re: Entergy recommends setting your thermostat to 78° this summer to save money

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Mine is set to 70 during the day and 65 at night

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Jesus. Ours is at 72 at night and it's cold.

My in laws keep theirs on 82 during the day and 78 at night. He complains if his bill goes over $150.

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Isn't it amazing how our parents, grandparents and great parents would see how fat, soft and giant poon-nannies we are. 78? With air conditioning? People have gotten so weak.

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I agree. The house my great-grandfather built had no air conditioning and half the windows did not have screens. For over 100 years my family survived in a house with no air-conditioning. Fans, trees, thick curtains, sitting outside in the shade and not being wussies is what you need.

Comfort at home is not where I want to worry about cutting costs.

80 in the day, 77 at night. We aren't fat. All porcelain floors and high ceilings helps, tremendously.

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I can tell who has thin, geriatric blood in these threads.
74 day/68 night w/2 4.5 ton units humming to cool 3,800 SF

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The only people I know in the South that keep their home at 78+ degrees are over 70. My wife is pretty damn skinny and would stab me in my sleep if I kept the house at that temp

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My wife is pretty damn skinny and would stab me in my sleep if I kept the house at that temp

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Unless you are Nigerian 78 is warm inside

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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language identifies room temperature as around 20–22 °C (68–72 °F),[1] while the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is "conventionally taken as about 20 °C (68 °F)".[2] The ideal room temperature may vary by place and culture; studies from Nigeria show a comfortable temperature range of 26–28 °C (79–82 °F), comfortably cool 24–26 °C (75–79 °F) and comfortably warm 28–30 °C (82–86 °F).[3]

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this guy is a hypocrite because no one. I mean no one sets AC at 78. No one. I should sue him for lying.

I recommend 68...balance of the scales

Set at 72 to 74 in the summer depending on cloud cover and / or rain, 70 at night.

Return from a 2-3 day fishing trip and the wife has it set at 67 all day and night.