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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] 3 points 1 year ago

70F set it and forget about it until i woke up freezing at the middle of a night.

[–] Whooping_Seal 3 points 1 year ago

I usually do 19C in the winter, and 24C in the summer, my parents do 22C (72F?) year around

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I live in a campervan and so have no temperature control in the traditional sense. Closest thing would be the Maxxfan with thermostatic fan control and it's set to 68F. As long as external temps are lower than internal temps it does a reasonable job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

68F-72F in summer 66ish in the winter. In live in the South East United States and humidity is a bitch

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

With ceiling fans on in every room

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

Minimum, but it still doesn't get below 23C in the winter

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

Jesus that's a freezer. I'm 24.5

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

75 in the summer and 68 in the winter

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

Cincinnati. 66 at night 70 during the day during the summer, sometimes 72.

Winter 70-72 all the time.

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

There is no one right temperature β€” it depends on the humidity. In the winter I often have heat at 71. In the summer 68.

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

74 in the summer and 68 in the winter. Before I met my wife I would keep it at 60 in the winter but she wasn't having it lol (heating oil is expensive). I didn't have central air so my bedroom (window unit) I'd keep at 68-70.

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

25.5 C (78F) in the summer, 21 C (71F) in the winter

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

72 during the day and 68 at night.

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

76 in the summer and 68 in the winter

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

I don't have AC and haven't really needed it this year. I'm way north in New Hampshire.

We keep the heat at 63-65f(about 17c) in the winter, but occasionally go up to 67 when it's warmer out and the furnace doesn't have to work as hard to keep it there.

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

stays on 73F year round , AC and heat. Average bill runs around $80.

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

Chiming in to say comparing thermostat settings between houses is comparing apples to oranges. Your AC is only "on" or "off," changing the thermostat setting only changes how much time it's on vs how much time it's off.

On a 100Β° day, the HVAC in a well-insulated house with double paned windows and solid weatherization is going to be able to maintain 77Β° with little effort, where a poorly insulated, leaky house may struggle to even reach 77Β° with the HVAC running continuously. These two houses may have their thermostats set the same but their internal temperatures and energy usage will be different, maybe even radically different

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

68-75. This means if it's between those numbers, the HVAC doesn't turn on.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like to keep my home at 16Β°C (60.8Β°F) when possible. Summers are hell.

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

That sounds awesome!

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

Usually 72Β° F / 22.22Β°C. But my wife likes to turn it down on the really hot days were the AC doesn’t quite keep up. I try to explain the AC is running all out, turning it down does not help. And we certainly do not have one of the high end units that can throttle, it is either on or off.

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

Mine is set at 80 degrees during the summer. During the winter it is at 60 or maybe 65. I live in an over 100 year old dog trot style house in Alabama with only attic insulation and the original single pane double hung windows.

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

You don't have to live like that.

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

65Β° while I sleep, 68Β°-70Β° while I'm home, off while I'm not

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

In the summer? I have no AC at my house but it doesn't usually go above 77 - 80 on it's own. It's in a unique part of the city where we're surrounded by the woods and trees which provide a lot of shade and cool the air. Also the house is built into the side of a mountain and surrounded by massive retaining walls, so the first floor is basically a story underground. Our bedroom is also on the first floor, so I don't really go upstairs except to do laundry.

In the winter, usually about 64 - 67. It goes down to 60 during the day on a schedule or whatever.

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

76F in the summer, 72F during the day in the winter, 68F at night in the winter.

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