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25. I set the thermostat at 68 during daytime, in winter.

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 01:56 AM

Dec 2

I usually turn the furnace off at night, unless the outside temperature drops into the 20's or lower. If it gets that cold I set the furnace for 60 degrees.
I have more trouble in the summer. I have portable and window unit air conditioning, I don't have a whole house system, so on the hottest days I set the thermostats on the a/c units between 68 - 72. I block all my windows with those foil covered car shades and close all curtains and blinds. My house is over 100 years old. My folks put new insulation and siding and replaced the old single pane windows with insulated windows back in about 1996. But I think that the insulating material in the windows on the south side of the house has worn out and I don't have the money to replace them.

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Those of you in cold regions: What temp do you keep you thermostat at? [View all] Sogo Dec 1 OP

i do things lower than most. Except today Tetrachloride Dec 1 #1

65 -68, depending on how drafty the place feels. Ocelot II Dec 1 #2

72 Betty Boom Dec 2 #22

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LOL mobeau69 Dec 1 #16

68-70 (in winter) depending how I feel and how many layers I'm wearing. But right now it's more like 63 deg because nmmi Dec 1 #11

Oh, layers!! Lunabell Dec 1 #13

You are not like these Twin City dwellers then. OldBaldy1701E Dec 5 #46

Many times I step outside in the morning when its like 68F and hear air conditioners blasting away at both neighbors' nmmi Dec 6 #48

Exactly. OldBaldy1701E Dec 7 #61

55 in Maine Easterncedar Dec 1 #7

55 degrees?!? Boy, you must LOVE winter! JoseBalow Dec 4 #42

I do love winter Easterncedar Dec 4 #43

Glad I'm not the only one! imaginary girl Dec 6 #54

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Somewhere between 72-76 mwmisses4289 Dec 2 #24

I set the thermostat at 68 during daytime, in winter. love_katz Dec 2 #25

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68 in winter, 61 summer n/t sarge43 Dec 2 #30

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This year - it's 70. dwayneb Dec 6 #59

During winter, 68 during the day, 60 at night. Elessar Zappa Dec 7 #62