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What temperature do you keep in your homes?

Wow, I read 17 and 18 degrees Celsius! :eek: During Winter that is too cold. The thermostat is on 20.5. It switches on at 07:00 and off at 11:00. Then on again at 17:00 and during weekdays off at 23:00. I shut the heating all toghether late March, early April. Not needed anymore. I also wondered about the difference between 18 degrees in Summer and the same 18 degrees in Winter, which feels a lot colder :confused: Humidity levels perhaps?
 
Thermostat set 18C. Heating times 06:00-08:00; 12:00-13:00 and 16:30-23:00. Slightly different at weekends.

BV, it may be interesting if you put a thermometer on your desk to check your local temperature.
 
We're on a shared heating system with the rest of the block. Normally we'll be around 18-20˚, although we have to adjust radiators a lot as each can be more or less effective depending on how much heat other households are taking.

Not sure what the cost is. It's included in the service charges.
 
77-79 in the summer, 67-70 in the winter. Or, at least that's what I would prefer for the winter. But, I live on the third floor, and heat rises, and the older gentleman who lives right below me apparently likes his place like an oven. So, it's frequently 75ish in my place, even if I don't have the heat on! A few times I've had to open the window to cool it down.:mad::eek:
 
48-50F (8.8C)

Yes, seriously.

I'd go lower, but the thermostat will not turn on below 48F - and I don't want the pipes to freeze, otherwise it would be at 44-46F.
 
Big-TDI-Guy said:
48-50F (8.8C)

Yes, seriously.

I'd go lower, but the thermostat will not turn on below 48F - and I don't want the pipes to freeze, otherwise it would be at 44-46F.
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is your house a server farm or something?
geez!
 
Not too far off. ;)

Folding Farm keeps me warm n toasty. Furnace is there in case I run out of work units.

I figure, waste energy warming your house, just to warm it. Or waste energy folding proteins (to help find cures for diseases), and as a byproduct, heat your house.

I have natural gas heat, and did the math, it's actually CHEAPER to heat this way. (for me)

Yes, I'm serious.
 
Big-TDI-Guy said:
Not too far off. ;)

Folding Farm keeps me warm n toasty. Furnace is there in case I run out of work units.

I figure, waste energy warming your house, just to warm it. Or waste energy folding proteins (to help find cures for diseases), and as a byproduct, heat your house.

I have natural gas heat, and did the math, it's actually CHEAPER to heat this way. (for me)

Yes, I'm serious.
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That logic of yours is pretty cool actually.

(pun intended haha)
 
60 degrees during the day when nobody is home, and the same at night. In the morning and evening when we are moving around, 64 degrees. Last month's gas/electric was almost $300 :eek:

edit: summer time is no colder than 74-78 degrees. It's just too expensive to run the AC.
 
No colder than 68 F (20 C), and no warmer than 78 F (26 C).

...Basically my unit uses the heater and A/C to keep me within that range, coupled with my sleep schedule so I never have to touch the unit unless I temporarily bump it up/down for company, or hit the vacation button.
 
Blue Velvet said:
Another weird thing: the air-con in the office is set to 23C (73.4F) and it feels just right for working in, yet if I heated a room to that temperature it would feel really hot. Any reasons why that is? :confused:
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I'm not sure if this is the complete reason, but I think it might be a contributing factor. The AC removes moisture from the air, so maybe that's why you feel more "cool" at the same temperature.
 
Between 26 (night) and 32c (day) all year round. Used aircon in the bedroom when I first arrived. Now I occasionally use a fan. Guess I've adapted.
 
No AC at home. The office is usually between 20-22 °C which feels cool in the morning and too hot in the afternoon. Our guess is that the AC can't keep up with the sun coming in the windows.
 
When I've got an A/C in my window during the summer, I keep it around 74. It's there for the humidity as much as the temps.

Currently, the thermostat is set to 63F, and it's about that warm in the hallway. My room is a bit warmer though, because of my space heater that doubles as a laptop. :D
 
the snowflakes on the european thermostats are just the setting that the pipes won't freeze up (who in europe has air conditioning anyway except people in southern spain/greece/italy ? )

personally in my flat i get the "my neighbours below are heating like crazy and the walls are properly isolated" bonus which means all thermostats except the bathroom (3 or something like that) are turned to the snowflake

normally comfortable temperatures are also dependent on the rooms and purpose of the room .. for a living room around 20-21 is the comfortable in general
for sleeping it's more like 16-18 depending on personal preference...

in the kitchen you need also less if you are cooking etc. also it depends how much neighbors heat or if your flat/house has many windows to the south

just having a cold wall in one room can set up the temperature to feel comfortable in that room up by 2 degrees...
 
No idea. The radiator in each room has it's own thermostatic valve. The room with the computers is on setting 2, the bedroom is on 3 and the rooms downstairs are on 4 or 5. The overall setting (on the boiler) is on about 3/5.
 
Whatever the weather is outside. We have central heating and A/C (something unusual for LA) but maybe use it a week or two out of the year. Typically the heat stays off until the apartment is into the low 60's consistently and the A/C doesn't come until the apartment gets into the high 80's consistently.


Lethal
 
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