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:sniper: What is the ideal temperature to keep your house? I keep mine at 68 all year. Too cold or too warm????

I do 68 in the winter and 72 in the summer, when it's freezing outside 68 feels warm and when it's over 100 then 72 feels quite nice.

My mom thinks I am crazy, and calls me the thermostat nazi, but my electric bill is 50% less than hers. So who is crazy? not me.

btw I will adjust the temp if people are uncomfortable but only a degree at a time.

My mom turns it to 80 if she is cold and then when she gets too hot she pops it down to 50, I think her heater is going to break soon. :(

My house is kept at a low temperature during the winter to save money. We keep it at 55 at night and 60 during the day. in the summer it keeps itself quite cool, around 70-75 degrees.

I presume you people either live in America or like to cook yourselves.

17ish here.

68 degrees was the standard until I got married. Now it's 75. Hehehe. That's okay. I just spend a lot of time naked now. :)

I have no idea what 68F is. In buildings I like it about 21C. Outside about 25C is perfect.

68 degrees was the standard until I got married. Now it's 75. Hehehe. That's okay. I just spend a lot of time naked now. :)
:mp5: By the way I do naked at 68 so 75 is out of the question unless I am in a cold shower.

Here we go: fahrenheit to celcius converter (http://www.stabb.com/tools/convert.html).

I have no idea what 68F is. In buildings I like it about 21C. Outside about 25C is perfect.
Seconded (pretty much).

I have no idea what 68F is. In buildings I like it about 21C. Outside about 25C is perfect.

It's a simple conversion. Multiply the temperature in degrees Celsius by 9, divide by 5 and then add 32.

So, 21C = 69.8 or 70F

I have no idea what 68F is. In buildings I like it about 21C. Outside about 25C is perfect.
25C is pretty hot for here. Inside around 16-17C seems comfortable.

I presume you people either live in America or like to cook yourselves.

17ish here.
I imagine that they are using the Fahrenheit scale.

How hot is my house? As hot as the insulation will make it in the summertime. In the winter probably about 18 degrees celsius. I don't see the need for the "constant temperature control" favoured by Americans.

Summer ideals: inside, daytime ∙ 20°C / 68°F
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoutside, daytime ∙ 24°C / 75.2°F

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxinside, evening ∙ 18°C / 64.4°F
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoutside, evening ∙ 20°C / 68°F

xxWinter ideals: inside, daytime ∙ 21°C / 69.8°F
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoutside, daytime ∙ -5°C / 23°F

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxinside, evening ∙ 18°C / 64.4°F
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoutside, evening ∙ -10°C / 14°F

Spring /
xxxxFall ideals: inside, daytime ∙ 18°C / 64.4°F
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoutside, daytime ∙ 16°C / 60.8°F

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxinside, evening ∙ 18°C / 64.4°F
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoutside, evening ∙ 12°C / 53.6°F

I dunno....average room temperature...

I do 68 in the winter and 72 in the summer, when it's freezing outside 68 feels warm and when it's over 100 then 72 feels quite nice.

My mom thinks I am crazy, and calls me the thermostat nazi, but my electric bill is 50% less than hers. So who is crazy? not me.

btw I will adjust the temp if people are uncomfortable but only a degree at a time.

My mom turns it to 80 if she is cold and then when she gets too hot she pops it down to 50, I think her heater is going to break soon. :(
Heh! I've accused my wife many times of not having any internal thermostat. She's always turned the heat up so high that I feel like I'm living in an oven! Once I called her a lizard because she has to have external heat to function ... once, that is. Heh!

Heh! I've accused my wife many times of not having any internal thermostat. She's always turned the heat up so high that I feel like I'm living in an oven!
I am much more likely to turn down the thermostat if people are hot than I am to turn it up if they are cold. I figure that once you have the fans going if you are still hot, then you are pretty uncomfortable the next step is to get naked, and well.......that's just not nice when guests are over (or is it?:p )

If you are too cold though, I have blankets and throws, and sweatshirts, and fuzzy socks...............I could go on for hours.

basically, you can always put more on, but once you are naked, there's no other options.


Once I called her a lizard because she has to have external heat to function ... once, that is. Heh!
and then she gave you a good smack upside the head, and you reminded her how beautiful she is and how unworthy you are of her, and you escaped with your life?

that's how it would go at my house:p

I am much more likely to turn down the thermostat if people are hot than I am to turn it up if they are cold. I figure that once you have the fans going if you are still hot, then you are pretty uncomfortable the next step is to get naked, and well.......that's just not nice when guests are over (or is it?:p )
Depends on who the guests are! :D



basically, you can always put more on, but once you are naked, there's no other options.
Wanna bet? LOL!



