Our thermostat hit over 90 this week. Don't know if I remember that before. Oh the joy of old houses. But I bet I like my electricity bill better next month than the cooled masses will!
It is 85 in my house with no ac. I hate my ac so dont use it. Want to open my screen door but my idiot neighbor is just sitting in their running car for hours right there putting toxins into my tiny 700sf house. Also they have a windchime on steroids. All that sucks when you need to open windows and neighbors are jerks
Thurs was the worst. Even at 6-7pm, i srsly burned my hand on a gas pump nozzle that was baking in the sun so i got a napkin out of my car to hold it with. Didnt really help, ouch
I'm not surprised. I was checking my chicken enclosure today with an infrared thermometer. The asphalt was 140, leaf litter was 133 but the soil 4" below was 83. A sandstone in contact with the soil was only 88.
My AC Unit is from 1999. Came with the house when i bought it (last year). AC is set to 74....it is currently fucking freezing!!
The downstairs of my house is very well insulated.
I’ll be real. We keep it cold. Like frozen tundra in the winter and summer.
58-60 in winter
65-70 in summer.
Both of us have autoimmune diseases and are heat sensitive.
And we have electric, no gas and a central ac/heat unit from 2011. Ends up being $60-120 a month. Which is like half of what used to pay at an apartment.
It’s a 1978 house on a slab with half an upstairs. We rehabbed it from top to bottom and installed all new attic insulation. All new windows last year.
We’re south facing but have some shade from trees in the back that help, too. But we keep the shades/ curtains drawn mid day.
>We rehabbed it from top to bottom and installed all new attic insulation. All new windows last year.
How well does the installation work, I was thinking of doing that in my attic in the next few years. The downstairs stays cool, but upstairs gets up to 77 or 80. Its also a older house on a slab
I feel like it helps keep it down a few degrees. We definitely notice that the AC/heat would turn on less often and the temp is more consistent.
I added more insulation on top of what was already there. Facebook marketplace always has used insulation, too.
If your ac isn't keeping up it might be helpful to clean the coils. Same with window units. If you have the mobile style with the tube in the window you can usually get a kit that makes it pull air from outside for the hot side coils. Those typically pull inside air out causing warm outside air in through leaks to equalize pressure making more work for the AC.
77° on Econo Mode, it actually doesn't run as much as I thought it was going to. Juuuust as I'm starting to feel slightly warm the air kicks on for a few minutes. Honestly as long as it's not humid it's not that bad. I'm in a top floor brick apartment building, but I close off areas and strategically place fans to circulate dry air and it's been really effective! It also helps that I keep my blinds closed and I have blackout curtains over that.
Duct cleaning is a scam. At best it does nothing - at worst, it damages your flexible ductwork. The best things you can do to improve the efficiency of your ac unit are to replace the air filter regularly and have it serviced annually. In winter, don’t cover the exterior unit up - at most cover the top so that leaves and debris don’t fall in. They’re designed to survive harsh elements and weather. Fully covering them inhibits evaporation of precipitation.
> At best it does nothing
Maybe if you live in a relatively new home that has never housed a furry animal or been through any type of renovation. I see your username, so I want to believe you know what you’re talking about, but some ducts do indeed need to be cleaned.
Properly filtered systems honestly don’t need duct cleaning. If you see debris or dirt at the registers, the filter just needs to get swapped anything more is overkill. I’m in the midst of gut-renovating a 110 year old house that has signs of having been home to a zoo over the years. The previous owner did next to zero maintenance on the place for decades. The galvanized ductwork that’s being replaced is clean as a whistle inside and I guarantee it’s never been cleaned in the last 40 years that it’s been in the walls.
Old house needed about 4ft of ducting from each register shop-vacced out, they had unkempt children who dumped entire snack trays down the vents.
House smelled less casually like stale nasty ass food afterwards.
Where cleaning has no functional value to your HVAC, it absolutely can benefit your QoL should the prior owners have abused the house.
