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Originally Posted by coffeebean
We keep our thermostat at 76 all the time when we are home. We leave it at that temperature when we go out because in this intense Florida heat, we are afraid the A/C will have a difficult time catching up to cool the house down to the comfortable (for us) 76 degrees.
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That's a big part of your high electric bill. To my wife and me, we would freeze at 76 degrees, I would experiment with something warmer, at least try 80 degrees and leave it there home and away. Also ceiling fans can be your friends, hot water heater can be set at 120 degrees if not already. Keep curtains, blinds, shutters, whatever on the side facing the sun closed. We have plantation shutters on all our windows, although not on our 3 sliding glass doors, which only have vertical blinds. We have a custom made 14' retractable sun shade on the lanai facing the setting sun from RK Shades, it looks like this but is dark brown color. Our average electric bill is between $76 and $86, we did buy a 75" TV so I think that's one reason our bill went up somewhat to $91.
