Forget the winters, how bad are the summers? (Chicago, Phoenix: house, floor)

[cubssoxfan]

Originally Posted by Plzeň

If by "a sauna" you mean, "south of Chicago, where most of the U.S. is located," you are correct.




Fair enough. I used mine, too. I'm just saying that it felt pretty pleasant outside, and at 82 your AC is only cooling the place by a few degrees, anyway, unless you like sleeping in an ice box. The poster I was originally responding to made it sound like it was 102 degrees the night before the way he was describing the fan in his face and wet towel on his head, and his AC in the other room not being enough, so that's what I was responding to. S/he must have been running a fever.

Maybe, but people have very different tolerances for heat and cold. Many married couples joke about this because quite a few couples have had thermostat issues due to this.

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by Plzeň

If by "a sauna" you mean, "south of Chicago, where most of the U.S. is located," you are correct.




Fair enough. I used mine, too. I'm just saying that it felt pretty pleasant outside, and at 82 your AC is only cooling the place by a few degrees, anyway, unless you like sleeping in an ice box. The poster I was originally responding to made it sound like it was 102 degrees the night before the way he was describing the fan in his face and wet towel on his head, and his AC in the other room not being enough, so that's what I was responding to. S/he must have been running a fever.

I set the AC in the 60s, hardly an ice box, unless my "sauna" reference was true....and , apparently, it was...

[Plzeň]

Originally Posted by MassVt

I set the AC in the 60s, hardly an ice box

Holy cow. That's an ice box by any definition. Usually when people argue over how to set the AC it's arguing over, say, 74 vs. 77. Nobody I've ever known sets their AC in the 60's. I'd hate to see your electric bill, though I suppose you save on heat if you also keep it that cool in the winter.

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by Plzeň

Holy cow. That's an ice box by any definition. Usually when people argue over how to set the AC it's arguing over, say, 74 vs. 77. Nobody I've ever known sets their AC in the 60's. I'd hate to see your electric bill, though I suppose you save on heat if you also keep it that cool in the winter.

I think that is very high for AC. Everyone I know is between 68 and 72 degrees.

[Plzeň]

Originally Posted by Vlajos

I think that is very high for AC. Everyone I know is between 68 and 72 degrees.

That's more along the lines of how people I know set their furnace in the winter. If you set it at 68-72 in the summer, what do you set it at in the winter? 60? (brr.) Or do you just keep the temperature the same all year and pay out the nose for utilities?

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by Plzeň

Holy cow. That's an ice box by any definition. Usually when people argue over how to set the AC it's arguing over, say, 74 vs. 77. Nobody I've ever known sets their AC in the 60's. I'd hate to see your electric bill, though I suppose you save on heat if you also keep it that cool in the winter.

Not even close to an ice box, esp when considering that the room had been exposed to 95-degree temps for many hours, with no cooling whatsoever. Another consideration would be the fact that I don't run the AC during weekdays when I'm at work, or on days when it get down into the 60s at night, so my electric bill is absolutely nothing to get excited about, under any circumstances.

By all means--enjoy your sauna. Just don't complain about Chicago winter temps, or New England winter temps, as they are perfectly fine just as they are, with no extraordinary means necessary..

[Plzeň]

Originally Posted by cubssoxfan

Maybe, but people have very different tolerances for heat and cold.

I knew this. I just thought it varied by maybe 5 degrees, not 15 or 20! Interesting to learn, though.

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by Vlajos

I think that is very high for AC. Everyone I know is between 68 and 72 degrees.

Agreed; what's the point of setting your AC at 77 when the outside air temperature isn't much higher than that? You use the AC to get a good night's sleep, not to waste electricity with little/no improvement in your room's liveability..

[Plzeň]

Originally Posted by MassVt

Just don't complain about Chicago winter temps, or New England winter temps, as they are perfectly fine just as they are, with no extraordinary means necessary..

I wouldn't complain about them, but there's no denying that Chicago and New England are significantly colder than average in winter, and not hotter than average in the summer, compared to the rest of the nation and planet. You're discussing things from your localized frame of reference, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I'm looking at larger-scale relativity.

[Plzeň]

Originally Posted by MassVt

Agreed; what's the point of setting your AC at 77 when the outside air temperature isn't much higher than that?

That's kind of the point. AC is a luxury in Chicago, to make the temp slightly more ideal than it already is, other than maybe a few days out of the year. That's why it doesn't even come standard in many residences. (As opposed to heat in Chicago or AC in Phoenix, which are absolute necessities and standard in every residence.)