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I have medical issues with hot. My central air is set at 74, today is 90 outside but inside is comfortable for me. I NEVER go out unless I have to go to the doctor.
I was hoping that electric bill would be cheaper in WV and I guess technically it is but electric bill here is still over $400. a month year round.
I could write about this for an hour. Shorter story, my wife is thin, 100 pounds with purse on scale and cold below 80. We live in basically the desert. She almost always has a jacket on. OTOH, I'm over 200, like to sleep with blankets and a temperature in the 60s.
But we make it work.
Perhaps you should have her Doctor check her Thyroid function!
I was hoping that electric bill would be cheaper in WV and I guess technically it is but electric bill here is still over $400. a month year round.
WHAT??! Last summer was a HOT one where I was living in CA. Most days over 95 degrees, many over 100. Evenings in the 80s. We ran the AC almost continually, and it was a bit under $400 a month just for the summer months. How in the world is it $400 year-round in WV?
We keep the inside at 74 degrees year-round when people are home. In summer when no one is home, I'll let it go up to 80 degrees and at bedtime I'll let it hover at 76 degrees because we all run the bedroom ceiling fans while we sleep which keeps us cool enough.
In winter we'll let it get down to 68 degrees when no one is home, and at night we let it go as low as it wants since we all have down comforters and/or electric blankets while we sleep.
In the summer, I keep my house at 76F when I’m not there. When sleeping, it is set to 72F (with the ceiling fan on). If I’m in the house, but not asleep, it is set on 74F.
I would have trouble sleeping at 80F, and 90F would just be unbearable.
For me, a lot of this issue has to do with whether I am active (or not), and what the humidity level might be. While I typically keep the thermostat set on 74 during the day, if I am doing a lot of work around the house, I will knock it down to 72 for a while. If it is a very humid day, I might set it at 73, instead of 74.
If I am leaving the house for a couple of hours, I will push the thermostat up to 75. If I am planning on being out of the house for many hours, I will push it to 76.
When I go up to bed at night, I push the whole-house thermostat to 76 or 77, and I rely on a small window-mounted A/C in my bedroom, which is set to 73. Unless I have it set to that low a temperature, I will inevitably wake-up after a few hours with a sweaty head and neck, and then I have a hard time getting back to sleep.
Yes, I'd prefer nighttime temps of around 65 but gotta compromise somewhere. DH is very thin and prefers it around 80. So we set the bedroom to 69 but leave the rest of the condo as is, with the ocean breeze open during the day. We have 4 ceiling fans and use 'em all. Daytime I can live with 76, after that I am uncomfortable.
You have to wonder how people in Africa and the Middle East have borne this for millennia---no a/c. Some do now, of course, but I bet just as many don't have any.
There are people I have to make a departure from, as their places are just too hot. They don't like a/c either. What they found out though, was when you leave for a couple weeks or more, mold grows. Was that worth it? Even the electric utility suggests 78 just to prevent mold.
So I crank the AC overnight....and temp is down to 73-74F am 7am
Then it gradually rises to about 79-80F by 7pm ...then I crank it again
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