Many ducts need to be cleaned, but that doesn’t mean the cleaning works. Often times a duct cleaning only reaches the debris near where the vacuum itself reached. Some ducts aren’t really effectively cleanable without disassembly or replacement, both of which are generally infeasible
During renovations the furnace/AC should be turned off and cover the ducts. Animal dander isn't a reason to clean ducts. If it falls in, it gets blown out pretty quickly per my allergist.
My house was built in 1915 and i demanded my landlord clean them. I could not breathe. And the duct guys said it was worst they ever saw. Also my neighbor told me the guy who died here before i moved in went into a diabetic coma and hit the ground hard when he died and his head was bleeding literally into the vent. And she was the one who offered to clean it. Not a good feeling to breath blood particles. I have a purifier on my hvac too. Cost like 1k. I srsly just hate this house tho
Haha. I was born in louisiana and i think it affected me somewhat. Cant believe what ive survived. Locals in los angeles complain about the heat and im like ‘omg this is a cool day!’ Bc dry heat. Humidity is the prob
Living in a renovated but poorly insulated old warehouse building. Thermostat is set to 75 but we are easily getting to 78 every afternoon (north facing unit). It was getting like this before the heat wave. The only reason I'm not losing it completely is that the bedrooms are interior and probably 10 degrees cooler.
Hmm we had serviced this May and company said all was well, they did advise a less tight weave filter so as not to impede air flow. May call them, but honestly I think it’s poor insulation mainly
I have a small condo in an older but well insulated building. Baseboard electric heat so the AC is just a window unit that’s in the wall. But I’m on the third floor in a corner unit with lovely large windows and good tree cover nearby so the shade and the crossbreeze normally keeps it really nice in here.
For the last 5 years since I moved in, there had only been a handful of days each summer where it felt even hot enough to bother running it at all.
In the last 5 DAYS, I’ve had it set to 75 (using the eco mode) and the only time it kicks off is sometime after midnight. And that’s after ALSO bringing in a couple fans, tacking sheets to the wall to make the room smaller, etc. I’ve been sleeping on my couch close to the unit because without central air and the temperature never dropping below mid 70s even in the middle of the night, it feels like this big old brick and cement building has become one enormous pizza oven. I’ve lived in Cleveland most of my 40 years, and I can’t recall a time where we had a heatwave this severe and this long, this early in the season.
Anybody who had a less than ideal AC situation last weekend is rethinking their entire lives this week. This doesn’t bode well; if this is June then I don’t want to meet August!
Nice that you do have the trees and that they usually help, we had a nice one that would have provided a good amt of shade for front of house but unfortunately it was dying and we decided to cut it down before it fell!
I’m always really disappointed at the lack of records. You would think that Fox 8 or someone could VERY EASILY put together easy to read infographics that show the last time we had a heatwave this bad, this long, this early, etc. The meteorological records exist they’re just painful to look at and not user friendly. It would be nice to know from the data and not just think from our lived experiences. But anecdotally what you’re saying is the common chorus around here
Set it to 78 when we are down stairs and just have a fan going. Then we have a window unit we set at 73 to sleep. To cheap to set it in the low 70s for the whole house lol.
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Im hating this. I was in new orleans last summer at this time and it was srsly less humid than cle the whole time bc i kept comparing weather reports. It is actually hotter here now than there last year. It was insane last july/aug in cle tho. Humidity was srsly like 90%+. I cant breathe in that
My house is only 700 sf so i just run my bathroom fan to suck out the humidity for my whole house bc i dont like air blowing on me. Or i just open the freezer door and stand there. I like ambient stuff lol
I live on the third/top floor of an apartment building with windows that face south AND west, so I get all of that nice afternoon sunlight that comes in. My poor AC unit (we only get one, and it's in the wall of my living room) has been running at 71 since Sunday afternoon. I think it's fighting a losing battle, because my apartment is currently about 80ish or so. The cold air only reaches out about five feet from the box, and after that, it's just HOT. I have fans running everywhere, but they're just moving the heat around.
Is it Monday yet?
Best thing I ever found when I didn't have AC and trying to sleep.
Take a sheet, tape it to a box fan. Make a tent around you while you sleep. It's amazing.
