How Low Do You Go??

Post by **shunpike** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:53 am

Okay folks, how low do you set your A/C in the bedroom for sleepies? I'm talking now, not in one of the three seasons (hot, very hot, f*cking hot). Whats your normal setting?

I set my air at 25, and use a floor fan. That allows me to sleep under blankies..

Post by **Jim** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:14 am

22 on the lowest fan setting. Anything cooler and I freeze, anything above and i wake up after an hour or two in a puddle of sweat.

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:15 am

I've clicked 20, but usually set it to 19. I hovered over the 18 but not being rich, I thought I'd better round it up rather than down.

Post by **johnnyk** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:03 am

22 for 10 mins to cool the room down, ceiling fan for the rest of the night

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:04 am

Fan only unless there isn't one available. Then usually turn off the a/c after a 10 minute blast, otherwise would wake up feeling distinctly chilly.
To be honest I find those Thai hotels with a/c only very annoying, and would rather have one with fan only. At home there you usually have a choice. In hotels you don't.

Post by **STEVE G** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:43 am

I have it at about 24 in Hua Hin as if you go any lower you may as well stay in the UK and save the airfare.
In the village we've got a fan that looks about ten years old that I end up turning off because it's too loud.

Post by **stgrhe** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:09 am

I usually set my bedroom A/C to 26 deg and try to get a relative humidity of around 50%. The relative humidity is actually more important than the temperature and if you run the A/C to cool with forced air the relative humidity could in fact drop to as low as 30%. That is when you wake up with a sore throat.

G.

Post by **norm** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:28 am

When we are sleeping it is set for 28, during the day 24-26 if it is on. The if depends on the direction of the breeze and whether I've just had a cuppa, coffee or tea tend to make me sweat.

Post by **chelsea** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:00 am

If I am in a hotel, I leave it on 24/7 so the room is cool every time I return. At home if I have ceiling fans I use them most of the times other than at the height of the summer when sometimes the A/C is needed to be able to sleep.

In Perth the heat is not so humid, so fans will do most of the time, but on the East Coast (Sydney/Queensland) A/C is a must at the height of the summer.
Personally I would rather be to cool than to hot, it is far more comfortable.

Post by **hhfarang** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:15 am

When I first moved in I set it at 23 overnight. I have gradually inched it up over the years as I acclimate and have recently started setting it on 27. With a pretty powerful ceiling fan directly over the bed I can get by with that but I don't think I can go any higher. If I'm sleeping late (very long after the sun is up, I usually wake up too warm in the morning and move it to 26 before I go back to sleep.

By the way, as I've inched it up and made some other adjustments over those same years my electric bill has dropped from a high of around 17,000 to an average of between 8k and 9k now.

Post by **Wanderlust** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:26 am

hhf,
Is that your monthly electric bill?? If so, I'm staggered, even at the lowest figure

What the hell are you running?
Ours is high if it reaches 3500, although we don't have a swimming pool which I think you have. It is normally around 3k and drops to 2k if we don't have the a/c on in the cooler season. Incidentally we normally set the a/c to 26 but often switch it off and just have the fan, and rarely turn the a/c on during daylight hours. However our young children sleep much better with the a/c on for some reason.

Post by **chelsea** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:32 am

hhfarang wrote:When I first moved in I set it at 23 overnight. I have gradually inched it up over the years as I acclimate and have recently started setting it on 27. With a pretty powerful ceiling fan directly over the bed I can get by with that but I don't think I can go any higher. If I'm sleeping late (very long after the sun is up, I usually wake up too warm in the morning and move it to 26 before I go back to sleep.

By the way, as I've inched it up and made some other adjustments over those same years my electric bill has dropped from a high of around 17,000 to an average of between 8k and 9k now.

Sorry WL, you posted in between me posting the same question as you, remove the post if you feel it is a double up.

HHF is that 8-9k per month or per 3 months, because if that is per month that is a lot dearer than what I pay in Australia. Looking at my current bill, I am not even paying 9k 3 months let alone 1 month.

Post by **norm** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:09 pm

last month our electric bill for our condo was just over 6,000baht. in cooler times it runs in the high 3 to mid 4's.

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:18 pm

johnnyk wrote:22 for 10 mins to cool the room down, ceiling fan for the rest of the night

This.

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:37 pm

stgrhe wrote:I usually set my bedroom A/C to 26 deg and try to get a relative humidity of around 50%. The relative humidity is actually more important than the temperature and if you run the A/C to cool with forced air the relative humidity could in fact drop to as low as 30%. That is when you wake up with a sore throat.

G.

The relative humidity statement interests me. I often wake with a sore throat. How do you achieve 50% humidity?

- Is there a setting on the A/C?

- Is it achieved by keeping the temperature higher?

- Is it achieved by separate means from the A/C unit? If so, what do you use?

- How do you know what the relative humidity in the room is?

I must admit that I also suffer sore throats when I have the A/C on in the car as well. Are the principals similar?

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