You all are freezing me to death...

 

I agree, omg, I would be frozen in some of these places. We keep it at 69 - helps my husband breath easier(COPD). I have 2 sweatshirts on, flannel pants, wool socks and usually have my down furry blanket on me as I watch tv.

70-71 in our house. Would set it cooler, but with a 2 year old, I don't want to risk any trips to the doctor.

70-71 in our house. Would set it cooler, but with a 2 year old, I don't want to risk any trips to the doctor.

 

It's pretty much the same here. We keep ours set at 74 or 75 year round and wear shorts. It's not a 2 year old I'm worried about, though, it's an 83 year old.

During the summer it fluctuates between the lower to upper-70s. The house stays relatively cool with the majority of it being hardwood and I keep the fans going.

We have programmable thermostats... 68 at night and during the day in the winter, up to 69 when I get up and get home. In the summer 72 at night 74 during the day. I used to let it get warmer in the summer during the day, but my AC repair guy said the units work better when you maintain a reasonably constant temperature.

Which one!!!!!!:madman:

 

Master Bedroom 67

North wing 68

South wing 66

 

Its a battle living in a 150 year old house!!!

A tip on this subject.

 

If you your primary heating is a heat pump (not gas or propane) then the recommendation is to not let the heat drop at night unless you use a programmable specifically designed for heat pump units.

 

The reason is that when morning comes and the the target temp is more than 2 degrees than current temp the furnace will go to 'Auxiliary' or 'emer' heat. Aux/emer is either expensive electric resistance coils or somewhat expensive gas or propane (newer dual fuel systems). So you may be burning the money saved over night during the catch up period in the morning. If you do this set back manually or with a programmable not design specifically for heat pumps the secondary will likely kick in and cost as much or more than not running overnight. Programmables for heat pumps have to raise the temperature slowly so that the auxiliary wont kick in.

 

Here is a link with specifics:

 

https://www.homeminders.com/Articles/HomemindersArticle/tabid/77/ArticleId/480/Default.aspx

 

You can—as many people have done—place an ordinary programmable thermostat on your heat pump system. However, while the perception of savings with the operation of lowered night heat with a morning warm-up will be there, it often actually costs you more in energy usage than if you'd left the heat pump set at the daytime temperature all night long! This is because when the signal from the thermostat comes to start things up, the thermostat thinks it's linked to a gas or oil furnace and goes right to the higher setting. This causes the auxiliary heat to come on, and stay on, until the desired temperature is achieved.

 

 

Just a thought for those on heat pumps.

^ That's what I was saying earlier but that does a much better job. :lol:

We have a heat pump.