Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We keep our thermostat set to 50 in the winter and 88 in the summer. We’d go colder in the winter but any lower and we start to have pipe freezing concerns in the laundry room and garage. In the summer we wouldn’t use AC at all but we have to to keep the mold from spreading everywhere.

Bottom line, we care more about saving the planet than anyone else here. The rest of you suck.

50? Seriously?

Do you have oil?

I can’t imagine going below 65-68.

I understand forgoing AC in the summer since many people enjoy being warmer, but I don’t know anyone who enjoys being cold in the winter.

Here I am! I hate being hot and love being slightly cold all the time. Current house temp 59. Windows are open.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We keep our thermostat set to 50 in the winter and 88 in the summer. We’d go colder in the winter but any lower and we start to have pipe freezing concerns in the laundry room and garage. In the summer we wouldn’t use AC at all but we have to to keep the mold from spreading everywhere.

Bottom line, we care more about saving the planet than anyone else here. The rest of you suck.

50? Seriously?

Do you have oil?

I can’t imagine going below 65-68.

I understand forgoing AC in the summer since many people enjoy being warmer, but I don’t know anyone who enjoys being cold in the winter.

Oil? Of course not. Our home is all electric.

And yes, of course it’s miserable. We’re doing it because we care more about the planet than you do, and we’re backing it up.

Anonymous wrote:We keep our thermostat set to 50 in the winter and 88 in the summer. We’d go colder in the winter but any lower and we start to have pipe freezing concerns in the laundry room and garage. In the summer we wouldn’t use AC at all but we have to to keep the mold from spreading everywhere.

Bottom line, we care more about saving the planet than anyone else here. The rest of you suck.

50? Seriously?

Do you have oil?

I can’t imagine going below 65-68.

I understand forgoing AC in the summer since many people enjoy being warmer, but I don’t know anyone who enjoys being cold in the winter.

I have the heat on for a few weeks now, from when I turned off the AC, I switched it to heat. It hasn’t been turning off during the day, but on several days it would work in early AM.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We keep our thermostat set to 50 in the winter and 88 in the summer. We’d go colder in the winter but any lower and we start to have pipe freezing concerns in the laundry room and garage. In the summer we wouldn’t use AC at all but we have to to keep the mold from spreading everywhere.

Bottom line, we care more about saving the planet than anyone else here. The rest of you suck.

Yay, you! Be miserable and feel good about it at the same time. That’s amazing.

We’re better human beings than you. We are literally higher forms of life and care more about the earth than you.

Anonymous wrote:I’m about it to turn it all off or at least to a trickle. Gas, water, electricity and more. This shutdown is the cause.

Why? The utilities have all already announced grace periods and payment/late fee forgiveness for the duration the shutdown.

Your post has the scent of pointless drama in it.

Anonymous wrote:We keep our thermostat set to 50 in the winter and 88 in the summer. We’d go colder in the winter but any lower and we start to have pipe freezing concerns in the laundry room and garage. In the summer we wouldn’t use AC at all but we have to to keep the mold from spreading everywhere.

Bottom line, we care more about saving the planet than anyone else here. The rest of you suck.

Yay, you! Be miserable and feel good about it at the same time. That’s amazing.

No, keep the thermostat at 63 year round. Didn’t kick on.

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. Heat is in at night and set to 72. Why be uncomfortable in your own home?

I'm not uncomfortable. I've got clothes on during the day and a blanket at night so low 60s is perfectly comfortable.

I’m about it to turn it all off or at least to a trickle. Gas, water, electricity and more. This shutdown is the cause.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My heat and AC have been on for about 15 years. Why would you turn them off when you have a thermostat to set and control the temperature? House drops below 65, heat starts up. House goes about 74, air comes on.

We have gas heat and electric a/c. You have to turn each one on/off, you can’t just set a temp and have the relevant system kick on.

We have gas heat and electric a/c and never need to turn either on or off.

We keep our thermostat set to 50 in the winter and 88 in the summer. We’d go colder in the winter but any lower and we start to have pipe freezing concerns in the laundry room and garage. In the summer we wouldn’t use AC at all but we have to to keep the mold from spreading everywhere.

Bottom line, we care more about saving the planet than anyone else here. The rest of you suck.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My heat and AC have been on for about 15 years. Why would you turn them off when you have a thermostat to set and control the temperature? House drops below 65, heat starts up. House goes about 74, air comes on.

We have gas heat and electric a/c. You have to turn each one on/off, you can’t just set a temp and have the relevant system kick on.

Actually we have the same and the thermostat allows you to have both cool and heat selected with set temps for both...so cool over 78 and heat over 65.

Our thermostat has memory settings for both, but you still have to tell it when to stop using and a/c and start using heat. It doesn’t just switch back and forth minute by minute on its own. That would be weird - if it accidentally overheated the home it would just turn on the ac to compensate? That doesn’t sound right. But I’m no expert.

We basically have a few weeks each fall and a few weeks each spring where we use no heat or a/c and the rest of the time it’s one or the other. Our home is very efficient though and our bills rarely exceed $300/month for a very large home.

In case you are not aware, some fuels are very expensive. Heating oil is ridiculous. It would cost me $10,000 to heat at 78 for four months. No thank you. I’ll set it at 56 and use electric heaters when needed.

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. Heat is in at night and set to 72. Why be uncomfortable in your own home?

72! That’s like Mumbai!