It Can Never Be Too Hot (Phoenix: house, costs, move)

[svendrell]

I thought of this due to threads asking how hot it is.

Any Phoenix residents say to themselves, "It can never be too hot! I love it!" I think I may be the type that can never be too hot, but I've never been to Phoenix (so I wouldn't dare say).

[marino760]

Well, if 120 degrees in a heat wave and daily temps of about 105 to 110 isn't too hot all summer long then I don't know what is. You might as well turn on your oven and stick your head in it, LOL.

[PhureeKeeper]

Try being here when it's 115F and your A/C goes out - and you don't have a swimming pool.
Plus, you have to wait for a repairman to come. Yeah, it can be "too hot".

[marino760]

Originally Posted by PhureeKeeper

Try being here when it's 115F and your A/C goes out - and you don't have a swimming pool.
Plus, you have to wait for a repairman to come. Yeah, it can be "too hot".

I can't even begin to imagine what it must cost to cool a medium size house to about 75 degrees when it's 115 outside during the day and in the 90s at night.

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by marino760

I can't even begin to imagine what it must cost to cool a medium size house to about 75 degrees when it's 115 outside during the day and in the 90s at night.

A few hundred dollars per month tops. If you're smart about playing the time of use game, it's not bad at all.

[locolife]

Originally Posted by marino760

I can't even begin to imagine what it must cost to cool a medium size house to about 75 degrees when it's 115 outside during the day and in the 90s at night.

It costs about $95 per month billed evenly throughout the year. But you're crazy if you keep it at 75 all day/night, if you're prudent you sign up for the time of day usage plan and keep the thermostat high during the highest cost hours and lower it when you get home in the evening and power costs much less.

It seems like most Phoenicians are comfortable keeping it around 78 in the evening and move it up to 85 or so during the day. Great insulation/windows and a smarter thermostat makes all the difference in the world.

[observer53]

Originally Posted by locolife

It costs about $95 per month billed evenly throughout the year. But you're crazy if you keep it at 75 all day/night, if you're prudent you sign up for the time of day usage plan and keep the thermostat high during the highest cost hours and lower it when you get home in the evening and power costs much less.

It seems like most Phoenicians are comfortable keeping it around 78 in the evening and move it up to 85 or so during the day. Great insulation/windows and a smarter thermostat makes all the difference in the world.

And ceiling fans where rooms are occupied...

[marino760]

Originally Posted by locolife

It costs about $95 per month billed evenly throughout the year. But you're crazy if you keep it at 75 all day/night, if you're prudent you sign up for the time of day usage plan and keep the thermostat high during the highest cost hours and lower it when you get home in the evening and power costs much less.

It seems like most Phoenicians are comfortable keeping it around 78 in the evening and move it up to 85 or so during the day. Great insulation/windows and a smarter thermostat makes all the difference in the world.

Good to know. I once read a thread where someone in Phoenix was paying $900 per month and thought it was no big deal. I found that very hard to believe.

[SageCats]

We paid $160 / month in the summer. Our house was a 2000 sq ft ranch, closed the vents in rooms that werent used frequently, ceiling fans in the rooms, solar screens on the windows, and kept the house at 83 during the day and 78 at night.
By contrast, our bill was $50 in the winter.
One time, the AC broke and it got to be 94 at night. We couldn't sleep. It was awful.

[KurtAZ]

I don't know anyone paying $900 per month in the summer...were they leaving their windows open or something?