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If I'm paying the bills the AC is set to 72 in the summer and the heat is set to 66 in the winter.

If I'm not paying the bills the AC is set to 66 when it's hot and the heat is set to 72 when it's cold.

69 F

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I acclimate to to the heat. I've lived in the South with no AC at all; 80F with humidity control is cushy by comparison.

Summer: open windows until heat and/or humidity causes concern for my electronics.

Winter Day: 68F Winter Night: 58F

72/65 in the winter 78/70 in the summer. I know we should keep it cooler in the winter, but I just really hate being cold.

It depends on where you sleep. Basement vs upstairs can make a huge difference at the same thermostat setting. I keep mine set to be between 19°C and 25°C and don't have trouble sleeping.

Speaking of which, anyone else use Home Assistant / Z-Wave?

71 in winter

70 in summer

During the cold season
20°C, 18°C at night and when away

During the warm season
23°C, 25°C when away

By thermostat are we talking about heating? I'm cold-tolerant so I typically set mine to 15.5 C. If it gets any colder than that indoors it comes on

23 all year round

I try to keep between 68 F and 72 F, but uh, the thermostat's method of measuring the actual temperature in the apartment is completely, laughably busted, so... hot days it goes on 62, cold days it goes on 84.

I keep it 68F(20c) downstairs, but the main house temp is regrettably 73F(22C) and I fight to keep it that low because the rest of the house is cold blooded.

Here's January of this year. San Francisco, so pretty moderate weather

typically don't run heat during the day, and low 60s at night (if at all) during the winter. Large temperature gradient throughout house, typically.

South facing windows gives kitchen and living room a greenhouse effect, particularly in the winter, hence the large daily temperature swings:

70 in the winter. And, and we don’t have AC because most days are cool enough in the summer.

I'm originally from Florida, so 78 is what I usually leave mine at during summer.

18 c - 23 c.

When I visit the US I find that I usually set it in the mid to high 60s for optimal comfort.

Why would I care what temperature it is when I'm sleeping? I'm asleep.

That aside, 60 winter and 73 summer.

80f / 26.6c

67-68f in the winter, 74 in the summer + fans to supplement when it gets really hot/muggy.

Neither are my ideal temperature, but it lowers the bills and helps reduce the harm done in terms of energy consumption

17-20 C

In summer it's off and in winter 20,5-21℃ at daytime and 17℃ at night.

It's always set at 19°C at night and 20°C for the day, all year long. But it's only heating, there is no AC.

63/77 all year.

I live in California’s San Joaquin valley. It gets hot in the summer. PG&E bill is high as hell. Having your place cooler than 78F is a total luxury. In my place keeping it at 78F would mean a couple $600 bills. I have since gotten solar but I’ve heard PG&E increased their prices twice since then. And they want to increase it even more.

On the other hand some places like Sacramento used to have super cheap rates and people could crank their ACs on.

72°F in summer / 64°F in winter

Heat to 69 in the winter, cool to 74-76 in the summer.

Usually around 18-19, 15-16 overnight

Year long lowest possible to keep whatever fluids are in the radiators flowing. Not off but not too on either. And then open windows to regulate temperature.

My building is hot OK...

18° during the day, 16° at night. I remember reading somewhere that getting down to 15° or lower for extended periods of time can cause problems for your house.

Ours is a variable speed compressor so during the summer, it is set to 76 during the day when my wife/kids are there and set to maintain humidity under 50% which allows overcooling by 2 degrees. We run at 70/69 at night because our youngest doesn't sleep well with the fan running in our room so I have it cooler to keep from soaking the bed with sweat.

I agree that 78°F is way too high to be a confortable sleeping temp, though being in a country where residential AC isn't really a thing and inside temps at night often are higher than that in summer... you get used to it, it'll just never be fun.

My ideal sleeping temp is like 15°C but even if I had AC that seems too wasteful so I'd probably settle for 18-20

I only have heat. So in the winter I usually set it to 65°F, then my wife sets it to 68°F. Then she sets it to 70°F. Then she sets it to 72°F.

When I have my AC on (usually on the hottest summer days), I set it to 19°C (66.2°F) so it's not too cold.