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What do you keep your heat/AC set to during the different seasons?

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Dr. Detroit said:
We don't have central heat or AC - Welcome to life in Silicon Valley.

Space heater will go on if the thermometer fridge magnet shows 63 or below - we live pretty comfortably in the 65-78 range most of the year.
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Swamp Coolers FTW am I right?
 
Fanatical Meat said:
Water is probably too damn expensive to do that
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Yeah and the humidity in the Bay area might make them inefficient to; along with electricity or any other type of fossil fueled energy.....oh well. I guess the DR will just be happy with cracking his windows and enjoying the cool breeze coming off the bay.
 
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bbhaag said:
Swamp Coolers FTW am I right?
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Current 7-day Forecast - Nightly temps are low due to the cold Pacific ocean water and the breeze that gets carried inland off it so who needs an AC but a few days a year when we crest over 95. And humidity is perfection.

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Dr. Detroit said:
Current 7-day Forecast - Nightly temps are low due to the cold Pacific ocean water and the breeze that gets carried inland off it so who needs an AC but a few days a year when we crest over 95. And humidity is perfection.

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Hey not bad now I know why the hippies and drifters migrated out there. What's the extended look like though? I'm talking July, August, and September.
 
bbhaag said:
Hey not bad now I know why the hippies and drifters migrated out there. What's the extended look like though? I'm talking July, August, and September.
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Average High/Low -
the drawback is the insane taxes, brutal traffic and absurd cost of living.

Looking at Washington IL - The housing & gas prices sure are nice! The Prop taxes and weather, not so much!

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Summer it's almost always 90+ outside so I keep it around 75. Otherwise the AC just sucks up power.
Winter...well I'm in Austin so unless it's a freakish icestorm *cough* I just set it to heat and like 70 and forget about it.
 
bbhaag said:
To be clear all heating systems heat air
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orly? 😉

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bbhaag said:
Not bad....whats prop taxes like in the bay area? And don't quote me some shit hole in Oakland....
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All of California has this thing called Prop 13 so taxes are based off purchase price and are quite low at roughly 1.2% of purchase price. Taxes dont increase if your house increases in value. So, your next door neighbor who has owned a home since 1970 could be paying a $1000/yr while your paying $18K.
State income tax is 9-11% & we have a 1% SDI tax on income as well.
State Sales tax is 8-10%.
 
Dr. Detroit said:
We don't have central heat or AC - Welcome to life in Silicon Valley.

Space heater will go on if the thermometer fridge magnet shows 63 or below - we live pretty comfortably in the 65-78 range most of the year.
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I remember visiting a friend out in Alameda just over a decade ago. He had no Central heat or cooling. I thought that was nuts.
 
Dr. Detroit said:
All of California has this thing called Prop 13 so taxes are based off purchase price and are quite low at roughly 1.2% of purchase price. Taxes dont increase if your house increases in value. So, your next door neighbor who has owned a home since 1970 could be paying a $1000/yr while your paying $18K.
State income tax is 9-11% & we have a 1% SDI tax on income as well.
State Sales tax is 8-10%.
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Could you be more specific? I need to know what the prop taxes would be for a home built in 2011 on an acre of land in the bay area.

And again please don't quote me some shit hole in Oakland or San Jose....
 
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bbhaag said:
Could you be more specific? I need to know what the prop taxes would be for a home built in 2011 on an acre of land in the bay area.
And again please don't quote me some shit hole in Oakland or San Jose....
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Prop 64 states you are only allowed 6-plants per residence so no need for an acre...
 
Very few people here have A/C. More and more people are installing ductless heat pumps though. It's unusual to have more than a couple of 80 degree days in a row...and the on-shore breezes cool things off pretty nicely. We have Cadet wall heaters...they suck...and really suck the electricity. In the summer months, we just open the windows and let the cool ocean breezes keep things comfortable.
 
bbhaag said:
Got it. So what you are saying is the prop taxes aren't so bad in Washington ,IL compared that crap hole known as California.
Thx for the clarification.
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property taxes here in western WA are pretty comparable to the rate we paid in CA, but without the Prop 13 protection on increases.
 
4500 sq. ft. home built in 2011 on an acre of land in Illinois. Got it? Prop taxes are going to cost considerably less in Washington IL than they would in the bay area regardless of PROP 13.

fuck....

I'm not even the one who brought prop taxes into this the good DR was then he decided to bring weed into the conversation....jesus h christ it's like I'm playing cards with my sisters kids here....
 
UK here so heavy brick houses with lots of thermal mass and temperatures that rarely get into the high 20s means no air-conditioning.
In the spring and autumn I set the heating to come on in the morning and evening but it's not necessary in the night or middle of the day.
In the winter it's set to 18 in the day.
 
lxskllr said:
I despise heat, but I work outside, so relatively high temps still feel cool to me.
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I have the opposite problem. I spend a lot of time in places where people spend a lot of effort and money making sure the rooms are nice and cool for longevity of the equipment in them. 74 degrees? Why is it so damn hot in here?! As a result our AC temps have slowly decreased overtime to the current 73 setting - which keeps our upstairs around 75-76 as I struggle to sleep well above that temperature. Winter setting is 65 for our gas furnace
 
My current place outside of Boston has steam heat fed by NG and window ACs. Heat is controlled by a programmable thermostat. I also WFH, so we don't play with set backs too much.

Winter: 61 at night, 65-68 during the day (68 in morning, falling to 65 during the day since my office gets a lot of direct sun, then back to 68 in the evening)

Summer: big AC that cools the main space gets set at 77/78, and that's usually fine.
 
69F (aw yeah) in the winter, 73-74F in the summer.

With my ecobee, I have heating setup with a 1F overheat and 1.5F threshold, so the temperature bounces between 67.5-70F, which is comfortable for me and reduces cycling.

Cooling is setup with a 1F threshold, so with the thermostat set to 73F, it will kick on at 74F, which also reduces cycling and improves humidity control a bit.

Having the dual sensors is totally worth it - setting the thermostat to use the main sensor as well as the sensor I have in the hallway upstairs (single-zone, and return ducts are only in the bedrooms), the temperature throughout the home feels more even. The upstairs isn't more than 1-1.5F warmer/cooler than the downstairs in the summer/winter, respectively.
 
bbhaag said:
Got it. So what you are saying is the prop taxes aren't so bad in Washington ,IL compared that crap hole known as California.
Thx for the clarification.
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California a craphole? That's fascinating. One of the most beautiful states in the country.
 
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