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Depends on the humidity. 80°F can be comfortable with a very low relative humidity or 70°F can feel muggy with a high relative humidity. I prefer to use dew points. 50-55° dew points I'm fine with. When I'm sleeping though the colder it is the better.
As high as possible , our AC/Heater has been semi-broke for about a year and we're fine, during the Summer its like a greenhouse (I love that), Winter isn't that cold in the first place and our house naturally stays way warmer than outside, we have to pull out the space heater occasionally though.
We have a 1 & 1/2 story cape cod, it does get warmer on the second floor - upstair fans help keep the temps down, but we are always running air in the summer. The temp we keep things at completely depends on humidity and how active we are. If I'm running up and down two flights of stairs to clean, vacuum, etc., I keep the temp at 72, otherwise 74 or if we are going to be gone 75. At night we turn the thermostat down to 72 (in summer)
Winter temps - we turn the settings down at night to 67 (down comforters are wonderful when it is cold) and keep the temp around 69-70 during the day, again depending on how active we are.
82F in summer. As the weather gets cooler I turn the AC down a bit, otherwise it would never kick on. In winter I put the heating on at 68F and wear heavy socks.
Don't use A/C or heating. Just dress for the weather.
LOL - oh come on....how do you "dress for the weather" in the south when the humidity and heat can literally kill you, not to mention ruin your floors and furniture so the windows have to stay closed and it is 95 degrees outside with high humidity? We are blessed to have creature comforts like air conditioning and heating, thank goodness - they allow us to be more comfortable and more productive not to mention preserve our furniture, fabrics and floors.
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, our AC/Heater has been semi-broke for about a year and we're fine, during the Summer its like a greenhouse (I love that), Winter isn't that cold in the first place and our house naturally stays way warmer than outside, we have to pull out the space heater occasionally though.
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