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Old 05-26-2015, 10:31 AM
 
Location: Lakewood Ranch
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We're comfortable at 81 night and day, then bump it up to 83 when we're not home.
Native Floridian here - I'm very comfortable and a lot of it depends on what you're wearing too. I actually need a blanket when watching TV at night with AC at 81.

Our house is brand new so has very efficient AC, windows, fans, etc.
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Old 05-26-2015, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Dunedin
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I just purchased a new thermostat to automate what I have been doing manually. That said, in the current weather, I've been keeping the house at 77 during the day, and 75 at night. I work from home, so my temperatures might be different than someone who works during the day.

What do other people do?

In the heat of the day 79 should be good for a 90 + day. Nights we do 77 with the fan. Those couple of degrees could up your bill 40 to 50 dollars for the month. We are at home also, I know it feels good with that cool air on, but we have two units so I am always keeping my eye on the budget
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Old 05-26-2015, 11:38 AM
 
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77 to 76 all day and night long still not use to the heat here after living here for 4 yrs, kind of hard to after living up north your whole life most likely I'll never get use to the heat.
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Old 05-26-2015, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Castle Rock, Co
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I have lived here my whole life and spent many years (other than the past year) working outside and I still am not comfortable in the heat.
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Old 05-26-2015, 11:58 AM
 
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I have lived here my whole life and spent many years (other than the past year) working outside and I still am not comfortable in the heat.
Colder weather is easier to work outside in because you dress in layers and if to warm you just start taking layers off, nothing to take off in the heat.
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Old 05-26-2015, 02:19 PM
 
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78 for us. 3100 SQ ft. Electric was over $100 this last month, so we might have to go to 79. Ceiling fans make a huge difference.
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Old 05-26-2015, 02:55 PM
 
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Ceiling fans make a huge difference.
For anyone considering new ceiling fans, make sure you look at options that use DC motors as they are dramatically more efficient than traditional AC motor fans. They still hook up the same, there's just a power converter inside the unit.

I just built a house and installed a bunch of fans by Minka Aire. Granted the dimensions are not the same, but as an example, the 65" DC motor fan that I bought for some of the common areas uses only 28 watts of power on high where it's moving 8778 cubic feet of air per minute. The AC motor 54" that I bought for some of the guest rooms, on high, moves 5480 CFM and consumes 47 watts. If I drop the 65" down to a speed that moves the same CFM as the AC fan on high, it uses only 8 watts of power, so it's six times more power efficient for the same amount of air movement.

My understanding is that older AC motor fans are even less efficient than today's fans, easily consuming 50+ watts on low and over 100w on high, negating a lot of the benefit you'd want to get from using the fans.
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Old 05-26-2015, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Lakewood Ranch
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78 for us. 3100 SQ ft. Electric was over $100 this last month, so we might have to go to 79. Ceiling fans make a huge difference.
Wow, that's cheap for such a large home. We are down in Lakewood Ranch and have PRECO, and they are more expensive than FPL and TECO.
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Old 05-26-2015, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Central Mexico and Central Florida
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Wow, that's cheap for such a large home. We are down in Lakewood Ranch and have PRECO, and they are more expensive than FPL and TECO.
We have Duke and locals tell me they are most expensive around....they bought out Progressive which everyone seemed to like much better. Duke has a terrible environmental image, with their NC coal ash spill.
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Old 05-26-2015, 03:42 PM
 
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We have Duke and locals tell me they are most expensive around....they bought out Progressive which everyone seemed to like much better. Duke has a terrible environmental image, with their NC coal ash spill.
Yes Duke sucks every time someone farts the power go's out around me it can be nice and sunny out side then all of a sudden the power go's out.
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