what is your a/c set at?

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Jeff7

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73, but it barely manages to keep it at 78 most days - and this room is only about 300-400 square feet. (10,000 BTU)


I'd love to see a thermal image of this place in the winter. It's got to have an utterly brilliant shine in the IR range.
 

Bignate603

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Sep 5, 2000
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Currently 78. The thermostat is in the coolest part of the house though so the rest of the house is over 80. The thermostat goes to 85 when we're not here and the hottest parts of the house probably get close to 90.
 

Matthiasa

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May 4, 2009
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Right now it's set to 76 though during the day I think it normally gets changed to 78 or so.
 

TheMouse

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Sep 11, 2002
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78 almost all day since I work from home.

75 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM since the sun really gets us while it's setting. (Thermostat is in a bad place)
 

Zebo

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Jul 29, 2001
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AC causes obesity. I'd like to leave it off but when others live with you you have to compromise.
 

bruceb

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Aug 20, 2004
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Usually around 73F for the ac. Then I shut if off overnight as my area of the home will stay pretty cool all night till I get up around 7AM or so. Now if the humidity is really bad, I may leave it on overnight at around 74F
 

bignateyk

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Apr 22, 2002
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82 is the sweet spot? If you don't want to hear it running, why not just turn it off?

Even on days when it is 95 degrees outside our house won't heat up to more than 82 with the AC turned off.

I keep ours set to 75 during the day, and then set the bedroom to 69 at night.
 

Cogman

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Sep 19, 2000
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73, 90 when I go to work, I live on the bottom floor, so the apartment stays naturally cool.
 

geecee

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Jan 14, 2003
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74 when we're home, 80 when we're not.

BTW, anyone here get condensation on the outside of their AC ducts? I'm assuming that's normal? My AC ducts drip quite a bit in the HVAC/utility room.
 

ebaycj

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Mar 9, 2002
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Holding at 68-71 F all day, depending on how hot it's going to be the next day.

Hotter outside = cooler inside.