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What ya nerds set your thermostats to?

I've been meaning to ask this for a while. I saw a comment a month or so ago. Person said they keep their thermostat at like 65 in the winter and 78 in the summer. 78 seems fucking insane to me. That's too damn hot for inside. How do you sleep at 78 degrees?

Are they a lizard person or am I a baby?

Edit 1: I love all the comments on this! Never thought this post would create such discussion. Looking at the comments vs upvotes it honestly seems 50/50ish that 78 is hot for the indoors. Can lemmy do polls?

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  • Cheap Canadian here..

    18C in cold months and down to 15C at night.

    Warm months I have central air but don't turn it on and just live with whatever the temp is.

  • If I'm paying the bills the AC is set to 72 in the summer and the heat is set to 66 in the winter.

    If I'm not paying the bills the AC is set to 66 when it's hot and the heat is set to 72 when it's cold.

  • About 72 in the winter and 78 in the summer. 78 is fine if you aren't moving around much. 74 otherwise.

  • I set mine to 0π at night and in the summer, and 3/2π to 11/6π in the winter... the numbers have worn off and idk what the actual temp is, but I do know all of them are in Quadrant IV.

    *I only open the window or curtains at night in the summer or maybe sometimes when it's raining in the winter. I think my dream house is literally a cave.

  • I keep it 68F(20c) downstairs, but the main house temp is regrettably 73F(22C) and I fight to keep it that low because the rest of the house is cold blooded.

  • By thermostat are we talking about heating? I'm cold-tolerant so I typically set mine to 15.5 C. If it gets any colder than that indoors it comes on

  • During the cold season
    20°C, 18°C at night and when away

    During the warm season
    23°C, 25°C when away

  • It depends on where you sleep. Basement vs upstairs can make a huge difference at the same thermostat setting. I keep mine set to be between 19°C and 25°C and don't have trouble sleeping.

    Speaking of which, anyone else use Home Assistant / Z-Wave?

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