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Thread: 78 Degrees is the Lowest You Should Set Your A/C According to Government

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    Mines at 78 all the time, 78 is fine






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    Quote Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches View Post
    Mines at 78 all the time, 78 is fine
    No way, Steamy..

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    ITS FINE!






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    I typically turn mine down a few degrees once the sun goes down, much more efficient to cool the house when you're not fighting the sun. I gotta sleep in a cool room. Here at the Island I keep it cooler than my better insulated house.
    Off when I'm at work, on a timer to fire up an hour before I get home. 72 while I'm home and 68 at night.

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    The thermostat is on the other side of the room from the wall unit. 71 is the set point for 77 across the room.
    I wanted to be a Monk, but I never got the chants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pony View Post
    I typically turn mine down a few degrees once the sun goes down, much more efficient to cool the house when you're not fighting the sun. I gotta sleep in a cool room. Here at the Island I keep it cooler than my better insulated house.
    Off when I'm at work, on a timer to fire up an hour before I get home. 72 while I'm home and 68 at night.
    I like a tomb as well when I sleep.. Give me a big ol comforter and a cool breeze..

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    I don't have central A/C as it's only really hot enough to need A/C a few weeks a year... but when it is, I set my little portable A/C at about 66f/18c overnight

    I want governments to take emissions more seriously.... but 100 companies are responsible for 70% of emissions, so my 8 hours of A/C use a few weeks a year is a fart in the wind and they can fuck off. Energy is so damn cheap in Vancouver too because we have hydro, so my bill only goes up a few bucks a month in the summer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    I like a tomb as well when I sleep.. Give me a big ol comforter and a cool breeze..
    You Big American Capitalist Pig

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    I kicked my Aircon to the curb. I open the windows at night , then shutters during day.

    Big ceiling fans essential though

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    I kicked my Aircon to the curb. I open the windows at night , then shutters during day.

    Big ceiling fans essential though
    You better watch out for snakes...

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    Trust me, if I could have the a/c set to arctic at night I would. That's why I have the heat down so low in the winter, it's the only time I can keep the bedroom that cool without the wife bitching

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    "set to arctic"..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Trust me, if I could have the a/c set to arctic at night I would. That's why I have the heat down so low in the winter, it's the only time I can keep the bedroom that cool without the wife bitching
    Same here, I love sleeping in a freezing cold room.

    I read someone explain the biology behind it a while back. Basically it's something to do with the millennia of humans living under the stars and sleeping at night when it cools down being programmed into us. Most of us need our body temp to fall 2 or 3 degrees to be able to fall asleep still as a result. It's also part of the reason it feels so good to take a hot shower before bed, it's not only relaxing but as you're drying off you cool down and get sleepy.


    My cat on the other hand... he likes to take a shit right around the time we go to bed, and that gets him fired up to tear ass around the house for 45 minutes when we're trying to fall asleep

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    You better watch out for snakes...
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    I like the heat and most of you USA'ers are a bunch of heatbags living in a sauna

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