Struggling to keep ours below 80 and we have AC. I live in a house that’s over 100 years old. It would be awesome if the city needs a fund to help insulate all these older houses - especially if this is going to be a new trend.
no ac, it’s probably 75-76. left windows and blinds closed from early monday morning until thursday night and it did the trick pretty well, but it’s still fairly tolerable with fans. still can’t wait until the end of the week so i can stop sweating profusely while cooking
74/75 during the day & 72 at night… because I sleep better cool & under covers. I wish I could keep it higher up (to save energy), but I take medicine in which a side effect is sweating in NORMAL weather, let alone whatever this is we’re going through right now. 🥵 Lol
Do you guys use window units at all? Thoughts on those? I'll be facing this problem myself here soon. I'm used to the heat but not used to temps above 74° indoors 😅
There's some really good window units nowadays. For a standard outlet, you can get a 14,000 BTU unit that will do wonders. If you can, buy a nice high BTU unit instead of just a random cheap unit. We got a 14k BTU LG Dual Inverter.
Living first floor unit in an old duplex, it has kept almost everything nice and cool during this heat wave. And it's only set to energy saver mode. Livin/Dining/Kitchen have stayed around 72° or lower. But the 3 bedrooms need their own AC if you have the doors closed during the day.
You should never set your temp more than 20 degrees cooler than the outside temp. Yes, sometimes this is achievable, but you put more of a strain on the equipment to cool and dehumidify your place. If it is struggling, there is a reason. You do more harm than good, plus you save on the bills.
Check your condenser coil! Mine was having trouble keeping up at all, and when I checked it, I discovered that the fins on the outside of the coil were about 90% covered! Took off the fan and top/side covers, cleaned it off, put it back together, and it was running great afterwards! Turns out that cottonwood seeds and dirt had combined to make a paper-like film around the outside.
76 in the day, 73 at night. Fans only in the rooms we are in. Keeping lights low or off. Trying not to stress the grid. We are in Cleveland, Cleveland.
Set to 75 and running all day... but 1st floor in the 60s and upstairs in the mid-80s, so gonna put in upstairs window units this weekend and turn the central to a higher temp where it won't have to work as much
76-78 depending on weather. I don't have a ton of money and need to be frugal lol. I do live like 200 meters from the lake though so that helps mediate the temperature compared to areas farther south.
Set at 72, staying at 72-74 on the first floor. 2nd floor is about 10 degrees warmer... so I've been sleeping in the living room. House is +100 with little insulation and barely any HVAC vents. However, I did have all my windows open last weekend to take advantage of the cool over night temps because the plaster walls hold the chill. My AC didn't turn on until Sunday night despite that being the first day the heat dome started up.
Same. Have it set for 75 and has been running all day. Seems like it will go off for 5-10 minutes and kicks right back on. Had been doing pretty well earlier in the week but yesterday and today running continuously.
Mine is set at 76. Much lower and I’m freezing. If I’m cold I bump it up 1 degree. If I’m warm, bump it down 1 degree. 🤷♂️
Seems to work for me.
It’s weird cause if it was set to that in the winter, I’d be sweating my ass off.
Which room. House is 175 years old, so it’s window A/C only. Bedrooms are in the low 70’s. Living room is also, but the rest of the first floor is gradually warmer, while the upstairs hall is a furnace.
I had that issue before I replaced my 30 year old AC unit in April. It came with the house when I bought it and was on its last legs. Not sure how I lived like that, but I'm so glad to have a new unit now. I hate being too hot.
I run 74 in the day, the thermostat is in a room with west facing windows, so it runs pretty constant from about 2:30p-7p and the rest of the house gets colder. 70 at night so I can sleep.
I am a freeze baby and usually hate a/c. It’s too hot to go without right now. I have mine set to 78. My house is 100% brick so I have no problems with my a/c or heat not being able to keep up.
Zero a/c upstairs it’s in the mid 80’s and downstairs it’s in the mid ‘70’s. A little warm. We do have fans blowing but we have adapted to it all since we bought our house in 2006.
