Temperature of your thermostat?

[sirrahbed]

Kirsten's post about the heat has me curious about what temperature some of you use on your A/C and heat. I am soooo thankful to have air and do not know how I could cope without it....

In the winter, we set the thermostat at 60 degrees and yes it is pretty cold in the house, but we heat the living room area with wood. The bedrooms remain quite cold.

In summer - hubby likes the A/C set at 72. I am a bit more frugal and like to keep it at 76, even though I do love the colder air.

So, what setting do some of you use??

[shihtzulover850]

*runs off to check* we have it on 77 right now. at nights it is really cold at 74! it is comfortable now. but then that might be because it is cool outside!

[lv4dogs]

Winter time my thermostat is set to 65-72F. It depends on how cold it is outside & how cold I am.

Summert ime I only turn the air on if it gets above 80-85F or so. They are the window a/c units and only one has a thermostat on it, that one is set to 75 I think. I just turn them down or off when my house gets cooler. lol

[finn's mom]

David keeps it about 78 or 80. I prefer a bit cooler, but, I'm not paying the bill, so, I don't complain. I just don't wear anything when I'm inside, so, I stay comfortable.

[mruffruff]

My programmable thermostat is set for 78 from 8AM to 4PM (working) and 74 from 4PM to 10PM, then down to 70 (sleeping) and up to 72 from 5AM till 8AM. Got all that?

Weekends are easier--74 from 7AM and 70 from 10PM to 7AM.

When I'm working hard around the house I'll sometimes reset it to 70 temporarily.

[Cataholic]

When it was just me, the heat was about 60 (yes, I do mean 60 ), and the A/C about 76-78- just enough to take the heat and stupidity(LOL) out of the air.

With Jones, the heat is set at 70 (ugh, that is so warm), and the A/C usually at 78ish.

I cannot wait until I can count on Jones to keep covers on his little body at night. Yippee! Maybe in 2 years. Until then? I pay, pay, pay.

[Randi]

You spoiled brats with your AC's! If I had one, I'd probably put it on 22 ... and 18 in the bedroom.

I just looked at the temp. on my alarm clock in the bedroom - it's 29!! However, it looks like the thunderstorm is coming.

[Uabassoon]

In the winter we don't set it at all, sometimes we might turn a space heater in one of the room but it's never really cold enough to set the heat.

In the summer we keep it at 76 when we are at home and 80 when we are out. (But when Alexa isn't at home I usually put it at 74 or 75! ). I wish we could set it cooler but in Az it just isn't economical. The power comany suggests keeping the a/c at 78 but that's too warm for me.

With the weather often being 110+ and our vaulted ceilings I wouldn't want to see what the bill would be if we kept it any cooler!

[KitCat]

A/C is usually about 77-8.

[catnapper]

In the winter we keep it at 62 degrees. I think it feels nice in here. I like the air cooler.

The summer we keep the window AC units at 68-70 because they need to cool 2 or 3 rooms from one unit. I'm quite happy with that because the one that cools the kitchen, my office, and the livingroom happen to be a few feet away from my desk and its nice and chilly in here!

[Craftlady]

70-72 normally with a/c
74 if it's running little more than we want it too.
Depends on temperature outside and humidity.
Our a/c does not do upstairs well at all (our finished attic) so that area does not get used from June until September. The duct work was not put in properly and it's too expensive to have it fixed. Heat works great up their in winter because "heat rises". I would put a small window a/c unit up there but hubby does not agree with that suggestion.

[trayi52]

74 all the time.

Willie