Poll: Thermostat set at

KUJayhawkBride

We just got our energy bill. I think I just fell out of my chair. GULP. Does NOT help I woke up freezing and my lovely DH had the thermostat set at 70. That is not acceptable to me, am I crazy?

brittneycc1982

T told me that people around the country set it according to how humid it is in their state.  We have ours at 76, and it's perfect!  We have DRY heat. lol

jessicada76

Ours is at 70 all the time too...........

 Then our upstairs bedroom (just one big room - cape code style house) gets so hot that we have a window unit in up there.  I don't even care to look at the bill!

May524

70.  It's very humid here in NOLA.

Mrs.Hubbard

Well, I'm cheap let me just say that!  It is very humid here and it is still set at 76, and even at that it seems like it is running all.the.time!

MrsT1209

It's been around 73 and perfect lately. Normally I like it cooler.

mrsmikey

71, and I'd have it lower if I didn't care about the bill! 

acppa

When we turn on the air conditioner in the summer it's set to 75.  

Winter we set it to 68 for day and 63 for night.  

MamaNikki

Ours is on 70 at night while we sleep (sometimes 68).  I hate being hot when I sleep, and DH and DS put off heat like you wouldn't believe.  I still wake up sweaty sometimes, sleeping with these two!

During the day I put it on 77, but it rarely makes it back up to 77 downstairs.  It stays pretty cool. 

(Actually, I'm looking at it right now.  It's set on 78, but it's only 74 in here.) 

Late afternoon I'll turn on the ceiling fan, and if really needed, will put it on 75 to fix dinner.

We live in a townhouse, whose windows face north and south.  So we get NO direct sunlight inside.  That keeps it pretty cool in here too.

amygauntt@windstream.net

73 during the day w/ceiling fans & by afternoon its usually 75/76 in here...yep, it can't keep up. It's ridiculously hot here with crazy humidity.

Night we have it on 71 w/ceiling fans. (sometimes I'll leave it on 71 during the day & it's much nicer!)

momofolivia

ours is set to 76 during the day, 74 evenings/nights. 

the trick i learned to to *slowly* move the thermostat up - like over a few months.  It takes your body awhle to adjust to the change, but we use to keep our house around 68, and we are fine now.  There are even days where I say I am cold and it's 75 in the house.

marriedchick06

We had ours set at about 70-72 in the winter and 68-69 in the summer. 

punkfiction_v.3

MrsT1209:

It's been around 73 and perfect lately. Normally I like it cooler.

this. 

 

and lol we got our elec bill too and i about died. considering, uh, its only the may-june bill. wait til july-aug.

Amy720

Our downstairs air is usually at 78 and upstairs at 76.  It's hotter up there because we have a huge attic and although it's insulated still gets hot.  Our power bill usually runs around $250.00 in the summer.  Our big bills are in the winter time.

brightning

brittneycc1982:

T told me that people around the country set it according to how humid it is in their state.  We have ours at 76, and it's perfect!  We have DRY heat. lol

Ditto! Sometimes at night I put it on 75.

Our A/C is on an energy efficient setting. It only kicks on when it's 2 degrees above the temp. I'm not sure how much it saves, but it might be worth looking into.

roseroseroseroserose

We have ours on 77-78.  But we have great celing fans that are always running.  Also, the solar screens help. 

CABunny

78 during the summer

PaigeC1981

72.

JMay

We have ours set at 80. We're in Indiana. 

We moved up from Florida recently - when we lived there we had it set at 79.

Angela814

Ours is at 74-75 when we're home. During the day when we work, it goes up to 77 or 78.

crzygirl

I like it 65 - 68.