I love how the energy dept. says ok to raise the temp. when away and lower it to 78 when you want cooling. 78 is cooling???and comfortable! I don't care what you say after that statement. If when up"North" it is ok to lower the t'stat when your away because your heating system can recover much quicker than your cooling system mostly because the heating system has to work on what's called sensible heat while your cooling system has to work on both sensible heat as well as latent heat,which is basically water vapor or humidity. I always leave my t'stat set where I am comfortable unless I am away for several days and the raise it to about 80.
forty years designing, seling and servicing a/c systems in Miami.
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