Where do you set your AC?

[struggle4progress]

Finally caved and turned on the AC. Used to be able to stand 120 in the high desert and did some time roofing at 115 in Texas. Must be getting soft: over 90 in the Carolina Piedmont seems rough. Turning on a lot of fans in the house just wasn't cutting it. I'm setting the thermostat somewhere between 75 and 80

[hobbit709]

1. In the summer 78 or 79

In the winter 65 to 68.

[Lost4words]

2. And I thought I would have to choose other! Thanks for option #2!

dumb huh? We turn on the cooler at around 76f its an evaporative cooler not air conditioning, useses less electric than air conditioning.

the heat which is propane is set at 69 at night and 73 during the day, my sister is living with us and she has health problems so we have to keep the house warmer than we used to.

Need to get a wood stove this winter, last year we were paying 500-650.00 per month!

[DebJ]

3. 70-73 I know I shouldn't but since I hit 53 I just can't take it

anymore!!!!!!!!!

[Lost4words]

4. I find your alpha-numeric ID enticing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear struggle4progress...

For the a/c, we set it at 77 or so...

We turn it off when the evening breeze comes up; we like the bedroom to be around 71-72 for optimal sleep.

You are NOT getting soft!

120 is way too hot, for crying out loud!

:P

[pokerfan]

6. In the window?

:shrug:

[carlyhippy]

7. 70-74 because I have a cat who just had surgery, I am trying to keep him comfy

I am freezing, but he needs to stay cool :)

Normally I would have 75-80

What we do for our babies.....

[petronius]

25. I've been tempted to buy a portable AC for pretty much that reason - my cat really

suffered in the early heat waves of the last two summers, and I'm thinking the peace of mind would be worth a few hundred bucks. However, it's been freakishly cool here all this summer so I haven't bothered yet...

[NoPasaran]

8. 74

It was a good year.

I graduated high school.

Nixon resigned.

[struggle4progress]

18. I remember when Nixon resigned. I had to slaughter a cow that day.

The cow didn't like the idea much, jumped over the six foot wall of the shute, and took off running. We took off after it in a pickup and shot it. Then ... we learned it is very tiresome and frustrating work for a handful of guys to heave a dead cow into the back of a pickup. We drove back and spent a few hours reducing said dead cow into sort of recognizable cuts of beef. It was messy work on a stinking hot day at the ranch. Finally, we headed back to wash up for chow

So there I was, walking up towards the dorm in a piss poor mood, having jammed up just about every muscle heaving that cow into the truck, plus I'm covered with sweat and hair and gore -- and a fellow comes out to shout Nixon resigned! Not a bad day, after all. I went and ate dinner: no meat, because I couldn't stomach it when I was responsible for the slaughter

[Tikki]

26. My Nixon resigned story....

Sedated the night before for early AM surgery...as I was coming out of
anesthesia in the recovery room I noticed on the TV that there was a
new President talking away..
I must have looked wildly confused when I asked the nurse how
long I had been out...
Everyone in the room laughed and laughed and told me Nixon had just resigned.


Tikki

[Roon]

9. My AC is broken and you can't adjust it,,but it still runs

I just use it to pump cold air up here in this attic of an apartment. I would die without it.

[complain jane]

10. I must be an amphibian.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. I DON'T~~ ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

I have a blanket to keep warm..you know the old saying by Mark Twain:
"The coldest winter I ever spent was the summer in San Francisco!!!"

[Syrinx]

12. I envy those temps

I just checked the forecast for San Francisco. It says a high of 61 Sunday. Sounds great. We've been nudging 100 for a week a two. It's pretty miserable.

I had no idea that the summers were that cool in San Francisco. :shrug:

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Its the Fog

I used to work at Fisherman's wharf. They used to sell more sweatshirts there then anything because the tourists all thought we had Florida like weather. Big Surprise!!

[Crystal Clarity]

16. Ha! I bought one @ FW in June of 03

for that very reason. >>>>>>>>> moi :dunce: I was in SF for a convention but that doesn't mean I wasn't also doing touristy things and thinking like one. :blush: My woeful lack of planning for the chilly damp of SF forced me to buy an outrageously overpriced sweatshirt.

Hey, who knew that it'd be chillier there then in Maine... :shrug:

[AsahinaKimi]

22. hehe..

One tourist thought it was a conspiracy...you know..don't tell people to dress warm and then they have to buy a sweatshirt!! LOL!!

[Syrinx]

28. what about winter?

I'm guessing it doesn't get all that cold, does it?

[AsahinaKimi]

30. It rains a lot

When its not raining we have some decent days, but mostly in the winter its constant rain fall. But during the Spring, Summer and Fall, we hardly get rain, which is why California is so dry all the time, and there are major fires.

[Phoonzang]

32. I hate..I mean envy you sooo much.

I swear I'd give anything to live in San Fran or the Pacific Northwest. I hate Delaware sooo much... x(

[old mark]

14. Lowest is usually 68, but it has been terribly hot this summer - 6th heat wave

in Philly so far, nearly 40 days of 90 or higher. We use a large window AC and 2 ceiling fans to cool out whole downstairs a seperate AC and fan in the bedroom upstairs...everything else is too hot to enter.

It was so hot yesterday, there was an excessive heat warning overnight!


mark

[HopeHoops]

15. Other - mixed situation

We have hermit crabs (several), so we keep a window unit in their room and keep that room between 70 and 73. We keep the whole house unit as high as possible (or off) such that the crab room is still in its safe zone.

[MadBadger]

17. 72

[bikebloke]

19. I only turn it on for about half an hour.

Just to dry out the flat after a mould and mildew problem last year. I use a fan sporadically. Mostly to get to sleep. If I wake in the middle of the night, I'll turn it off. I don't like air conditioning, nor high electric bills.

[Turbineguy]

20. The key is the humidity.

It takes three times the energy to air-condition in Florida from 80 degrees than in Arizona from 105 degrees.

[nickinSTL]

21. 76

WAY too hot and humid here to go without - though I'd like to.

We managed back in May for a few weeks when our furnace decided to burst into flames with just fans, but the recent temps in the 90s and heat indices of 105+ are just too dang hot.

We also need it to dehumidify. When the A/C was out, our toilet had condensation and the bathroom floor was constantly wet. Can't have that.

[Brickbat]

23. I don't have one.

It's 81 today and it feels oppressive.

[av8rdave]

24. I have no choice or input in that matter. My answer is arctic

[DFW]

27. We don't have one.

In the German Rheinland, it rarely gets hot enough to need AC, although this year, we have suffered for it.

Back in Texas, of course, you die without it.

[uncommon]

29. Lol if I set mine to 80 it would feel the same as if it weren't on.

The temp here usually doesn't get too high but the humidity is a killer.

[Deep13]

31. In the window. nt

[bigwillq]

33. 70-74

usually on the high end of that.

[meow2u3]

34. Where I live, the air conditioning is centrally controlled

I live in an SRO, so I have no control over the air conditioning temps. The owner has it on 74, up from 68, because I convinced him that turning up the temp to 74 will save him money on his electric bills.

[snooper2]

35. Usually around 123, anything over that I start sweating a little..

Wife likes it about 130 but I try to keep it a little cool for the young one :)

[ceile]

36. 77

77 when I'm home and I turn it to 80 when I leave for work....