If You Weren't Frugal, At What Temp Would You Set Your Thermostat In Summer? (old)

[in_newengland]

I use the ceiling fan and open the window on the ocean side of the house. With a little window fan blowing cool ocean air in Maybe when it gets in the high 90s and humid for a few days in a row, I'll break down and turn on the a/c in the living room for a few hours, especially at night.

[rdflk]

I have a row house I go to once a month set at 75....
It stays closed up most of the time, and I just don't want it to get too hot there, with no air coming in by way of doors or windows being open every day.

It's a row house though, so m a y b e I could set it at 80. But 80 just seems to high/hot for a three story house.

All I know is the second floor of my stand alone SFH colonial get's hot as he11 so that thermostat is set at 76, and that keeps the upstairs "bearable."

[MaryleeII]

I keep it about 69, because that's the way I like it!

I am extremely frugal about everything else in my life, but I suffer too much from heat to deny myself the AC. We recently moved into a small apt, kids are grown and on their own. I have various health problems and the heat really bothers me, so, I indulge myself with AC, regardless of who might think its not "frugal"

[Spikett]

I'm not going to sit here and sweat and I'm not going to freeze. I live in a small apt that stays pretty cool in summer but it chilly in winter. In summer I mainly use a tower fan that works great and keeps me comfortable. But I turn on the a/c whenever I feel the need. In winter, I dress warm and keep a blanket on my lap when I read or watch TV - but I keep the temp comfortable.

[Crazee Cat Lady]

I keep mine set at between 65 and 72.

[NJBest]

There's no direct correlation between thermostat settings and frugality. I leave my thermostat at 72 in the summer unless it's a really cool humid day... at which point I might lower it just to get rid of humidity.

[stan4]

We do 76 in summer and 68 in winter.
Most of the time that is just fine.

[lottamoxie]

Well the question posed is what would you set your thermostat to if you were not being frugal.

So I think the right temperature for me in the summer, with my new HVAC system that I had installed last year, if cost savings were not a factor at all, would be 74 degrees. That setting would give me a real temperature of 72 and remove the humidity.

In the winter I would set the thermostat at 69 or 70 if not being frugal.

[lily4]

During the day the thermostat is set to 78 or 79. At night we turn it down to 76. I wouldn't set it any differently if we weren't being frugal since we're comfortable at these temps. We have ceiling fans that add a wind chill and costs less than turning down the air conditioning.

[himain]

There's nothing frugal about sweating yourself to death or being uncomfortable to not spend the extra $10 a month to avoid all of that