Serfs! Turn off your AC and don't do laundry

[oldag]

Based on the early bills, switching retailers looks like it is going to provide some serious savings.

 

[Hoji]

There was a virtue signaling message I read on a can of bud yesterday: The energy to brew this beer came from wind power.


Who gives a flying ....?

Not another can for me, ever.

I guess they think it pc necessary to advertise this ludicrous message.

Budweiser is not beer.

 

[Mohawk600]

I keep mine at 78........slay me

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Damn, that's too high, at least for me.
I'm barely handling bumping mine up to 74.

 

[para_bellum]

You might want to change the channel.

It's an AM station out of San Antonio, with Rush, Hannity etc. You'd think it's fairly conservative but the 'news' segments tend to parrot the global warming narrative.

 

[Southpaw]

I keep mine at 78........slay me

I'm at 77 when home and 80 when not. Works fine for us as well. My wife and daughter actually put on sweaters occasionally at 77.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Yeah, 78 works for us during the day while we are home, but 82 at night? No way. We actually turn it down to 77 or 76 at night. We do try to avoid laundry and dish washing between 2pm and 6 pm. In the Summer we don't use the stove or oven much for cooking meals, it's mostly the microwave.

 

[oldag]

ERCOT's demand forecast was much higher than actual yesterday.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Because?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

They were wrong.

 

[oldag]

Because?

More than a few folks are seeking the answer to that question right now.

Until then, I will stick with Z's answer.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Speculate?

 

[oldag]

Speculate?

Don't have adequate insight on this one, so will not comment.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

O.K.

 

[avvidclif]

Spend more time outside and 78 will be wonderful.

 

[EZ-E]

We've been keeping our thermostat at 77-78 in the afternoon... I'd make it go to 75 if it would actually cool down. With it set on 76 some days it says 77 in the house & runs for hours without ever getting to 76...so you got to bump it to 77 to turn off.

In the evening we bump the thermostat down to 74.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Is your AC unit too small for the house?

 

[diesel1959]

I’ve got my bill down to $400/month for summer usage...we were over $600 when we first bought the place last summer.

AC set to Eco (80 degrees) when not home. 76-77 when home.

Will be looking into solar before the end of the year.


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Hell no. That AC is set to 69º when we're home in the summer. And it goes to 72º in the winter. And that ain't changing.

 

[diesel1959]

Yeah, 78 works for us during the day while we are home, but 82 at night? No way. We actually turn it down to 77 or 76 at night. We do try to avoid laundry and dish washing between 2pm and 6 pm. In the Summer we don't use the stove or oven much for cooking meals, it's mostly the microwave.

Gas range and gas dryer. I do that laundry whenever I want.

 

[diesel1959]

Is your AC unit too small for the house?

We've got two central AC units--one is a five-ton unit, and the other is a three-ton unit. The first cools the entire downstairs of the house, minus the master suite. The second cools the master suite and the entire upstairs. Plenty of AC for this house.