A federal program says you should keep your home above 78 degrees

[LogGrad98]

The low here overnight drops to 70-ish but not soon enough for open windows to make much of a difference, and it only stays that low for a few hours. So my air conditioner runs probably 16 to 20 hours per day I'd bet. It's much better since we got our landlord to install vinyl windows to replace the crappy aluminum windows that we dealt with our first year here. That was horrible.

My neighbor leaves their thermostat at 80 all the time. Blows my mind. He even has solar all over his roof. He said his electric bill is like 60 bucks a month and he refuses to pay more than 100 no matter what. It's stifling in his house. I don't know how he stands it.

 

[One Brow]

The whole air conditioning is wasteful thing seems like an excuse for urban Northerners to sneer at us Southerners.

Most of the urban north needs air conditioning in the summer.

 

[jumpin bean]

I’m burning up I’m melting ice cubes on my forehead. There has got to be a better way”

 

[Gameface]

Sure, I'll keep my house at 85f, I'll just spend all my free time driving around using the AC in my car.

 

[LogGrad98]

Sure, I'll keep my house at 85f, I'll just spend all my free time driving around using the AC in my car.

Don't laugh. We did that in the summer in Germany. No in door AC + heat wave + AC in the car = tons of road trips

 

[Deleted member 365]

My last electric bill was $711. Good times.

I think the one before was estimated and about $150-200 of that are my two sump pumps and dehumidifier all of which run nonstop basically.

Your electric bill is higher than some people’s mortgages