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What do you keep the heat at normally?

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GodlessAstronomer said:
I don't use a thermostat. If it's hot I open a window, if it's cold I put on an oil heater. Usually I just deal with ambient temperature, which is thankfully usually fairly reasonable where I live.
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That pretty much works for me too. But in Texas summers are hot and winters are cold so you better like extremes. Obligatory:

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These threads are always an e-peen match on just how cold they can take.

And anyways, it depends on the location, and person.
 
18C at night, 20C in daytime. But I don't think it's been on more than a couple times as we let it drop to 15C or so before we cut it on and daytime solar gain is usually sufficient. We like cold for sleeping.

Damned nippy in the morning though.
 
Just got my own place a few weeks ago. Have it set to 60 F so far. Probably won't have it any higher than that all winter. I'm in MN, so when it's -35 outside, 60 is hot!

Probably have to move it up to 65-70 in the summer to help with the AC bill.
 
Summer = 78
Winter = 70
The thermostat is right outside the door of the 'computer room' and the heat from the computers affects the temp. So, 70 is actually more like 68 in the house, etc.

Setback lowers the heat during sleeping hours in the heating season. There's no sense raising the temp in the cooling season because the A/C quits running in the evening and usually doesn't come on until early to mid afternoon anyway.

IMO, some of you guys are dialing way too much setback into your thermostats. You can shoot yourself in the foot if you try to raise or lower the temp too much. You have to pay attention to how long the furnace or A/C is running to get to the desired temp. 3° to 5° is the optimum setback IIRC. If you dial down the temp 15° during the day and the furnace doesn't run for 9 hours but it takes 4 hours of continuous running to get it up to temp, what have you saved?

Just something to think about. YMMV
 
69f when we're home and 50something in the day time when we're at work.

I'd keep it cooler but have a newborn that needs to be just the right temp.
 
I keep the place heated to 68 or 69 and cooled to the 70-72 range. It's an open loft condo so if I'm going to be up in the loft or office I may turn the temp down in the summer just because it gets pretty warm up there. One of these days I'll get around to installing a ceiling fan in the loft to help with better air circulation!
 
72 in the day, 60-65 at night. I live in Tucson so it doesn't take much heat to maintain those temps. We have gimpy cats who can't jump up on things to escape the cold temps at floor level so we can't turn the heat down too low.
 
we adjust it to whatever is comfortable
and turn on the propane fireplace in the evenings when it is below freezing outside, as needed/wanted
 
Bignate603 said:
Off. I live in Phoenix. I expect to use my AC a few more times this year.
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same here. my ac is set to 79 right now, but i did have the heater at 72 last nite for the kids. they are wussies about cold until about december, when they finally get used to it. i have to remember to switch it from heat to cold in the morning.
 
74 when I'm home, 70 when gone for the day, and 65 if I'm gone for an extended period of time.
 
70F right now, but we have tile flooring and old thin/drafty windows so it just feels colder. Those thermal plastics you stick on the windows didn't seem to help much. Had a ridiculous heating bill last winter (like $2400 for those few months) since we had 2 infants to keep warm 24/7. Now they're a bit older of course. I just can't wait to move. At least it's very cool in the summer without A/C.
 
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