[RiderOnTheStorm]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Where do you set your thermostat for your AC on warm days ??

The wife find we both like 77 degrees night and day with our ceiling fans
running during the day in the living area, and in the bedroom at night.

Ah, wherever you are comfortable?

[NavyVet]

I guess we're odd ducks too. I would be absolutely roasting and sweating in most of your homes.
We have our AC set at 75 day time and 72 at night with ceiling fans running pretty much year round. (We have 10 fans total.)
When we have the occasional cold snap and everyone is cranking the heat, that's when we open the windows and get house down into the 60s and aired out. I love it! We only turn on heat if house gets below 65.
Even in winter we have to have air moving and turn the fans to the low setting.
I'm the one walking in shorts and sleeveless top when everyone else is bundled up in long pants and jackets/sweaters. LOL
I've lived in Florida since 1995 and still find the summer heat and humidity stifling, so I just avoid being outdoors as much as possible. :-)

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

I'm a bit confused. We haven't moved to TV yet and we don't have central air in Mass., But if we put our heating system up to 77 degrees we would suffocate from the heat and the paint would blister on our walls. We set out thermostat to 68 and that is sometime too warm

Hi Massachusetts Neighbor,

I am from Connecticut (whoah, way south & tropical). Humans, people, us, you & me are way adaptable. For example: think about in the fall, the colder temps after the summer temps make us shiver & want to put the heat on, along with sweaters & long pants. But those exact same temps in the spring are like: Whoo Hoo shorts & tees. It is a matter of what you are used to. So in your example you are sweating (& rightly so) at 77 degrees after getting used to 32 degrees (& lower outside). 68 is way too warm for me in a 2 level house. If you are still in Mass right now, go outside & remember what this exact same temperature felt like in October.
Regards,

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by banjobob

80degrees with fans running very comfortable , humidity level kept low at that setting with humidistat

We don’t have a humidistat. The AC lowers our humidity.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

I understand the need for AC. My question is why 77- as I said if we set our heat up north at 77 that would not cool at all- it would feel like being in a furnace.

That’s because of what the outside temperature and humidity is like 77° here feel similar and comfortable like 68° up north.

[DennisDee]

Years ago up north (NY)...I believe some governing body (i.e. OSHA, or county, etc.) posed that working environment had to be 10 degrees cooler than outside temperature when outside temperature was above 85 degrees F. Nobody complained and it felt good to be indoors.

[upstate]

73 during the day, 67 at night with the bedroom fan on medium.

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by Lindaws

We do 79 all day all night

I just can't !

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by rustyp

I just can't !

OH YES, YOU CAN! You've got Super High-Level Secret Seniority On TOTV'S. This is a gimme for you! LOL, I'm dying laughing.

Go for it I triple Dog Dare You!

[talonip]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Where do you set your thermostat for your AC on warm days ??

The wife find we both like 77 degrees night and day with our ceiling fans
running during the day in the living area, and in the bedroom at night.

67 at night and 73 day. Keeps my allergies in check.

[Larchap49]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

I'm a bit confused. We haven't moved to TV yet and we don't have central air in Mass., But if we put our heating system up to 77 degrees we would suffocate from the heat and the paint would blister on our walls. We set out thermostat to 68 and that is sometime too warm

You will learn 68 with AC is like living in a refrigerator. In summer AC at 77 in winter when heat needed 68 to 72 depending on wife's body heat index that day

[chrissy2231]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Where do you set your thermostat for your AC on warm days ??

The wife find we both like 77 degrees night and day with our ceiling fans
running during the day in the living area, and in the bedroom at night.

78 & 69 for heat. if too hot when I take shower, turn a/c down to 69. If too cold when I shower, turn heat up to 74.

[pandahughes]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Where do you set your thermostat for your AC on warm days ??

The wife find we both like 77 degrees night and day with our ceiling fans
running during the day in the living area, and in the bedroom at night.

Programmed to 80 for air, 70 for heat.

[Whitley]

Sixty eight (68) degrees works for me for all twelve months.

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by DennisDee

Years ago up north (NY)...I believe some governing body (i.e. OSHA, or county, etc.) posed that working environment had to be 10 degrees cooler than outside temperature when outside temperature was above 85 degrees F. Nobody complained and it felt good to be indoors.

I recall being a child in the 70's, and the police coming around the neighborhood checking thermostats (winter) to be sure they were at 62 and no higher.