Your thermostat

[The_Tick]

83 in the summer. 68 in the winter.

Middle name is Scrooge.

[wuapinmon]

It's now been running for two hours straight. I honestly think it could run all night and still not get the temp as low as they like it.

What does your power bill run a month in the Summer?

[TripletDaddy]

80 degrees inside the home?

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Summer: 77 during the day when people are inside the house, turn it off when people leave for longer than going out and getting the mail. 75 at night. Last year we put it at 74 when my wife was pregnant. It's amazing the difference a few degrees make at this range. 79-80 feels sweltering, while 77 during the day feels fine.

Winter: 72 at night (newborn baby). About 70 during the day.

Note that I also have some of the cheapest electricity around. Something about my power company being in a spot where three grids come together (or something like that). I have an electric water heater and a heat pump. The only thing that is gas is my oven, stove and fireplace. I hate the heat pump. When it gets down to the low 20s at night in December and January, which seems to happen about 15-20 times every Winter, the thing struggles. It's trying to maintain a 50 degree differential inside the house. Compare that with what an AC has to do during the summer. It gets to around 107 or above maybe ten times a summer and it has to maintain only a 30 degree differential. My electricity bill runs about $90 during the peak in summer and goes to about $140 between December 20 and January 20. My gas bill is about $7.00 -- and $5.00 of that is the monthly service charge. Even with the cheap electricity, it would be more economical to have a gas furnace.

[Portland Ute]

In the summer, 74 during the day (sometimes 72). 70 at night, but we force most of the air upstairs where the bedrooms are so they get a bit cooler before the thermostat turns off.

In the winter, we usually set the heat at 68 or 70 during the day. At night, we set it at a very brisk 68 or 70. We like to sleep cool and pile on blankets.

[Babs]

What does your power bill run a month in the Summer?

a lot.

[wuapinmon]

a lot.

If it's more than $250, then I'll entertain complaints.

[Brian]

72 during the day, 69 at night.
Winter: 62 during the day, 55 at night.

[Clark Addison]

Normally during the summer we run it at about 78 during the day and 72 during the night (with some variations due to having an upstairs and a downstairs system).

With the recent heat wave, the upstairs a/c can't keep up, and if I let it get up to 78, it will keep going to the mid-80s, and never get below about 77 at night, which is just too hot for me, so I basically have the upstairs going 24 hours a day during heat waves.

In the hottest month of the year, our electric bill is generally around $400.

[wuapinmon]

In the hottest month of the year, our electric bill is generally around $400.

OUCH! Would planting shade trees help, or is the house too tall for them to make a difference anytime soon?

[The_Tick]

Normally during the summer we run it at about 78 during the day and 72 during the night (with some variations due to having an upstairs and a downstairs system).

With the recent heat wave, the upstairs a/c can't keep up, and if I let it get up to 78, it will keep going to the mid-80s, and never get below about 77 at night, which is just too hot for me, so I basically have the upstairs going 24 hours a day during heat waves.

In the hottest month of the year, our electric bill is generally around $400.

With my 83 degrees during the summer months...I usually run around 400 a a month.

My gas and electric are together...and I would say I pay about 3500 a year.

Biggest problem is my house faces East/West. So the sun beats down on the windows all morning and all night. Front yard has "a" tree in it that provides some shade. Back yard is too small for trees.

[Babs]

If it's more than $250, then I'll entertain complaints.

I decline to enter this iteration of CUF penis-waggling, but I'm pretty sure our electric bill would rival anyone's. And that's keeping our thermostat at 82. Austin summer plus city-owned utilities plus 75-year-old 2600 s.f. house makes a perfect storm for exorbitant utility bills.

[Moliere]

If it's more than $250, then I'll entertain complaints.

Our June bill was $368 however we had an abnormally hot June (67.1% more cooling degree days than normal). July has been much cooler so far so the bill should come down.

[falafel]

If it's more than $250, then I'll entertain complaints.

My power bill was $288 this month, and that's with some fancy power efficiency equipment reducing my bill by 20%.

[wuapinmon]

Mine was $150, but I had it turned down to 70 some nights because I like to sleep in the cold. This is the benefit of all those trees on our property. My house is 2100 sqf.