Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
You were just down the road! I love it here in the Lowcountry, hot, humid, it’s great --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jul 3, 2022, at 8:58 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > I let the wood stove go out almost two months ago. I did run the wal mount > AC one day in early June which is surprising for us, we don't usually use it > before July. > We were in Savannah last week, good AC was critical. I can't imagine living > there... > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 7:17 PM, Jim Cathey via > Mercedes wrote: > Just curious what do the rest of > you keep your thermostat set during the summer? Do you use a programmable > thermostat? > > Our Honeywell "Round" has a nice "OFF" setting that I find suitable. (No > A/C.) > > -- Jim > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
I let the wood stove go out almost two months ago. I did run the wal mount AC one day in early June which is surprising for us, we don't usually use it before July. We were in Savannah last week, good AC was critical. I can't imagine living there... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 7:17 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? Our Honeywell "Round" has a nice "OFF" setting that I find suitable. (No A/C.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
If the AC is running at some point in the day and humidity under control, I can sleep fine at 72. Weekdays, with time of use billing (they jack the rate up 50% from 2-7p weekdays, and I assume that means Independence Day too) I run it at 68 from 6-8am, which dehumidifies like crazy, then 72 until 2pm (rarely turns on), 80 until 7pm (never turns on), and 72 until 6am. Lately it's been running more than an hour in the evening, less than an hour in the early morning, and that's all. Hottest it's gotten by 7pm has been 76 this year. The dehumidifier in the basement uses way more electricity than the 1.5T heat pump. On 2022-07-02 17:26, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: I have an older programmable thermostat that I set at 76 during the day, then 72 at night (summer). ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
78 during the day, 76 at night. I don't use a programmable thermostat I have had uniformly bad results with those. On Sat, Jul 2, 2022, at 4:45 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during > the summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
Maybe I should try having the fan run constant to keep the air circulating. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2022, at 6:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > We have the programmable T-stat set to 80 during the day, and 74 at night. > When it's over about 95F out, I set the fan to constant - keeps the house > comfortable as long as you don't wear a shirt. All the ceiling fans are on > also. > > New truism: "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of > clothing you are wearing." > >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 3:45 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the >> summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
I believe it’s well insulated but do have some leaks around the front door, need to replace the gaskets around it. Even at nearly 100, when the thermostat goes from 72 to 76, It will not reach 76 and start kicking on again until mid afternoon so it holds the temp for quite a while. In fact during the spring when it gets down into the 50’s at night and up into the 80’s during the day it holds the cool air for overnight well enough that it was almost June before I had to turn on the AC. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2022, at 5:35 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > You must have a pretty well insulated, tight house. The general rule of > thumb is one ton per six hundred square feet. I was told by a heating and air > guy it's better to undersize than oversize around here. I guess that's why. > Humidity. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: July 2, 2022 5:22 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: ka...@striplin.net > Subject: Re: [MBZ] House thermostat > > I used to have mine at 76 during the day, then 74 at 5pm, 72 at 10pm then > back to 76 at 8. Even with it nearly 100 ac does not run that much during the > day and it gets stuffy. Even sometimes at 74 it does not end up running that > much to maintain the temp and it gets stuffy. Today I decided to set it for > 74 during the day and 72 at 5, then 71 at night. This is a 5 ton unit and > house is just a hair less than 3k sqft. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
> Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the > summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? Our Honeywell "Round" has a nice "OFF" setting that I find suitable. (No A/C.) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
We have the programmable T-stat set to 80 during the day, and 74 at night. When it's over about 95F out, I set the fan to constant - keeps the house comfortable as long as you don't wear a shirt. All the ceiling fans are on also. New truism: "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 3:45 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the > summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
That’s about right, as I have a 2400 SF house in FL and it’s got a 4 ton unit. If it’s oversized it short cycles and never gets the humidity down. -D > On Jul 2, 2022, at 6:34 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > You must have a pretty well insulated, tight house. The general rule of thumb > is one ton per six hundred square feet. I was told by a heating and air guy > it's better to undersize than oversize around here. I guess that's why. > Humidity. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: July 2, 2022 5:22 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: ka...@striplin.net > Subject: Re: [MBZ] House thermostat > > I used to have mine at 76 during the day, then 74 at 5pm, 72 at 10pm then > back to 76 at 8. Even with it nearly 100 ac does not run that much during the > day and it gets stuffy. Even sometimes at 74 it does not end up running that > much to maintain the temp and it gets stuffy. Today I decided to set it for > 74 during the day and 72 at 5, then 71 at night. This is a 5 ton unit and > house is just a hair less than 3k sqft. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
