Haven't turned mine on yet, anyone else still holding out? Also, I guess post when you finally do turn your AC on.

Winner gets $5 Lafta bucks

5/15/2013 10:30:08 PM

been on since it hit 80 and humid; except for the cooler days.

5/15/2013 10:30:52 PM

Haven't turned mine on yet. It's been somewhat cool here though. Barely breaking 80

5/15/2013 10:32:43 PM

Mine isn't on but then again I'm rarely home.

5/15/2013 10:47:29 PM

nah, today was the first really warm day but a storm front is about to go through on saturday and cool everything back down. no need yet

5/15/2013 11:02:11 PM

Mine has been on for a while. House has to stay below 72.

5/15/2013 11:12:11 PM

of course mine is on

i don't fret over $10 a month on my power bill

5/15/2013 11:21:38 PM

have had my ac on and set to 68 for quite a while now. On the days it was cooler it just didn't come on

5/15/2013 11:56:54 PM

Still have the heat on, which came on the night before last when it was 34 degrees

5/16/2013 12:00:21 AM

5/16/2013 2:48:15 PM

i haven't had the A/C on yet this year...though i did set it to cut on today if it got above 82 in the house (which i don't think it will)

5/16/2013 2:50:09 PM

turned it on last night for the first time. I can't sleep hot and it was humid and warm last night so windows weren't an option.

5/16/2013 3:05:38 PM

Mine is programmable so I guess technically it's always "on". Can't remember the first time it switched to AC but it was a while back.

[Edited on May 16, 2013 at 3:08 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2013 3:08:12 PM

I had tinting installed on all my south facing windows last month. Yesterday was 90 degrees, and the interior temp peaked at 74, with the a/c off.

i'm guessing i'll recoup my costs back in one summer.

5/16/2013 3:17:10 PM

why do thermostats still have a heat and cool mode? why can't it be smart enough to just take an acceptable indoor range and keep that?

[Edited on May 16, 2013 at 3:21 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2013 3:19:07 PM

^ Your thermostat is obsolete. They pretty much all work that way these days.

5/16/2013 3:23:04 PM

haha; why have I never lived anywhere with one????

5/16/2013 3:24:02 PM

Quote :

"of course mine is on i don't fret over $10 a month on my power bill"

I turned that shit on back in March when it was in the 80s for a few days. It was off almost all of the last 5 weeks but I'll be damned if it's not nice and cool in the house. Sounds like PPP's.

5/16/2013 3:56:39 PM

and now measure the distance from the tip of your nose to the tip of you right middle toe while standing upright and feet together

its for a spread sheet (not really, just bttt)

5/16/2013 7:22:58 PM

Quote :

"I turned that shit on back in March when it was in the 80s for a few days. It was off almost all of the last 5 weeks but I'll be damned if it's not nice and cool in the house."

This accurately represents my feelings towards AC. Living at my parents' house over the summer and upstairs has shit circulation, so it's usually ~10* warmer upstairs than it is downstairs, and they're stingy about the temperature to begin with...

5/16/2013 7:29:35 PM

If my gf doesn't stop being stingy about the AC it's going to be a dealbreaker

5/16/2013 7:47:34 PM

On for about 3 days total. Non-continuous.

5/16/2013 9:44:53 PM

are all you air conditioning sticklers "too tuff" to use the AC, or do you actually think its really expensive

do you take cold showers too? cause your hot water heater uses a lot more electricity each month than your HVAC

5/16/2013 10:27:03 PM

Ours is off.

5/16/2013 10:29:28 PM

I don't use the air conditioning in my car because I'd rather get 18 miles per gallon than 17.9 miles per gallon, also i'm super tuff

5/16/2013 10:33:00 PM

^^^Not always true, esp if you have mult units. Def not true for us since we have 2

[Edited on May 16, 2013 at 10:36 PM. Reason : ]

5/16/2013 10:35:51 PM

Our AC has been on for at least 4-6 weeks. I think I had to turn it back over to heat for a few days a couple of weeks ago, but otherwise it's been on. I can't stand to be hot. I like to be cold and then drag around a blanket.

5/16/2013 10:36:44 PM

Our upstairs has been on. Our downstairs was on for the first time today (set at 78 occupied)

5/16/2013 10:38:22 PM

Just hasn't gotten warm enough long enough to need it much. That's all. We like it warmer.

5/16/2013 11:03:39 PM

Turned on ASAP since I shouldn't open windows what with the pollen. I ain't scared

5/16/2013 11:12:15 PM

I've had mine on for months. Hell, I hardly ever turned the heat on at all.

[Edited on May 16, 2013 at 11:45 PM. Reason : "months" = probably 2 months. maybe a bit more.]

5/16/2013 11:42:41 PM

I desperately want ours to be on right now... been awake an hour longer than I'd like laying in bed wishing it weren't so god damn hot

5/17/2013 12:22:31 AM

I was at my parents house yesterday and they had their AC off. It was 80° in the house. No way I could sleep like that.

