[ilovetv]

We keep ours at 79. Visitors coming into 73 degree A/C would be thinking "why didn't I bring a coat?". Brrrrrrrrr. Not friendly.

[jimbo2012]

Another thing not mentioned is the humidity setting

73 at a higher humidity may feel warmer than 78 at a lower humidity level.

Check to see what your humidity % is set it, that can have a significant cost factor.

The national average is 30-60%, most find that 50% is comfortable the lower the setting the higher the cost for the AC to pull the humidity out.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

We keep ours at 79. Visitors coming into 73 degree A/C would be thinking "why didn't I bring a coat?". Brrrrrrrrr. Not friendly.

We keep ours at 79 too. Feels cool and very comfortable and the house keeps the cool. It is well insulated.

[rubicon]

We have a Lantana and pay on average $220. We have a thermostat with a humidity control. The thermostat is then activated by either the temperature setting or humidity or both. We keep our temp at 78 and humidity 50% We have two refrig, After viewing what some are pay for electric we probably need to be more conscious of turning lights off as we leave a room and the TV also.

I am now on a conservation kick

[wendyquat]

We keep our cyv (cement) at 78 and last bill was $161. We thought that was about average.

[jimbo2012]

We have a Wisteria with a pool and pond motors, just under $100, temp at 78 humidity at 50%

[jblum315]

Rubicon: Lights and TV don't matter that much. It's the fridges that eat up electricity

[Rango]

Thermostat set at 73 degrees! Thyroid problem?

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Rubicon: Lights and TV don't matter that much. It's the fridges that eat up electricity

jblum: Thank you...Need to take a closer look at that issue

[patfla06]

73 is very cool. We keep ours on 77 during the day and 76 at night.
We don't live in our house yet (keep a/c on 81 when not there) and
our bill runs around $100 for a designer (2,600 sq.ft.).
(the most we are up in T.V. so far is maybe 10 days/month).

[patfla06]

Don't forget the electric dryer!

[sharonga]

In New York, our electric bills ran $400.00 june, july and august. $300 for May and September. The rest of the year we paid about $100 for electric and $75.00 for gas. Here we keep our thermostat on 76 during the day and 71 at night because of my night sweats. Our bill ranges from $130 - $150. We have a cottage. We are thrilled!!!! Depends on what you are used to. Oh yes, my friends freeze in my house!!!!

[rsetterlund]

We have a designer and keep the therm set to 80 degrees. At night we run the ceiling fan on low and sleep with a sheet over us. I budgeted $150 a month for electricity and have never gotten even close to that. Our August bill was $135 the highest it has ever been but then August was a very HOT month.