Air Conditioner Madness (What do you set yours at?)
This last heat wave did that....A LOT of people dead. Not good.
I'm curious....if you set your AC to 68 or 70 .... what do you set your heat to in the winter? (not the poster I'm responding to, but anyone)
payn
He'll flip ya...Flip ya for real...
AC to 74F and Heating to 68F. Those are just my settings. I have found those seem to be a little high/low for average taste.
I can handle heat pretty well, its the humidity I need a break from. So far, I only had my AC on for a single week when we got pounded at 100 during the day and 85-90 at night. Its been much more comfortable since, but still hot for most folks.
The Green Hermit
Hero
And that is why most of Western Washington does not have air conditioning -- and why heat waves of over a hundred for several days running can be deadly.
The Green Hermit
Hero
I set my heat to about 75 in the winter. I do not have AC and would only want it if the heat wave we just survived becomes a regular occurence.
We set our heat at about 68 in the winter (we set our ac at about 77 or so in the summer).
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Are you saying that the temp in the US doesn’t get above 86? Because…literally only 4 months of the year are under 86f where I live, at best. We sometimes get days nearly that warm in January. It’s not common, but it happens a few times every 5 years or so, from memory. Like I said upthread, 90+ days per year where the high is over 100, where it is still over 90 when I go to bed, still over 80 when I get up before the sun rises.
I don’t use the heater most of winter. Nights do get below freezing here in January, though, and I’ll kick the wall heater on low-medium for a few hours and then turn it off.
I am saying that 86 is not really hot. Even 90 is imo still bearable inside homes for longer periods of time. Once you hit 100 for more than a few days I concede that AC might be a very good idea.
But in the US AC seems to be on nearly all the time even for lower temperatures. The only country I have seen with a similar/higher AC usage was the U.A.E
Even in southern Italy and Greece there is not that much AC use as in the US.
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Zardnaar
Legend
Cheap energy has a lot to do with it as well.
When I was a kid here in the 80's an open fire was used sometimes for heating and woodburners aren't uncommon. You could cook marshmallows in your lounge.
I don't know anyone with actual AC most use heat pumps. Father in law uses a woodburners.
Utilities are more expensive I suppose. Ok. Using a blanket or hot water bottle is still a thing.
USA is so cheap comparatively.
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