s/o... so much hotness

mandy0505

Curious what you ladies are keeping your a/c on with all of this heat lately. Do you change the setting if you are going out to the store versus gone at work? What about any indoor animals, are you leaving it on for them?

I'm home for most of the summer (maternity leave) so we have been leaving it at 72 degrees but I see the PG&E bill slowly rising...eeeks! 

mrs.moosie

Darn, I thought this was going to be a post full of hot celeb pics lol =P. We don't have AC so I'm no help with the actual question.

Passanie

We're trying to figure that out lately. We've been setting ours at 78-80 and with the ceiling fans going, it's not bad. Turn it off in the evenings and put fans in the windows to suck the cold air in. Problem is husband works nights and sleeps days and he's been turning it on pretty early in the day lately. I'm worried about our power bill too. As soon as we get the missing part in the mail, we'll be installing our portable air conditioner in the bedroom so we can cool that and not the whole house when he's sleeping.

Where are you anyway? Does it get hot all summer long there?

hannikan

I'm perfectly willing to pay more for PG & E when it's hot. Mine has been on 75 today and 78 yesterday. I've even had it on a little bit at night the last 2 days because it's even been hot at night. I probably won't have it on tonight since it's wasn't as hot today. I have been turning it off when I leave but we're not working right now since we're about to move. We have room AC so it's only on in the rooms we are in at a given time.

sm23

We have no a/c - it's called fog where I live    On super hot days, we just make do with keeping the house closed and curtains drawn when the sun is shining right on the house, then opening up windows and running fans in the evening when it cools down. And popsicles - those help a lot.

Most guides I've seen recommend keeping your thermostat at 78. If you're used to 72, maybe raise it one degree every day until you start to feel uncomfortable, so that it's a gradual change (and you can leave it at 75 or whatever if you find that that's as warm as you can handle it.)

I'd also call PG&E and see if they can give you any advice on this. They have all kinds of programs that can help with cost and energy reduction that a lot of people aren't aware of.

Good luck!

sm23

mrs.moosie:

Darn, I thought this was going to be a post full of hot celeb pics lol =P.

That's where my mind went first too...    Darn, no hot guys in here.

hannikan

sm23:

And popsicles - those help a lot.

Yes! It's all about Whole Fruit! Also drinking lots of really cold water. Yeah you have to go to the BA a lot but it's worth it. When we didn't have AC we would keep the house closed up, lights off and lots of fans in front of the windows. It was still hot though.

MeggyO

AC! Ha! What silliness is this? We just keep the windows open, the lights off, the oven and stove off and hope for a nice breeze! And truthfully, it works 99% of the time. Of course then there are days like Monday that were blazingly hot with not a breeze to be found. Then we're cooked. And probably will go to a movie!

 

hannikan

MeggyO:

AC! Ha! What silliness is this? We just keep the windows open, the lights off, the oven and stove off and hope for a nice breeze! And truthfully, it works 99% of the time. Of course then there are days like Monday that were blazingly hot with not a breeze to be found. Then we're cooked. And probably will go to a movie!

Yesterday was even hotter. I think it hit 99 in San Jose. It was in the 80's today, which is still unpleasant with no AC IMO.

Mrs.BoomBoom

I've got it totally blocked in some rooms and we keep the doors closed (I bought magnetic vent covers which really block those vents) I keep it set to about 72 during the day and, so far, have been able to just open up the windows and doors at night.  I don't usually turn it off if I'm going out because I figure it costs more to cool it back down when I get home than if I'd just left it steady for the little while I was out.

ErikandAfton

So we are learning how to keep the new house cool this summer because we since we have a 2 story its hard to keep the upstairs cool without the down stairs being an ice box.

So far other than two nights earlier this week we have been able to open the windows upstairs at night and we keep our bedroom door open for cross ventilation, I run the circulation fan that is part of our AC at night but the AC itself is not running. In the morning I close the house up and close all the blinds and turn the circulation fan off. The AC gets set to 78 until I leave at 8 and then goes to 82. Its programed to come down to 78 around 4 or so when E gets home and we try to keep it at 78 until its cool enough outside to open the house up. If I were willing to leave the downstairs windows open at night it would probably cool off a little more but I'm a little nervous about doing that. 