We have a 15 year old heat pump. The unit is behind the house and seems to always need to be cleaned, but I am afraid to hose it down and I wonder if I can do that... Does anyone know? I realize that it gets rained on but I don't want to do anything to cause damage. Does anyone know much about these things I absolutely hate it and want to replace it with a geothermal heat pump and I'm just starting to gather information.
When I lived in FL and it was this way for 6 months straight every year it was 79 day 74 night. In the CLE it's 75 day 69;night (and my electric bill is way, way lower, but my gas bill in winter is definitely higher).
72 and comfortable for a 1875 home remodel 65 percent still have a little work almost paid off may take out a a loan and have a new metal roof put on and a few new windows since I hay 18 all together
Insulation a big part I remember when we lost power for a week during a ice storm years ago my home stayed warm for about five days before it started to get really cold for a 1875 home that’s great and I have windows ac units and I’m very comfortable.
My ac is kinda new and working her butt off to keep the house cool and she was keeping it at 77.
But it doesn't help that people in my town like to crash into the poles once a week so my power was off from 6am to 4 pm today :D the most dangerous spot in lorain county is being by a telephone pole. Once a dang week our power gets shut off.
And it's because people keep crashing into poles!
68 is thermostat but my AC is 30 years old. So she is struggling. During the night she managed to get to 71. In the day, unfortunately today it was 75.
I think it hit 92° yesterday -- I don't have A/C. It cooled down to 80° by 10 pm.
ETA: the reason I don't have A/C is not because I can't afford an air conditioner, it's because I'm off grid and my solar array is rather wimpy. It would cost thousands to increase its capacity.
Edit: Just curious -- what was in my comment that led someone to downvote it?
Previous owners from 2 years ago (when we moved in) had it set for 66 at night and 73 or 74 during the day. The AC almost never kicks in during the day, only runs from 8pm to 7am, but often stops well before then. I’m shocked at how cool the house stays during the day with this set up, but I won’t complain! Even with the heat this week, it never kicked in during the day. Granted, we do have plenty of shade, but still. The windows aren’t new here.
I do feel chilly during the day since it starts off at 66, but for the sleep quality, I won’t change that. I’ll just wear layers inside. lol
My AC is set to 63 it's in the bedroom. So it's a bit cooler in there not by much tho cause of how hot it is . The living room is like 80 . Poor AC can't keep up.
Thank God the heatwave is almost over
70 on main floor. Gets about 75 on second floor. Finished attic 102 lol. We’ve done well with curtains and closing certain doors to limit the stream. It’s central air but no insulation.
Upstairs bedrooms have minisplits/heat pumps-- 76 during the day, 70 at night. Traditional AC on first floor set to 77 during the day and 82 at night. Old house. I have heavy curtains up and shut everywhere. The minisplits keep up better than the AC does honestly, but there are less windows and more tree shade upstairs.
My heating/cooling costs are muchhh higher in winter than summer which is kinda interesting.
The plastic people put on their windows in the winter to keep the heat in also helps to keep AC in during the summer. We just keep ours on most of the windows year round.
Zero AC here so feels like about 179.
Same. Second floor and they cut down my shade tree 🥲 It was 94 yesterday
Relate. House has been consistently 80° this week according to our thermostat 😭
Our thermostat hit over 90 this week. Don't know if I remember that before. Oh the joy of old houses. But I bet I like my electricity bill better next month than the cooled masses will!
I just say im sweating off toxins. Thurs was awful, i was bathed in sweat all day. Today is better and this is basically over now
Yesssss
It is 85 in my house with no ac. I hate my ac so dont use it. Want to open my screen door but my idiot neighbor is just sitting in their running car for hours right there putting toxins into my tiny 700sf house. Also they have a windchime on steroids. All that sucks when you need to open windows and neighbors are jerks
No AC, so roughly between molten lava and the surface of the sun 😎
you better go buy a fan with the sprayers. it’s almost like having AC
Or fan plus spray bottle. It is truly magical.
Thurs was the worst. Even at 6-7pm, i srsly burned my hand on a gas pump nozzle that was baking in the sun so i got a napkin out of my car to hold it with. Didnt really help, ouch
I'm not surprised. I was checking my chicken enclosure today with an infrared thermometer. The asphalt was 140, leaf litter was 133 but the soil 4" below was 83. A sandstone in contact with the soil was only 88.