... and then she gave you a good smack upside the head, and you reminded her how beautiful she is and how unworthy you are of her, and you escaped with your life?

that's how it would go at my house:p
Close. Very close! I had to do some genuflecting and buy "peace offerings" too! LOL! :D

:sniper: With little exception you are all helping me with the thermostat war. I was strong armed into raising the temp to 75 but liitle did the enemy understand the auto function on the thermostat and the a/c is humming along like it should.
:mp5: Thanks

I imagine that they are using the Fahrenheit scale.

How hot is my house? As hot as the insulation will make it in the summertime. In the winter probably about 18 degrees celsius. I don't see the need for the "constant temperature control" favoured by Americans.

Yes, we haven't caught up with the rest of the world. We still use miles, pounds and ounces, quarts and pints. We really need to catch up with the rest of the world. I lived in Spain for three years so I have the pounds and kilos, quarts and liters, and yards and meters thing down pretty well and can do conversions in my head. I never did get the miles and kilometers or F and C thing down though. :)

I am much more likely to turn down the thermostat if people are hot than I am to turn it up if they are cold. I figure that once you have the fans going if you are still hot, then you are pretty uncomfortable the next step is to get naked, and well.......that's just not nice when guests are over (or is it?:p )

If you are too cold though, I have blankets and throws, and sweatshirts, and fuzzy socks...............I could go on for hours.

basically, you can always put more on, but once you are naked, there's no other options.



and then she gave you a good smack upside the head, and you reminded her how beautiful she is and how unworthy you are of her, and you escaped with your life?

that's how it would go at my house:p

Only problem with having guests in the house and my going naked would be the number of deaths from people laughing their ass off and having heart attacks. :D

Yes, we haven't caught up with the rest of the world. We still use miles, pounds and ounces, quarts and pints. We really need to catch up with the rest of the world. I lived in Spain for three years so I have the pounds and kilos, quarts and liters, and yards and meters thing down pretty well and can do conversions in my head. I never did get the miles and kilometers or F and C thing down though. :)
:sniper: It's a shame that the metric system never really caught on. Even the simplest person could handle the math.

Winter 60F-16C during the day. 75F--24C at night
Summer 80F-27C around the clock

I HATE to sleep cold.

50 degrees year round would be sweet. Maybe a little colder.

50 degrees year round would be sweet. Maybe a little colder.

You need to move a littel further North than PA for that temperature.:D

50 degrees year round would be sweet. Maybe a little colder.
:mp5: If only there was a place like this - I would move today.

Tough call .... even in a well insulated house with a good a/c, you're not going to get much more than 20 degrees cooler than the outside temp.

So, in summer, inside the house is usually around 85 (that's about 30c).

We don't really have a Winter to speak of, in the traditional sense, and often still run the a/c well into January. When it does get "colder", it usually means it'll be around 50 (that's 10c) for a couple of weeks in February and at that point, nothing gets run, but we open the windows a lot.

22 C (72F) in winter, 20 C (68F) in summer (if the heating's on at all)
nb: don't have air con here. just central heating... this is rainy, cold ol' england FFS.

Air conditioning!HA
20 C all year round.

Yes, we haven't caught up with the rest of the world. We still use miles, pounds and ounces, quarts and pints. We really need to catch up with the rest of the world. I lived in Spain for three years so I have the pounds and kilos, quarts and liters, and yards and meters thing down pretty well and can do conversions in my head. I never did get the miles and kilometers or F and C thing down though. :)
Miles - Kilometers isn't that hard, 1 mile - 1.6 kilometer (roughly).

20 degrees Celsius is good for a static temperature

Around 60 in the winter.

In the summer, there's not much we can do, as my house was built in 1899 and never had air conditioning installed. It doesn't get that hot in the summer here anyway. It's probably usually around 70.

About 25 C, I'd say. So I can walk around in shorts and things.

At the moment I'm going for +/- 23C in the day, and 20-21C at night.
I can't sleep if it's too warm, unfortunately I can't really wake up if it's too cold either :rolleyes: I wish I had a programmable thermostat. Actually, I'd be happy if I had a properly working one.

68 Degrees!?!?!? HOW DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE?

*is purposefully being a dick*

:sniper: What is the ideal temperature to keep your house? I keep mine at 68 all year. Too cold or too warm????
68°C would be *way* too hot for me :eek:
I prefer temps around 25°C.

68 Degrees!?!?!? HOW DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE?

*is purposefully being a dick*
c'mon dude, thats like a fucking summers day here :p

Ideal outside temp: roughly 32F, give or take.
Inside: Roughly 55F...maybe 60F in the summer.

c'mon dude, thats like a fucking summers day here :p

Haha :p

I like anything from 18-32 degrees celsius.

55 outside, so I can wear a light jacket, and 70 inside. Fahrenheit, of course.

I find a temp of 55-60F to be fine as an outside temp, but I am comfortable well down into the single digits. As an inside temp, 65 works well.

I like 17C. I like it about 10C when I am sleeping though.