What temperature do you keep your house in the winter?

[sdifox]

wife wants 22c...wtf

 

[Cienja]

66 during the day, 69 at night.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

A related gripe is people turning the thermostat up higher the colder it gets outside. If you're comfortable at 72 degrees, then why not leave the thermostat temperature at 72 degrees regardless of what the outside temperature is? Just because it's 30 degrees outside doesn't mean you have to turn the heat up to 85 to compensate.

Depends on draftiness and relative temperature perception due to humidity changes.

 

[JimmiG]

22C. That's about 72 of those far-in-heights some people insist on using.

 

[Colt45]

22-24 during the day, 19 at night

 

[Nebbers]

66 during the day, 69 at night.

You have it backwards, dude.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Nope; night is the best time for 69.

 

[Modelworks]

76 right now, normally 70F . The reason I am keeping it warmer right now is I have a large aquarium and I am redoing the heating system in it, so I have to keep it warm with room temp right now. Fish don't like it when it gets below about 72 they actually start fighting.

 

[guyver01]

68-72f

 

[olds]

70 - 72 in summer/winter
We turn it off at night and it drops to about 64. I have to turn the heat back on to take a shower when I get up at 5 AM.
One of these days, I'll program the thermostat.

 

[SlowSpyder]

66 at night and while at work, 68 when I'm home after work or weekends.

 

[Rhoxed]

AC 68 - don't use heat.

 

[cmdrdredd]

In FL? I just turn the air off and open the windows sometimes.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

In FL? I just turn the air off and open the windows sometimes.

Time to play:

Even in miami you need to run the heater sometimes; and overall you've got to have a set of targets to which you set your temperature?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Time to play:

Even in miami you need to run the heater sometimes; and overall you've got to have a set of targets to which you set your temperature?

Have to run the heater? I'm from Ohio originally and honestly find cooler temperatures quite comfortable. Generally the thermostat is set on 78 but like I said, sometimes I just turn it off and open the windows.

You're still a dick BTW

 

[herm0016]

A related gripe is people turning the thermostat up higher the colder it gets outside. If you're comfortable at 72 degrees, then why not leave the thermostat temperature at 72 degrees regardless of what the outside temperature is? Just because it's 30 degrees outside doesn't mean you have to turn the heat up to 85 to compensate.

this is because you loose heat in 2 ways. direct to the air around you and through radiation to the walls. I remember doing these calculations in a rough manner and found that it can be around 30 to 40% of your body heat loss in just radiation to the walls.

When it is cold out the wall surface temp is much colder and you feel colder because you are loosing heat between you and the walls more than you do in the summer. this is why you feel colder and you set the heat a few degrees higher.

 

[Corporate Thug]

68-73

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Have to run the heater? I'm from Ohio originally and honestly find cooler temperatures quite comfortable. Generally the thermostat is set on 78 but like I said, sometimes I just turn it off and open the windows.

Liar.

 

[disappoint]

Thermostat is set to 72 by day 69 at night, but the temp goes up to 74 by day before the system shuts down (forced air).

 

[mmntech]

70 when I'm at home, 65 when I'm out or at night.

 

[Matthiasa]

A related gripe is people turning the thermostat up higher the colder it gets outside. If you're comfortable at 72 degrees, then why not leave the thermostat temperature at 72 degrees regardless of what the outside temperature is? Just because it's 30 degrees outside doesn't mean you have to turn the heat up to 85 to compensate.

Your body senses heat transfer not temperature.
The colder it is outside the higher that transfer.
Thus in winter the temperature inside has to be higher then in the summer to have have equivalent heat transfer.
(If proper clothing is not worn)

 

[rh71]

matters if you have an older, draftier home.

Used to live in what they called a Levitt Ranch, the first type of mass produced and suburban home back in the 40s & 50s. They threw a bunch of them up, 30 per day, for all the war vets that were coming home. There were so many voids and lack of insulation in those... I wouldn't go anything below 70 and it still felt cold... now in a new house but haven't experienced first winter yet. Hoping 67 will do it, but it's also more sqft to heat.

 

[Rhoxed]

Have to run the heater? I'm from Ohio originally and honestly find cooler temperatures quite comfortable. Generally the thermostat is set on 78 but like I said, sometimes I just turn it off and open the windows.

This. During the summer I set AC on 72, and 68 at night. During the winter I just open windows, if it gets too cold - close the windows... I have not had central heat for over 6 years. We have 1 VERY small space heater to warm the bathroom in the mornings. My electricity runs ~$160 in the winter and ~$400 in the summer.

 

[TecHNooB]

off or 70 during the winter. it's like an ice box in my house :|
off during summer.

 

[Jeff7]

77 in the livingroom. Yes, I like warm rooms, so long as the air is dry.
Vents in all other rooms except the bathroom are blocked off, so the warm air all comes blasting out in here.
During the night, it's set to 64, then it turns back on about 15 minutes before I get up for work. Then it's set to 55 for the day, until a bit before I normally get home.

Programmable thermostats are nice.