What do you keep your thermostat set to?

Pete Zicato • Jan 28, 2012 11:21 pm
Winter/Daytime etc.

WD: 68 WN:65

SD:76 SN:78
footfootfoot • Jan 28, 2012 11:31 pm
Winter, 24/7= 62
Summer = whatever we get from Sol.
Perry Winkle • Jan 29, 2012 12:06 am
footfootfoot;791399 wrote:
Winter, 24/7= 62
Summer = whatever we get from Sol.


Hah. Exact same here.
infinite monkey • Jan 29, 2012 1:00 am
I go between 60 and 62 in the winter. If I feel really cold I use a bunch of blankets and one small electric heater every now and them.

Summer, I just try to keep it bearable. My window ACs can be running constantly and it might still be 80 or more inside. Bleh...
Flint • Jan 29, 2012 1:27 am
You can't know, because I put electrical tape over it, and wrote "DO NOT TOUCH" on the wall, in sharpie.
Clodfobble • Jan 29, 2012 8:45 am
Summer is 78 all day/night (which actually applies for about 9 months of the year.)
Winter is 70/68
HungLikeJesus • Jan 29, 2012 9:10 am
WD:62-64, WN:53-57°F
Summer - uncontrolled
BrianR • Jan 29, 2012 9:53 am
68 winter (only due to wife's whining)
65 summer

would be 65 year round but Mary whines and cries about "freezing" at 68 as it is. I can be lounging in my undies in front of an open window (no, I cannot be seen from outside) and she will be bundled in fleece jammies, double socks and a blanket...shivering and claiming to be "cold".

There's something wrong with her...I just know it!
Griff • Jan 29, 2012 10:05 am
Do not have.
TheMercenary • Jan 29, 2012 10:27 am
68 winter, but the wife keeps turning it up at night.
72 summer.
SamIam • Jan 29, 2012 11:08 am
Winter - 65 daytime, 55 - night (I use a thick comforter and two toasty cats)

Summer - as cool as my ancient room conditioner can get it. When it gets too hot, I head for the mountains.
Sundae • Jan 29, 2012 11:16 am
Griff;791453 wrote:
Do not have.

Same.
But due to 72yo father the heating is on more than I would like.
Lamplighter • Jan 29, 2012 11:50 am
Ah, the Brits are a hardy folk !
Lola Bunny • Jan 29, 2012 11:55 am
winter: usually none, unless it's the first thing in the morning when my nephew first come then we turn it on until the temp shows 23 celcius. after a little while, we shut it off.

summer: around 80 on the a/c thermostat, that means it's a bit warm in the home, but we bear it. keeps the electric bill down.
Sundae • Jan 29, 2012 12:01 pm
In South Eastern England (and especially in my protected Vale home) we get nothing like the temperatures you do. Our current overnight lows barely hit zero (32) and it's generally 10-16 (50-60).

Snow is unusual where I live. A hard frost is more likely, but having to scrape your car windscreen for more than three days in a row is too.

I am hardy as it happens. Walking into work I consider anything above 53 to be T-shirt weather. But that's because it's a mile uphill. I take a jacket or my cloak on Mondays because I have playground duty and am static for 15 minutes. I don't go for the hat, the scarf, the gloves and the boots that other teachers and TAs deem essential. And I walk back into the over-heated classroom reluctantly, rather than feeling relief at finally being warm!

A/C in private homes is extremely rare here. I have been in a millionaire's house and they didn't have it.
But with scorching summer tremperatures that might reach the giddy heights of 32 (90) for one day every year, we find a way to live without it. I melt at anything over 23 (73) but mobile fans and lying down tend to deal with that. Oh and sweating copiously. Still, at least I don't commute by Tube any more.
classicman • Jan 29, 2012 2:12 pm
Mine runs from 60 - 68 in the winter
and summer is 85 - 78
Gravdigr • Jan 29, 2012 7:57 pm
We lost our thermostat on 9/11 you insensitive bastards!!

All we got is a knob on a gas wall furnace.

Winter:

The kitchen is usually 74-77, depending if the ceiling fan is on. Living room is usually 71-74. My bedroom stays closed when I'm in there, so, no heat. 64-69 degrees most of the time. Just an open door for the 'rents' bedroom, hovers right around 70.

Oddly enough, only my room changes temp much in the summer.

The window unit A/C and a pedestal fan in the hallway cools the whole house. It's in my room. In the summer, temps stay right at 62-65 dgrees in my room.

ETA: Electric bill in hottest summer months is $45-65 -in winter, generally in the $35 area.
Gas bill in the coldest winter is $50 or so, -in summer, $0.

Insulation, and tight windows/doors, 'sall I'm sayin'.