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We're in the yoyo part of heating and cooling right now. A few days back, we were running the AC to dehumidify the house- outside temperature was 69F and the dew point was 66F- and today the heat's on because to got down to 37F overnight.
We never turn the heat off because we never turned it on. No furnace. One of the benies of living in Hawaii.
But when we lived in Seattle we kept the thermostat the same year-round. But it rarely would trip and go on in the warmer months. If you're cold, you're cold. Doesn't matter what month that happens in, does it?
If we wanted fresh air, we'd go for a walk. We used to walk a lot in Seattle, lots of parks and trails.
Yeah, exactly my feelings. I'm not sure I understand in 2020 the whole "turning on" the AC or "turning on" the furnace. These things are controlled by thermostats, and even dumb thermostats (which you SHOULD have a smart thermostat, they're not expensive anymore at all, Nest went on sale last Black Friday for $130!) have the ability to decide what needs to happen independent of any human interaction. My system does whatever it needs to do to be at the temperatures it needs to be at, all year around. I would venture to say in Las Vegas in a house that's this well insulated (R-18 with 6" thick walls) and with a good deal of electronics that produce heat and two people usually home, if I checked my Nest stats later this spring, I doubt it would use any heat after March. It tends to warm up here by April and then be warm enough during the days that the house will heat up, and at night we have the thermostat down to 66-69 range so it can be colder and not need to kick on the heat.
Ironically it's the heat that I can't wait to stop using because my main complaint about the way they built this house is the Builder's Special cheapo garbage AC and furnace. In 2020 in a luxury home they shouldn't be installing either, it should be an HVAC unit like maybe two Trane XVi 20s that I had at the last house, where the energy efficiency rating is off the charts. Instead, this city is obsessed with natural gas, which is beyond baffling as electricity is much cheaper than natural gas. There's abundant solar energy, which we have robust solar panels, so even with AC running full blast during the summer, the solar system produces so much energy it hardly matters at all, but I don't have a natural gas mine under the house so that ain't free, which means winter bills are worse than summer bills, exactly the opposite of what you'd expect in Vegas.
we use heat like crazy and its driving me insane. I use to live in a apartment and I wouldn't bother using the heat at all. I'd much rather run around in my sweat pants and sweater and save some money in the long run.
I'll turn off my heat when it gets too hot outside and that has an impact on the temperature inside. I expect that to happen sometime in April for this region.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Some time between mid-June and early July, when the outside temperature stays above about 55 at night. June averages 73 during the day, but 53 at night. Even in August the low averages 58. One of the best things about this area, when it's 85 in the hottest month (August) it still cools off at night.
In southwest Florida, no heat for us. When it does get real cold, we just add on a sweater or blanket. By afternoon windows are open. So happy to no longer have gas furnace like we did in Ohio! Today and this coming week will be in the mid 80s.
Our thermostat is set to go off at 7pm and come on at 7am. That saves us $x.xx for the day. The heat generated 7am to 7pm is plenty to keep the temperature in the house from falling below around 60 degrees during the night until it comes on again at 7am.
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