2007-06-26 16:59:37 · 6 answers · asked by Gladys L 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Get a programmable thermostat to automatically adjust the temperature for you. During the night, bring the temp down to a comfortable setting while you sleep, say 76 or 78. When you go to work, let the home temp come up a bit to save money, say 82 84. Program the stat to bring the temp down to your evening setting one hour prior to coming home. When you open the door, you should enter a cool home. If it is not, back up the time in 15 minute increments.
In the winter, you can do the opposite with the same stat; warm the house to 68-70 in the morning when you wake up, let it drop down to 62 during the day when you are out, up to 68-70 when you return for dinner, down to 64 for sleeping.
2007-06-26 18:10:34 · answer #1 · answered by OrakTheBold 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is best to leave your ac on. If you want to save money leave it on all night set at a high temp like 80 or so. If you shut it off every piece of furniture and the walls all get hot and retain the heat. So when you go to turn your AC on again, it has to cool the room, all the furniture and the walls. Useing more electricity then if you left it on all night. Stores sometimes turn their AC off at night and it ends up running twice as hard in the day to cool everything off.
2007-06-26 17:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Set your thermostate at about 80 egrees when you go to work; pets can stand that temp but will save on electircity.
Do not turn it off and open windows,as you want the humidity out of the house and if you turn it off completely you have to cool walls, furniture etc again. That old saying "It*s not the heat , it*s the humidity" is very true. We turn our thermostate to 75 even when home, and 78 at night, we can even turn it off when we are home and just leave the furnace fan running,if everything is closed up, that way it brings cool air from the basement and saves on more electricity.
2007-06-27 00:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by llittle mama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about work, but at home, I saw on the news, that you should leave your air on aboout 78 degrees. And that you would save energy if you turn it off when your not home and just a little up if you are worried about any animals that you might have. Also if you are not home and you turn your air off you should keep you windows closed and your shades pulled to keep out the sun.
2007-06-26 17:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by just me !!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how long will you leave it? if its more than an hour you are not saving money. and the wear and tear of your unit.
you can not
unlike fridge.
2007-06-26 18:08:57 · answer #5 · answered by pitel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ifyou leave it hight enough that it doesn't run. Try opening your windows.
2007-06-26 17:03:38 · answer #6 · answered by Eugene 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