You must have a pretty well insulated, tight house. The general rule of thumb is one ton per six hundred square feet. I was told by a heating and air guy it's better to undersize than oversize around here. I guess that's why. Humidity. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: July 2, 2022 5:22 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] House thermostat I used to have mine at 76 during the day, then 74 at 5pm, 72 at 10pm then back to 76 at 8. Even with it nearly 100 ac does not run that much during the day and it gets stuffy. Even sometimes at 74 it does not end up running that much to maintain the temp and it gets stuffy. Today I decided to set it for 74 during the day and 72 at 5, then 71 at night. This is a 5 ton unit and house is just a hair less than 3k sqft. Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
I used to have mine at 76 during the day, then 74 at 5pm, 72 at 10pm then back to 76 at 8. Even with it nearly 100 ac does not run that much during the day and it gets stuffy. Even sometimes at 74 it does not end up running that much to maintain the temp and it gets stuffy. Today I decided to set it for 74 during the day and 72 at 5, then 71 at night. This is a 5 ton unit and house is just a hair less than 3k sqft. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2022, at 4:23 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I set the thermostat exactly the same as Dan, so I guess we're twins, > married to the same woman. > >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 4:56 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I use a branded (smart) thermostat by Lennox on the Florida house, which >> is kept at a constant 74F with AC because Mrs. Dan is “always hot”. When >> she’s out of the house I turn it up to 76F, which is more than comfortable >> for me. If we’re out of town I’ve got a program that lets it go up to 78F >> during the weekdays when the oldest son is at work, then it throttles down >> to 76F when he’s home. >> >> In Flagstaff, we don’t use the AC much, and as the climate is very >> different there, it’s (AC) not necessary most of the time. That and the >> house is very well insulated. I installed a “Sensei” programmable (smart) >> thermostat from Emerson in that house, and it works great. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jul 2, 2022, at 4:45 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the >> summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
I have an older programmable thermostat that I set at 76 during the day, then 72 at night (summer). AZBob Sent from my iPad > On Jul 2, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I set the thermostat exactly the same as Dan, so I guess we're twins, > married to the same woman. > >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 4:56 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I use a branded (smart) thermostat by Lennox on the Florida house, which >> is kept at a constant 74F with AC because Mrs. Dan is “always hot”. When >> she’s out of the house I turn it up to 76F, which is more than comfortable >> for me. If we’re out of town I’ve got a program that lets it go up to 78F >> during the weekdays when the oldest son is at work, then it throttles down >> to 76F when he’s home. >> >> In Flagstaff, we don’t use the AC much, and as the climate is very >> different there, it’s (AC) not necessary most of the time. That and the >> house is very well insulated. I installed a “Sensei” programmable (smart) >> thermostat from Emerson in that house, and it works great. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jul 2, 2022, at 4:45 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the >> summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
I set the thermostat exactly the same as Dan, so I guess we're twins, married to the same woman. On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 4:56 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I use a branded (smart) thermostat by Lennox on the Florida house, which > is kept at a constant 74F with AC because Mrs. Dan is “always hot”. When > she’s out of the house I turn it up to 76F, which is more than comfortable > for me. If we’re out of town I’ve got a program that lets it go up to 78F > during the weekdays when the oldest son is at work, then it throttles down > to 76F when he’s home. > > In Flagstaff, we don’t use the AC much, and as the climate is very > different there, it’s (AC) not necessary most of the time. That and the > house is very well insulated. I installed a “Sensei” programmable (smart) > thermostat from Emerson in that house, and it works great. > > -D > > > On Jul 2, 2022, at 4:45 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the > summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] House thermostat
I use a branded (smart) thermostat by Lennox on the Florida house, which is kept at a constant 74F with AC because Mrs. Dan is “always hot”. When she’s out of the house I turn it up to 76F, which is more than comfortable for me. If we’re out of town I’ve got a program that lets it go up to 78F during the weekdays when the oldest son is at work, then it throttles down to 76F when he’s home. In Flagstaff, we don’t use the AC much, and as the climate is very different there, it’s (AC) not necessary most of the time. That and the house is very well insulated. I installed a “Sensei” programmable (smart) thermostat from Emerson in that house, and it works great. -D > On Jul 2, 2022, at 4:45 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Just curious what do the rest of you keep your thermostat set during the > summer? Do you use a programmable thermostat? > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
