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What do you keep your thermostat at ?

What do you keep your Themostat set at ?

  • 65 and below , its cold in here!

    Votes: 35 30.7%

  • 66

    Votes: 6 5.3%

  • 67

    Votes: 9 7.9%

  • 68

    Votes: 20 17.5%

  • 69

    Votes: 10 8.8%

  • 70

    Votes: 18 15.8%

  • 71

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • 72

    Votes: 5 4.4%

  • 73

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • 74 and above , lets cook

    Votes: 7 6.1%
  • Total voters
    114
SK6

SK6

Turbo Monkey
Jul 10, 2001
7,586
0
Shut up and ride...
The affect of the thermostat setting greatly depends on your system. On some systems, it cost more to maintain a house at 68 Deg. F. the others.

in the area your asking about, a heat pump is actually self defeating since the temperature is extremely low in that neck of the woods, thereby utilizing the electric backup. (Required by code)

According to A.S.R.A.E., 68 is the optimal temperature for most human beings. Please not that however, this is simply the mean temp.

Many systems heat in different ways, therefore the way one feels heat varies from system to system and person to person.

I've been doing this type of engineering for 20 years...so I almost have a clue.....:D
 
biggins

biggins

Rump Junkie
May 18, 2003
7,173
9
uhhhh i have gas heat so its really exprunsive to heat my 90 year old house. i keep it around 65 unless bigginsette is coming over to stay the night in which case i turn it down cause i know things will heat up later.
 
laura

laura

DH_Laura
Jul 16, 2002
6,259
15
Glitter Gulch
we keep ours turned off. i turn it on every now and then to get the chill out of the air, but most of the time its about 60 degrees. we keep it completely turned off at night. the other morning i woke up and the thermostat said it was below 50 in the house. our heat went up 75% from last year. i have a friend in a duplex with a 450 dollar heating bill and i just can't afford that, its almost rent.

we wear lots of clothes, and have 300 blankets on the bed. i'm just glad winter doesn't last very long around here.
 
laura

laura

DH_Laura
Jul 16, 2002
6,259
15
Glitter Gulch
MtnBikerChk said:
don't you risk freezing pipes? Even in the basement we never let it get below 50.
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we leave the cabinets open at night when it gets really cold here. it doesn't get really cold here very much.
 
antimony

antimony

M.N.F. Beer Wench
Nov 21, 2005
1,019
2
North Carolina
Ideally, I would have it 80 degrees in the house all the time...I love to be warm! My theory is, I should be able to walk around in cheering shorts and a tanktop in the house and be comfortable.

When I lived in NH I always cranked the heat up, but now that I am in NC, it's much easier not to, since it isn't 10 degrees outside every day. :cool:
 
Westy

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
55,986
22,024
Sleazattle
Thermostat is set at 63 or so all the time. I like it cold when I sleep so heat has been shut off to the three bedrooms. I actually only heat about a 800ft of the house
 
Spunger

Spunger

Git yer dumb questions here
Feb 19, 2003
2,257
0
805
while I'm awake 70-72 but I dont think our thermometer is right.

At night it gets turned off, set to 50. If it gets 50 then it can come on :) No point though in having it turn on when you're in bed under the blankets.

But it's southern california. You know it gets cold here? j/k
 
TreeSaw

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
17,811
2,132
Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
Well, our house is huge so we generally close the vents to all of the rooms we don't use and keep the blinds drawn and doors closed. We also have a timer on our thermostat.


I put in programmable thermostats....

WAKEUP 68
LEAVE 55
HOME 68
SLEEP 55 (we like it cold when we sleep)

Generally our house is about 60-64 I think. It's not too bad.
 
J

JRogers

talks too much
Mar 19, 2002
3,785
1
Claremont, CA
antimony said:
Ideally, I would have it 80 degrees in the house all the time...I love to be warm! My theory is, I should be able to walk around in cheering shorts and a tanktop in the house and be comfortable.
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Are you serious? That would kill (literally, I sweat if it's over about 70) and enrage me.

I keep it at around 68 right now...only because my roommate kept turning it up. I was keeping at 65 or a bit lower before. If I were paying for the heat directly, it'd certainly be lower.
 
Silver

Silver

find me a tampon
Jul 20, 2002
10,840
1
Orange County, CA
Buy an electric blanket. Our has paid itself off in less than a month, and it's really nice to have. Like getting into a dry hot tub...
 
Toshi

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
39,727
8,737
the apartment as a whole stays super cold (probably mid 50s these days), but my room is at 70 all the time when i'm in it, and 75 at night. yes, i like to be warmer at night, and that's with proper bedding. go figure.
 
Salami

Salami

Turbo Monkey
Jul 17, 2003
1,788
121
Waxhaw, NC
HUH?? :confused:

I just turned the AC off today because the temperature dropped low enough to open the windows. In fact I am going to sleep with the windows open tonight.

By the weekend the weather forecast is saying we will probably have to turn the AC back on which is programmed for 74-77 degrees depending on the time of day.
 
GumbaFish

GumbaFish

Turbo Monkey
Oct 5, 2004
1,747
0
Rochester N.Y.
At school I live in a three level house with an appartment for 4 people on each of the first two levels and a single on the third. We are having a bit of a heat war with the kids below us. One morning I woke up and my room was 77 degrees with 67 % humidity and I was already sick and pissed off but that did it. They had the thermostat set on 84 freakin degrees. So I turned it down to 70, which seemed like more then a reasonable temp considering this house is poorly insulated, lacks many storms, and is just cold usually. Then today I noticed it was set on 81, I'll try it at 74 to see if they don't notice. Its like if I open my heat vent its at least 75 degrees in my room and if I close it I don't get any heat and it gets a little cool and drafty. Not to mention they like terrible music and feel free to blast it at glass rattling decibles...Too bad they often park their car right in the middle of the driveway (blocking entry to the parking lot) which happens to be just in urination distance from our second floor balcany...There was a rant I didn't expect
 
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blt2ride

Turbo Monkey
May 25, 2005
2,332
0
Chatsworth
I live in So Cal, so I haven't had to kick the heater on, yet. In the summer, I leave it between 65-70. I don't use the heat much in the winter; although, if I need to run it at night, I'll set it at like 75 and run it for like half an hour to an hour.
 
J

JRogers

talks too much
Mar 19, 2002
3,785
1
Claremont, CA
kinghami3 said:
I turn it off and keep the window open, then my Hawaiian roommate turns it up to 80. :p
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Haha...I had a Colombian dude living next to me a while back. He liked his room at about the same temp as his hometown....
 
Westy

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
55,986
22,024
Sleazattle
johnbryanpeters said:
68.


So SK6,

Please give me a clue why I have never seen a commercial, factory, or office heating/cooling system that actually worked?
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The factory floor at the place I used to work made very precise machinery and the temperature in the two manufacturing bays was extremely important. There were temp sensors all over the place, if any one of them was off by the set temp more than 2 degrees production would have to shut down for 24 hours. I can never remember that happening.
 
stevew

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
41,159
10,096
It's my brothers house. I don't touch the thermostat. Broken fingers might happen.
 
binary visions

binary visions

The voice of reason
Jun 13, 2002
22,162
1,261
NC
Since moving to NC, I don't keep the heat on. We just turn it on for about 30 minutes after work, and maybe another 20 minutes or so before bed.

I used to keep it just under 70 in NH, though.
 
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