We have a ceiling fan downstairs in the living room so that helps and in our bedroom as well. In our bedroom we have 2 small fans in addition to the ceiling fan because the air doesn't move enough otherwise.

mandy0505

Passanie:

We're trying to figure that out lately. We've been setting ours at 78-80 and with the ceiling fans going, it's not bad. Turn it off in the evenings and put fans in the windows to suck the cold air in. Problem is husband works nights and sleeps days and he's been turning it on pretty early in the day lately. I'm worried about our power bill too. As soon as we get the missing part in the mail, we'll be installing our portable air conditioner in the bedroom so we can cool that and not the whole house when he's sleeping.

Where are you anyway? Does it get hot all summer long there?

I'm in Gilroy, and it seems to be hot all summer long. I'm going to be in the same boat as your dh and was paddling along in that boat last year. My work hours are 9:15pm-7:15 am so I slept during the day too and A/C was a must. this summer I won't return back to work until late August or early September 

pink.dutch.tulips

80-85 when we're out, 78-82 when we're home. the $400-500 pg&e bills that come w/ keeping any cooler i can do w/ out.

leolyns

We leave our a/c off when we're not home, part of our house is really cool in the afternoon and the only spot where we get the afternoon sun and hot temps is in the living room/dining room that leads to the backyard. My IL's have said that they will be buying us a gazebo/deck cover to help shade our back part of the house, but the one we saw in Lowe's is sold out Our dog is in our room when we're not home so ceiling fan is left on for her and she seems content. At night, we open all windows, leave our front door open w/screen door locked and close them all up in the morning. Hoping we can upgrade our windows within the next year (we only have 5 windows in the house but the 2 sliding doors will be $$ to replace) to be more energy efficient. 

aj0915

mrs.moosie:

Darn, I thought this was going to be a post full of hot celeb pics lol =P. We don't have AC so I'm no help with the actual question.

HAHA..me too  

winterorchids

mrs.moosie:

Darn, I thought this was going to be a post full of hot celeb pics lol =P. We don't have AC so I'm no help with the actual question.

Ditto!

But this is why I hang out on my other board. No drama and half the posts are full of pics of hot men. Win!

abvernon

mrs.moosie:

Darn, I thought this was going to be a post full of hot celeb pics lol =P. We don't have AC so I'm no help with the actual question.

This.

mrswall84

Right now I have the AC set at 82 but I'll probably put it on 80 later. I try to keep it around 80 degrees. I turned it up to 78 for a little while yesterday but I put it back at 80. It was 107 here yesterday but it's supposed to "cool down" to 102 today. By the weekend we should be back in the lower 90's which is tolerable.  We don't really use our AC if it's below 100.

mandy0505

mrswall84:

Right now I have the AC set at 82 but I'll probably put it on 80 later. I try to keep it around 80 degrees. I turned it up to 78 for a little while yesterday but I put it back at 80. It was 107 here yesterday but it's supposed to "cool down" to 102 today. By the weekend we should be back in the lower 90's which is tolerable.  We don't really use our AC if it's below 100.

Cool down to 102 ?!?!? Geezus!

mrswall84

mandy0505:

mrswall84:

Right now I have the AC set at 82 but I'll probably put it on 80 later. I try to keep it around 80 degrees. I turned it up to 78 for a little while yesterday but I put it back at 80. It was 107 here yesterday but it's supposed to "cool down" to 102 today. By the weekend we should be back in the lower 90's which is tolerable.  We don't really use our AC if it's below 100.

Cool down to 102 ?!?!? Geezus!

lol I know it's not really a cool down. Poor H has been working out in the sun all day. It's supposed to start cooling down tomorrow and we're looking at about 92 for the weekend. Not too bad. 

MommySteph2009

I turn it up to 80 when I got to work, same if I leave to go to the store.  I keep it when we are indoors at 75, I wish it was lower, cause being 9 months pregnant in Sacramento is no f-ing joke.  It's hotter than Satan's balls here.

Passanie

MommySteph2009:

I turn it up to 80 when I got to work, same if I leave to go to the store.  I keep it when we are indoors at 75, I wish it was lower, cause being 9 months pregnant in Sacramento is no f-ing joke.  It's hotter than Satan's balls here.

**snicker**