Originally Posted By fkurucz <<My typical monthly electrical bill during the summer is around $150 for a 3,400 sq ft home>> Same here (4000 sq ft house), but we are set to 73 degrees. I suspect that average temps aren't as high here in Colorado as in Atlanta.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^It cools down to 60's in the evenings, so the A/C stops running once it gets dark. Summer highs are usually about 90F (only 80 today!)
Originally Posted By roberts1398 Mine's at 80 when we're gone, 76 when we're home, and 78 at night if it doesn't cool down, or off at night if it is cool. Then I have one of those dual window fans that I suck in the cool air in my bedroom. We have ceiling fans in every room except the bathrooms (one of the reasons I chose the house!). Of course, all that doesn't really matter right now, as my A/C isn't working very well. GRRRRR! Just came back from a week at our cabin in the Sierras, where it's usually much cooler. On the 4th, it was 106, and with no A/C or much insulation, the cabin was 94 inside! I can't seem to escape the heat this summer. Oh, and Jim -- I symbollicaly waved at you when we drove through Merced. My husband thought I'd lost it, LOL!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* RT! I can totally relate to your bride! We're in a single-story home, and unfortunately our bedroom/bathroom is the warmest part of the house. But I have too much STUFF to move it to the guest bathroom (that's where Mr. Alice finishes getting ready in the a.m., so I can sleep an extra 1/2 hour.) In addition to the A/C and the ceiling fan running in the morning, I have a tabletop fan on the bathroom counter AND a tall floor fan behind me, blowing the cooler air from the bedroom into the bathroom. It's like a mild tornado in there! *L* The frustration of working to put on that girly face and having it melt away in one quick FLASH is something a man can never imagine. ;-) In her make-up disc commercials, Lauren Hutton claims she created (yeah, right) the make-up because women in their 40s+ often stop wearing it since most is designed for the younger set. Nope... We give up because what's the point when it goes sliding off your face five minutes later (if we're lucky... mine was coming off in mid-application!) in a mad torrent of perspiration?? *LOL*
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb <---- little bit of a latter-day hippy chick. No artificial face to put on in the AM (although I do shave where I need shaving and pluck where I need plucking, no fur pits or uni-brow for me thankya). Oh yeah, thermostat. Ummm 77 unless I'm feeling wimpy, then 74. We've been lucky and the AC has only come on a couple times this summer. I try to keep it set at 65 in the winter, but sometimes I get chilled enough I kick it up a bit.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* Autopia Deb! My makeup is quite light, really (I couldn't begin to figure out that Lauren Hutton thing... ACCCKKK! Hee hee hee...) But going all red in the face, with beads of perspiration beginning to stream through my simple powder foundation... BITES! Thankfully, for some unknown reason - I haven't had a hot flash for about four months... after suffering through them every 45 minutes day and night for the previous four months. *Knocks on Wood* ;-)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Thankfully, for some unknown reason - I haven't had a hot flash for about four months... after suffering through them every 45 minutes day and night for the previous four months. *Knocks on Wood* ;-)>> No doubt it had something to do with meetin RoadTrip in Vegas!! ;-) It's VEGAS baby, LAS VEGAS!!
Originally Posted By disneydad109 me:74..............Wife:76 Me:74..............Wife:76 Then it's my turn then hers then mine and so and so on ...........
Originally Posted By friendofdd We live in a very equatable climate. Major reason for retiring here. Don't need the a/c a lot, but set it on 78 or 80 when needed. We make good use of ceiling fans and tower fans on the warmer days.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess About 78 during the day when we're at work, 70 when we're home in the evenings or on the weekends, and 65 at night to sleep. With these 115-120 degree days, I'm not spending any more time being overheated than I have to!
Originally Posted By Dznygrl Wow, maybe it's because I live in a 1,000 sq ft. house, but if the thermostat is even set to 77 I find it to be too cold. When the air kicks in, there's really nowhere to escape being under the vents that are blasting cool air. Our basic rule is once it gets to be about 80 or 81 degrees in the house, we turn the air on, set to 78.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Off. We don't even have AC (nobody does around here). One of the lucky things about living on the SF Peninsula. We had one hot day so far this year so I closed up the skylight and the windows and lowered the shades and it stayed deliciously cool indoors. In fact, I still put flannel sheets on the bed because the nights are a bit cool.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer <<We don't even have AC (nobody does around here)>> 2/3 , I grew up in Santa Clara, never thought much about the climate there, until I moved! Now I'm a little over an hour away and we average about 10 degrees hotter in the summer and 10 degrees colder in the winter. I may have mentioned that I work for a "large NorCal Utility company" I frequently see customer's bills in the $500.00 range in the summer months. I don't turn on the air much but Mrs. ThDestroyer has been known to crank it up. We usually keep the thermostat at about 75-78. It's usually on for a just a few hours from late afternoon to mid evening. I've been thinking about installing a whole house fan. That should help cut down on the monthly bill. I may work for a utility company but I still don't enjoy paying the summer air conditioning bills.
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki <<In fact, I still put flannel sheets on the bed because the nights are a bit cool.>> Mmmm, I just love flannel sheets in winter but, UGH, I sweat just thinking about the idea now! We had the AC at 78º all day long yesterday (we have a small house) and at that temperature we´re usually all pretty happy. If it´s really hot at night, like last night, all the windows are opened and the ceiling fans go on. When nobody´s home, we turn it all off.
Originally Posted By avromark In my car 16 during the day, recirc on when I first turn it on. At night I set it to 18.5. In my home its set to 18 during the summer and 22 during winter, set to 26 during my work hours during the summer and 16 in the winter.
