Air Conditioning is officaly on for the summer

snow

Well it has got warm enough here to turn on the Air Conditioning for the summer, 62 Farenheight out right now as I type this.

REGARDS SNOW

tonyb

You turn on the air at 62 ? You part eskimo or what?:)

snow

tonyb wrote: »

You turn on the air at 62 ? You part eskimo or what?:)

No actually I am an out of town NDN as they say but I have been here so long I am acclimated to the cold and dont care for the heat. I usally sleep with the window open no matter how cold it is in the winter, one morning I woke up and my eyelids had froze shut and there was snow and ice in my hair. At first I thought someone had came in and blinded me in the middle of the night, but as soon as I put my hands on my eyes they thawed out and I realized what had happened, a snow and wind storm had came in during the night

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nguyendot

It's 62 in the house here and the space heater is on.. Funny the past 2 weeks has been 78-90F with the AC on. Got tired of setting the thermostat so i went and got a 6 time 7 day programmable thermostat with auto heat/air.

Polk addict

snow wrote: »

I usally sleep with the window open no matter how cold it is in the winter, one morning I woke up and my eyelids had froze shut and there was snow and ice in my hair. At first I thought someone had came in and blinded me in the middle of the night, but as soon as I put my hands on my eyes they thawed out and I realized what had happened, a snow and wind storm had came in during the night

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Beastly...

nadams

Heat stays on until the outside temp is at least 67.... A/C doesn't come on until it's over 80 or maybe a little cooler but humid.

We had two or three days in the low to mid 80's already, and I was perfectly comfortable in the house (as it stayed about 74 at the peak). Difference is, it's too early in the season for it to be really humid. Most I've seen so far was 45% on a day it was raining.

Now, once it gets humid, I'll be thinking that 74 is oppressive, and be running the A/C non-stop.

I like the part of the spring between heating and cooling seasons... Gives me a break from both the electric, and the natural gas bills.

Face

70 degrees indoors, year round.

bobman1235

Some of you people really need to grow a pair.

I'd rather it be a little chilly / warm in my house than live in a hermetically sealed chamber with fake recirculated air.

I turn the heat off as early as I can and use a window A/C only on the rare night when it is unbearably hot and I need it to sleep.

Jstas

bobman1235 wrote: »

...fake recirculated air.

Yeah! Nothing like that REAL air to cure what ails ya! :rolleyes:

Face

bobman1235 wrote: »

Some of you people really need to grow a pair.

I'd rather it be a little chilly / warm in my house than live in a hermetically sealed chamber with fake recirculated air.

I turn the heat off as early as I can and use a window A/C only on the rare night when it is unbearably hot and I need it to sleep.

Yeah, you're right. Why would someone want to be comfortable 24/7?

wutadumsn23

LOL, my wife made me put ours up in the living room this weekend. Bedroom is next. After 3 days of 60+ she thinks winter is done here, lol. Next week it will be snowing I'm sure.

-Jeff

exalted512

I usually keep my ac on 78. Have only had to do it a couple times this year so far...I try and leave the doors open as much as possible with no ac. If I'm working outside I might turn the ac down to 75 so its cooler when I come in.

When its cold out, the heater usually stays on 75. I hate cold weather.
-Cody

bobman1235

Face wrote: »

Yeah, you're right. Why would someone want to be comfortable 24/7?

The point is you should be adaptable and able to be comfortable in a RANGE of temperatures, not baby yourself so you're only comfortable within a three-degree range and otherwise you're either shivering or sweating and miserable.

I live in the NOrtheast, the weather is constantly changing, and invariably the same people who **** and moan about the cold during the winter are teh same ones that **** and moan when it's hot during the summer, and it's because they never open their windows and can only be comfortable when it's 71.2 degrees.

snow

exalted512 wrote: »

I usually keep my ac on 78. Have only had to do it a couple times this year so far...I try and leave the doors open as much as possible with no ac. If I'm working outside I might turn the ac down to 75 so its cooler when I come in.

When its cold out, the heater usually stays on 75. I hate cold weather.
-Cody

That would kill me

bobman1235 wrote: »

The point is you should be adaptable and able to be comfortable in a RANGE of temperatures, not baby yourself so you're only comfortable within a three-degree range and otherwise you're either shivering or sweating and miserable.

I live in the NOrtheast, the weather is constantly changing, and invariably the same people who **** and moan about the cold during the winter are teh same ones that **** and moan when it's hot during the summer, and it's because they never open their windows and can only be comfortable when it's 71.2 degrees.

Well I am a big believer in fresh air. but for me at least I find that no matter how cold it gets I can put enough of the right clothes on to be comfortable but when its too hot I could walk around naked and still be miserable.



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Jstas

bobman1235 wrote: »

The point is you should be adaptable and able to be comfortable in a RANGE of temperatures, not baby yourself so you're only comfortable within a three-degree range and otherwise you're either shivering or sweating and miserable.

I live in the NOrtheast, the weather is constantly changing, and invariably the same people who **** and moan about the cold during the winter are teh same ones that **** and moan when it's hot during the summer, and it's because they never open their windows and can only be comfortable when it's 71.2 degrees.

What about allergies, dude? This time of year, when the trees are having sex, I can't breathe in the morning. I was so glad to move out for that fact alone because my parents are like you and they can't understand why I would curse and **** about having to have the windows open when I could SEE the yellow haze of pollen in the air.

I moved out and for about 2 weeks of every spring, the windows are shut and climate control is on. I sleep better, don't get sick as often and I don't feel like I got hit by a truck in the morning.

nguyendot

snow wrote: »

That would kill me

Well I am a big believer in fresh air. but for me at least I find that no matter how cold it gets I can put enough of the right clothes on to be comfortable but when its too hot I could walk around naked and still be miserable.



