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I've been meaning to ask this for a while. I saw a comment a month or so ago. Person said they keep their thermostat at like 65 in the winter and 78 in the summer. 78 seems fucking insane to me. That's too damn hot for inside. How do you sleep at 78 degrees?

Are they a lizard person or am I a baby?

Edit 1: I love all the comments on this! Never thought this post would create such discussion. Looking at the comments vs upvotes it honestly seems 50/50ish that 78 is hot for the indoors. Can lemmy do polls?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

80f / 26.6c

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In summer it's off and in winter 20,5-21℃ at daytime and 17℃ at night.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

67-68f in the winter, 74 in the summer + fans to supplement when it gets really hot/muggy.

Neither are my ideal temperature, but it lowers the bills and helps reduce the harm done in terms of energy consumption

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

63/77 all year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

It's always set at 19°C at night and 20°C for the day, all year long. But it's only heating, there is no AC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

When I have my AC on (usually on the hottest summer days), I set it to 19°C (66.2°F) so it's not too cold.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Mine is programmable. In winter it's set to 65F at night and 68F durring the day. When unoccupied it also goes to 65F. I'd love to be able to set it lower because I love the cold but my pet snake probably wouldn't appreciate it even with their hot rock and heat lamp. Durring the summer I have it set to 68F while sleeping 72F durring the day and 78F while unoccupied. I don't shut the AC off while unoccupied because in my area humidity is a much bigger issue in the summer than temperature and removing latent heat takes a long time if you let it build up all day. Currently working on refitting my system for better on demand latent heat removal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I only have heat. So in the winter I usually set it to 65°F, then my wife sets it to 68°F. Then she sets it to 70°F. Then she sets it to 72°F.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

As cold as the other people in the house will let me. I have rarely lived anywhere with functioning central heat and air (and have never liked it when I did), so generally I use window units and a cunningly devised system of curtains. I don't care if a hallway or the bathroom gets hot, so long as the bedroom and kitchen stay cool, y'know?

In the winter I almost never use heating, except for a small space heater I just take room to room with me, and one that I run while in the shower.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Ours is a variable speed compressor so during the summer, it is set to 76 during the day when my wife/kids are there and set to maintain humidity under 50% which allows overcooling by 2 degrees. We run at 70/69 at night because our youngest doesn't sleep well with the fan running in our room so I have it cooler to keep from soaking the bed with sweat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I find roughly 80 degrees good for my sauna.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Nothing. My place is so well insulated (with triple glazing) that I don't have to heat. Don't have AC, but closing the blinds during the day keeps things cool enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

68f in the winter, and N/A for the summer (dont have AC)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I keep mine on 64F room temp and hover around that. I use fans in the heat and portable heaters in the cold. But I heard keep it just below 70 in the winter and just above 70 in the summer to have a better bill.

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