5/17/2013 12:41:00 AM

i don't mind waking up in a sweat, or going to sleep with sweat dripping down my body

if i've recently had sex

if i'm solo, fuck that shit

5/17/2013 12:45:51 AM

Quote :

" are all you air conditioning sticklers "too tuff" to use the AC, or do you actually think its really expensive do you take cold showers too? cause your hot water heater uses a lot more electricity each month than your HVAC "

I gotta assume you're trolling. I know you're clever enough to know that HVAC vs water heater is dependent on multiple factors... # of units, SEER rating, sq footage, ceiling height, etc.


Plus my water heater uses zero electricity, only gas.

5/17/2013 1:01:03 AM

Are we burning clean coal, or nuclear reacoter cracks?

5/17/2013 2:18:25 AM

^^i know a lot of people think running their AC for an entire hot month is gonna make their power bill jump from $90 to $180, for example, which it won't

and also I'll bet your gas bill for your hot water heater is higher than however much your electricity bill is for just your AC

for the majority of people, the hot water heater is the single largest cost in a monthly power bill

5/17/2013 2:29:35 AM

you would lose that bet.

a) gas is dirt cheap, and I have a tankless water heater.

b) I have 3 HVAC systems plus 2 ductless units.

for people in more typical homes, you might be right, assuming newer homes with proper insulation and high efficiency HVACs.

[Edited on May 17, 2013 at 8:57 AM. Reason : . ]

5/17/2013 8:51:45 AM

my gas bill during the summer is under 20 bucks. (when pretty much my only gas usage is my gas water heater)

my electricity bill can double in the summer when I run the AC.

5/17/2013 8:53:26 AM

turned mine on for the first time Wednesday. I am ok with the windows open and ceiling fans as long as it's < 80 outside, but once it tops the 80 mark I gotta close up shop and turn on the air.

My electric bill definitely jumps significantly in the summer, but only because we hardly use any heat in the winter thanks to our wood stove. If we ran our heater during the winter as much as the average household, I'd assume our electric bill would stay pretty consistent year round, with a few dips in the spring/fall.

[Edited on May 17, 2013 at 8:59 AM. Reason : a]

5/17/2013 8:55:23 AM

We have turned on our AC a time or two.

On a side note, I actually wish AC had never been invented. Growing up, my parents rarely used the AC, and we never had a problem with it. Look how much energy we waste trying to cool cities in this nation, which is no more than a luxury item. It also makes people more prone to stay inside, instead of getting outside and doing something. Just my two cents.

[Edited on May 17, 2013 at 9:03 AM. Reason : .]

5/17/2013 9:03:05 AM

It's still in the low 70's here.

5/17/2013 9:04:06 AM

^^ thoreau did it

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

5/17/2013 9:05:50 AM

it was off, but i think i turned it "on" sometime in april. but ours is on auto, and only comes on at 76 (unless the man bumped it up which is possible). the fan runs though. i think it's cut on a few days in the mid afternoon. yesterday i just cranked up the ceiling fans and had all the lights off. i think it only cut on b/c i was doing laundry.

5/17/2013 9:06:02 AM

My freshman year I lived in Bowen, a year before they put in AC. And we weren't allowed to have window units. It was awful.

5/17/2013 9:12:16 AM

^First World Problems

I occasionally turn our A/C on in the late afternoons or evenings and run it a bit overnight. Being a middle apartment though, we almost never have to turn the heat on as the place stays pretty well insulated.

5/17/2013 9:22:14 AM

Mine is set for 74. Any lower than that, and the vents get wet. But sometimes I prefer a sticky evening. It's a good excuse to do nothing but lay around in no clothes.

5/17/2013 9:32:14 AM

The biggest argument for AC in the south is probably the moisture control more than human comfort. (disregarding processes that require controlled environments...just talking about residential here)

5/17/2013 9:44:12 AM

better insulation, better site planning (orienting the house so that the fewest windows are south facing), maintaining tree cover (i.e., not clear cutting sites) could have a massive impact on HVAC usage, but people tend to care more about maximizing the square footage for the price paid, and tract builders make it happen.

I definitely fell into this trap in the past.

5/17/2013 9:50:53 AM

^bingo. 100%. site planning and insulation are huge. Window orientation is huge too. Overhangs on South windows help a ton and they're not a bad idea on West windows either depending on the overall layout.

In general this is one of many problems with pre-made architectural designs. Ideally a house should be specifically designed for its exact location. Obviously it's more expensive, but definitely worth it. Hopefully it will be awhile before we buy another house, but we will definitely put a lot more emphasis on that.

I've gotten into some energy modeling at work over the past year, and it's pretty amazing how orientation of the building/windows plays such a big impact. It's such an obvious thing, but when you actually see the numbers it's big.

[Edited on May 17, 2013 at 10:01 AM. Reason : ]

5/17/2013 9:54:34 AM