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That's my same philosophy! You can only take so much off. In the winter when I had a roommate (year or two ago) i'd come home and he would have forgotten we had heat. He'd be bundled up no the couch for a 12 hour gaming session on the Xbox360 while the house would dip down to 40-45F.

I'm comfortable in many ranges, but when I sleep I do like to have it between 68 and 74. During the summer I'm out in the 105F temps doing yard work and in the winter i'm out playing in the 0F we get here as well. That doesn't mean I have to live in any of those temperatures. We open the windows from 68F to about 82F, but if you can start breaking a sweat, the windows close and the AC comes on. No one wants to be in a house that makes you sweat, especially when that smell sticks to your sofa. Also if you wait until too much of a temperature swing, your HVAC will have to work harder to negate that swing.

Regardless of what you other people think, if someone wants to be comfortable at a certain temperature, that's their right and not your place to judge them.

nguyendot

Jstas wrote: »

What about allergies, dude? This time of year, when the trees are having sex, I can't breathe in the morning. I was so glad to move out for that fact alone because my parents are like you and they can't understand why I would curse and **** about having to have the windows open when I could SEE the yellow haze of pollen in the air.

I moved out and for about 2 weeks of every spring, the windows are shut and climate control is on. I sleep better, don't get sick as often and I don't feel like I got hit by a truck in the morning.

That's why my windows are closed during that time, with a hepa filter in every room

bobman1235

Jstas wrote: »

What about allergies, dude? This time of year, when the trees are having sex, I can't breathe in the morning. I was so glad to move out for that fact alone because my parents are like you and they can't understand why I would curse and **** about having to have the windows open when I could SEE the yellow haze of pollen in the air.

I moved out and for about 2 weeks of every spring, the windows are shut and climate control is on. I sleep better, don't get sick as often and I don't feel like I got hit by a truck in the morning.

Allergies are obviously something different, and I'm glad it helps you. Personally if I had bad allergies I'd hope for medication to help rather than locking myself indoors for the rest of my life, but whatever works.

Jstas

bobman1235 wrote: »

Allergies are obviously something different, and I'm glad it helps you. Personally if I had bad allergies I'd hope for medication to help rather than locking myself indoors for the rest of my life, but whatever works.

Ah, good, thanks for marginalizing me yet again. See sport, I have been taking medication...for years. I've changed medications 3 times in the past decade alone because the older I get, the more ineffective the medications are. I don't "lock myself indoors" because I want to, I do it because I have to. It's also the reason I like working in computer rooms. No dust, no allergens of any kind. Just lots ans lots of the cool, clean, dry, fake air. Makes a person feel normal.

bobman1235

OK, champ. Good for you. The OP was talking about air conditioning because it broke 70, not filtered air because of allergies. Not everything is about you.

Jstas

bobman1235 wrote: »

OK, champ. Good for you. The OP was talking about air conditioning because it broke 70, not filtered air because of allergies. Not everything is about you.

Who said I used filtered air? I said I shut the windows and use climate control, just like the OP. The first week of allergy season, it was an average of 62 degrees outside. But my windows were shut and the AC on because it was getting too warm during the day.

comfortablycurt

You turn the AC on at 62? Wow. No wonder there's an energy problem.


My AC doesn't get turned on until it hits the mid-upper 90's or so. Until then, I love the fresh air from the open windows.

cheddar

wutadumsn23 wrote: »

LOL, my wife made me put ours up in the living room this weekend. Bedroom is next. After 3 days of 60+ she thinks winter is done here, lol. Next week it will be snowing I'm sure.

-Jeff

Isn't the thermostat one of the major flashpoints in a marriage? Like toothpaste squeezing or toilet seats?

Conradicles

Snow, your screen name fits you well!

snow

comfortablycurt wrote: »

You turn the AC on at 62? Wow. No wonder there's an energy problem.


My AC doesn't get turned on until it hits the mid-upper 90's or so. Until then, I love the fresh air from the open windows.

Yes I am personally the source of the energy problems the stock market the economic downturn and anything else you would like to put on my shoulders

Actually I probally use less energy than most because my thermostats are all set at 50 farenheight and since it is cold here 7 months out of the year the air conditioning is most likely ran less than most places.

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TouchOfEvil

bobman1235 wrote: »

OK, champ. Good for you. The OP was talking about air conditioning because it broke 70, not filtered air because of allergies. Not everything is about you.

I keep my heat/ac set on 70 degrees year round. U mad brah?

disneyjoe7

78f in the house right now and yes the air is on.

snow

TouchOfEvil wrote: »

I keep my heat/ac set on 70 degrees year round. U mad brah?

Yes I am mad at all of you who arent exactly like me and who dont do all the the things I do the way that I do them

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I know I know im a post ho

comfortablycurt

snow wrote: »

Yes I am personally the source of the energy problems the stock market the economic downturn and anything else you would like to put on my shoulders

Actually I probally use less energy than most because my thermostats are all set at 50 farenheight and since it is cold here 7 months out of the year the air conditioning is most likely ran less than most places.

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Watch out...Al Gore is coming to kick your ****!!:p

Norm Apter

One of the things I like about SoCal...been living here for nearly 4 years straight and have never turned on the heat or a/c. Just two years ago picked up a space heater and tower fan for the occassional adjustment, but have never had to turn to central climate control.

comfortablycurt

Norm Apter wrote: »

One of the things I like about SoCal...been living here for nearly 4 years straight and have never turned on the heat or a/c. Just two years ago picked up a space heater and tower fan for the occassional adjustment, but have never had to turn to central climate control.

And that's one of the reasons that I'll be moving there in the next 5 years or so.;):)