So at work today, the discussion of household heating and gas/electricity bills came up (entering winter Down Under), and I commented that we have our central heating set to 14 Celsius (approx 57 Freedoms) overnight, and off during the day/evening. We find that 14 is quite comfortable under a fluffy doona/duvet. I was warmly mocked (well natured), and informed that something closer to 24C (75F) is appropriate, day and night.

Surely not… right?

  • plum@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It is summer here, so our night temp is set to 21C and daytime temp is set to 24C. If we’re away, the AC will turn off.

    In winter, I think we keep the house at 18C at night and maybe 19-20C during the day. Our eco mode minimum is set to 15C so the pipes don’t freeze.

    I also prefer cooler, but we set our temps in a way to save on our electric bill.

    I’m in Canada and we definitely couldn’t just turn off our furnace in the winter - things start exploding when it is -30C or lower.

  • maporita@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    18C . We live in a condo building that is well insulated so setting it any lower wouldn’t help. I agree, it’s preferable to sleep when it’s cooler. 24C in winter is insane - if you’re cold just put on a jersey or a fleece.

  • LlamaSutra@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    If I set my winter evening thermostat to 14C my wife would have my head on a spike in the front lawn. Police be damned.

    We keep it at 22C as a compromise during the day and 19 at night (since we sleep better in the cold).

  • TechyDad@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    We have our thermostat set to 63°F in the winter. We’ll go up to 67°F or so if there’s a storm bad enough that power loss is possible.

    In the summer, we have our air conditioners set to 70°F.

    • passthepotato@aussie.zoneOP
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      1 year ago

      Interesting idea, banking some heat ahead of a storm. We regularly lose power here, but not for any significant length of time (minutes, not hours or days)

      • TechyDad@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        We rarely lose power also, but it’s happened and we’d rather have the house warmer just in case.

        The last time we lost heat was due to a problem with our heater. It happened during a particularly cold day and our house temperature was dipping quickly. We have a little parakeet (Dewey) who can’t handle cold weather so we had to get someone to fix it quickly and needed to put heaters in his room to keep the temperature up in there.

        Thankfully, they fixed it relatively quickly and Dewey was fine.