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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t want to let it warm up.  If you have the temp set on the tstat to fluctuate a lot, it will run forever to cool the house back down on hot days.  Better to set it at a consistent temperature +/- 2 degrees rather than +/- 6 degrees[/quote]

During hot summer days, do not let the indoor temperature rise very much, because keeping it at a comfortable temperature is less work (also less electricity and less $$$) than letting it warm up and then try to cool it significantly.

If you have a programmable thermostat (e.g., with different settings for sleep, wake, morning, and away), then double-check how all of those various settings, including the time of day for each, are configured.

In winter, we let our indoor temperature rise naturally with sunlight through the windows during the day, because we know it will cool naturally after dark.  In summer, by contrast, we keep the inside no warmer than 72F, which is our personal comfort level.  [/quote]

Air conditioners work best when they run continuously. This is true of any electric motor, it's the stopping and starting that's hardest on them. So letting the house heat up, and then having the AC run continuously, uses less electricity and is better for the longevity of the equipment.

But the reason you have AC is for comfort, it's the only reason, you can live without it, people did for hundreds of thousands of years. And letting the house heat up isn't good for comfort. Houses have heat capacity, it takes the AC a long time to wring that heat out of the house, and until it does you're uncomfortable. [/quote]

This post is completely incorrect.[/quote]

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