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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

24 Celsius, which is about 76.5 f. My husband disagrees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

In the summer: usually 78, but sometimes I'll drop it to 75 if I'm feeling hot. We spend most of our time in the basement and most of the time it cools off at night enough to just open the windows.

In the winter: somewhere between 65 and 68. Our house can feel chilly pretty easily so I tend to bump the heat up a bit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

We don't have a set temperature for all year, that seems silly to me. The outside temperature, the price of electricity/gas, the energy efficient of your house, so many variables...

Apologies for not converting, but in the winter we stick to the mid to high 60s when it's in the 40s or below outside. For the summer if it's getting into the high 90s or low 100s we have to go up to the high 70s to avoid going broke on electricity.

PS go clean out the heat exchange fins on your compressor outside, sometimes animals or weather will clog them up with debris which kills the efficiency of the compressor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I do 26c, my partner likes 24c.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I let visitors change it at will, but I always keep it above the minimum temperature for water to evaporate as a temperature reference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's been mid 70s here in the day and mid 50s at night just about all summer so far. Bought two window air conditioners but never bothered to install them. We open windows at night and close them in the day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

During summer 78-80. 78 is for husband. But prefer windows open as much as possible. Winter 70 or so. 75 if I’m really feeling like being a little less uncomfortable and paying out the ass for it.

I’m weird though. I generally think 80ish is my happy place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Usually around 74F in the summer but I'll bump it if the temps outside hit the mid 90s. 64 in the winter, I like it cold. I run a portable AC in the master bedroom during the summer while we sleep. Bit of a story there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I generally try for 18-19c in winter, and I usually see 24c in summer, though the AC can bring this down to about 21 most of the time. With the AC off, it's more like 26-28.

I'd keep the windows open more, but climate change has been causing massive wildfires where the air is too unhealthy to breathe....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

86F/30C. Turn on the fan and it's cool

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Summer for ac it is about 76f

75f if it gets extra humid for some reason then we’ll push it down by one degree

But at night 78f for the ac.

Although if it’s nice outside we’ll turn it off and open windows.

Winter it’s 69 or 72 for during the day depending on a few factors. If I’m just sitting working in the computer it’s closer to 72 but up and moving around maybe 69.

66 f at night

Btw I’m in Minnesota US.

[–] AlternateRoute 1 points 2 years ago

Summer Cooling 22C - 23 C (71.6F to 73.4) in Winter Heating 20 C- 20.5C (68 F - 68.9 F) Since we have large summer and winter seasonal temperature differences we are all dressed more warmly in the winter so a lower over set point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

76F summer 74F winter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Programmed for 19C during the day and ramping up to 21C at night.

16C flat at all other times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

We do somewhere between 72 and 76. But at night in the peak of summer we'll bump it down to 70. Our bedroom is on the top floor and can often be several degrees hotter than the lower floor where the thermostat is, so for a few weeks in the summer we have to really crank it.

I'm told we should look into a vent fan to help distribute the air better but I haven't taken the time to put in the effort yet, I'm sad to say

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Currently, it is 76F during non-sleeping hours, and 72F during sleeping hours.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Whatever my renting company sets it at.

It usually is around 20-21C

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Summer: 73 during the day, 78 at night.

Winter: 65 all the time

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