Please turn off your A/C or set it to 78F?

I see a lot of people when it's 85F outside with A/C running full speed. it drives me nuts. Same thing at home, people setting their thermostat to 72 or even 70F. Can't they set it to 78F (unless there's old people or babies in the house).


Then the same people say they can't stand the heat. For sure, if you live all day long in a house at 70F you won't get use to the heat, it will save energy


what do you think ?

Please turn off your A/C or set it to 78F?
since you aren't paying their electric bill, don't worry about it.





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Reply:Hey, you try living on the 11th floor of a high rise building when its 85F outside! Even when it's just 60F outside, it feels like a sauna where I stay. When I signed the lease to this building, the last thing the property manager mentioned was that there was no air conditioning in the building...rats! Moving my things from the lobby to the 11th floor was a sweaty mess, even though we moved my things via elevator! I eventually got an air conditioner and I run it everyday (except when I am not at home) because it feels good to have a cool 5,600BTUs in a hot apartment, plus I pay an extra $50 to have the AC in the first place. I happily pay for the energy costs for the sweet reward. So, I suppose I am the exception when it comes to running my AC full blast.
Reply:I totally agree! I have a programmable thermostat at home, and it is set at 78F from 4pm- 9am and at 85F during the day when i am at work. I am always very comfortable because by the time I get home the house is nice and cool and my bill is never too high.
Reply:Heck when it,s 70_103 degrees outside I,m usually in the the kitchen with a oven blazing @425 slaving over the stove for my my family~or~out in the garden~or out in the barn shoveling manure/pitching hey etc,Then I come in turn on the A/C take a shower and chill out with a cold drink.


~so I work for the Chillin' I get ~
Reply:No, it does not save energy. At 78 degrees, the air conditioner has to work harder to keep the house cool. This means it will come on more often.





Most A/C companies will tell you to keep the thermostat at 68 degrees.





All of the southwestern states and California run their A/C seven days per week, 24 hours per day. This usually goes on for six to seven months because it hardly ever gets cold.
Reply:78 is a bit too high. My sister in law kept her house at that temperature in Florida, we couldn't stand it. Too muggy. We keep ours at 76 during the day when we are home and set it up a couple degrees at night. That way the humidity is kept in check.