	Jul 2012	#55
I tend to have it set at 78 when I am around, and 84 when it's	kestrel91316	Jul 2012	#57
77F ~ here in Arizona this time of year it's usually one-oh-something each day.	KarenS	Jul 2012	#58
Mine is at 76 n/t	Spirochete	Jul 2012	#60
Cranked.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jul 2012	#61
Mine's at 77.	demosincebirth	Jul 2012	#62
What's air conditioning?	longship	Jul 2012	#63
82 altho it's about 107 out. This is	marybourg	Jul 2012	#64
77 all day	died-in-1994	Jul 2012	#66
70F. I cannot tolerate heat and humidity at all.	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#67
It depends on the humidity	Hippo_Tron	Jul 2012	#71
68 n/t	Lil Missy	Jul 2012	#72
72...life is too short to be sweaty	SoCalDem	Jul 2012	#73
76 almost all the time .....	oldhippie	Jul 2012	#75
When it's hot..74 all day until...	one_voice	Jul 2012	#76
Same all summer	flyguyjake	Jul 2012	#81
73. but im in the basement so its about 65.	JesterCS	Jul 2012	#82
Generally 78 but if it weren't for my 90 y/o mother, it would be off	tech3149	Jul 2012	#84
79 night 82 day	DCBob	Jul 2012	#86
Ours is set at 76 F but the room I spend most time in stays at 79-80	csziggy	Jul 2012	#90
On, I don't have temperature control.	Kalidurga	Jul 2012	#98
I have it set to "as cold as I can get it"	Marrah_G	Jul 2012	#100
75F	highplainsdem	Jul 2012	#102
as low as it will go	gopiscrap	Jul 2012	#104
84 day/night lower to 79 when cooking or heavy work briefly then return 84 but we all sleep	lunasun	Jul 2012	#106
The Pacific Ocean...	Tikki	Jul 2012	#107
Keep it set at 80 degrees	ChazII	Jul 2012	#109
Full blast	grantcart	Jul 2012	#111
Don't have AC.	yewberry	Jul 2012	#112
I just have a small portable unit	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#113
On	JVS	Jul 2012	#114
68 if at all possible. I hate the heat. The perfect day should be 72 outside, no hotter	BoWanZi	Jul 2012	#115
apparently 84	hfojvt	Jul 2012	#118
No A/C here ... EVER.	Blue_In_AK	Jul 2012	#119
74-75 mn.	glinda	Jul 2012	#121

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