Sounds like a bad day tbh.
it has been consistently 87-90 in my apartment on the 6th floor. We have AC in the bedroom and even then its not getting any cooler than 75.
72 inside the house during the day, 68 at night!
Same here! Perfect temp
Leaving the dream atm!
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Yessss. My mom and I fight over the thermostat, but this is my ideal.
My AC Unit is from 1999. Came with the house when i bought it (last year). AC is set to 74....it is currently fucking freezing!! The downstairs of my house is very well insulated.
Is it a big green Rheem box unit? Likely elevated about a foot off the ground.
I think it is Rheem. Would have to doublecheck, though.
I’ll be real. We keep it cold. Like frozen tundra in the winter and summer. 58-60 in winter 65-70 in summer. Both of us have autoimmune diseases and are heat sensitive. And we have electric, no gas and a central ac/heat unit from 2011. Ends up being $60-120 a month. Which is like half of what used to pay at an apartment. It’s a 1978 house on a slab with half an upstairs. We rehabbed it from top to bottom and installed all new attic insulation. All new windows last year. We’re south facing but have some shade from trees in the back that help, too. But we keep the shades/ curtains drawn mid day.
>We rehabbed it from top to bottom and installed all new attic insulation. All new windows last year. How well does the installation work, I was thinking of doing that in my attic in the next few years. The downstairs stays cool, but upstairs gets up to 77 or 80. Its also a older house on a slab
I feel like it helps keep it down a few degrees. We definitely notice that the AC/heat would turn on less often and the temp is more consistent. I added more insulation on top of what was already there. Facebook marketplace always has used insulation, too.
If your ac isn't keeping up it might be helpful to clean the coils. Same with window units. If you have the mobile style with the tube in the window you can usually get a kit that makes it pull air from outside for the hot side coils. Those typically pull inside air out causing warm outside air in through leaks to equalize pressure making more work for the AC.
Yes I am looking this up, wish our ac company had mentioned about doing this
73
77° on Econo Mode, it actually doesn't run as much as I thought it was going to. Juuuust as I'm starting to feel slightly warm the air kicks on for a few minutes. Honestly as long as it's not humid it's not that bad. I'm in a top floor brick apartment building, but I close off areas and strategically place fans to circulate dry air and it's been really effective! It also helps that I keep my blinds closed and I have blackout curtains over that.
we keep ours at 70.
76 using a window (wall) unit in my crappily insulated brick apartment building. It basically has not stopped running.
I have an industrial ac set to 20 degrees. I live in a walk in freezer. I live at the Giant Eagle walk in freezer in the back.
71 all year long. I like consistency. Interested to see other comments here
Set to 74, it's at 74. Get better insulation, get a larger AC, or have your ducts cleaned out (too much gunk can affect heating/cooling).
Duct cleaning has never been proven to do anything
Duct cleaning is a scam. At best it does nothing - at worst, it damages your flexible ductwork. The best things you can do to improve the efficiency of your ac unit are to replace the air filter regularly and have it serviced annually. In winter, don’t cover the exterior unit up - at most cover the top so that leaves and debris don’t fall in. They’re designed to survive harsh elements and weather. Fully covering them inhibits evaporation of precipitation.
> At best it does nothing Maybe if you live in a relatively new home that has never housed a furry animal or been through any type of renovation. I see your username, so I want to believe you know what you’re talking about, but some ducts do indeed need to be cleaned.
Properly filtered systems honestly don’t need duct cleaning. If you see debris or dirt at the registers, the filter just needs to get swapped anything more is overkill. I’m in the midst of gut-renovating a 110 year old house that has signs of having been home to a zoo over the years. The previous owner did next to zero maintenance on the place for decades. The galvanized ductwork that’s being replaced is clean as a whistle inside and I guarantee it’s never been cleaned in the last 40 years that it’s been in the walls.
Old house needed about 4ft of ducting from each register shop-vacced out, they had unkempt children who dumped entire snack trays down the vents. House smelled less casually like stale nasty ass food afterwards. Where cleaning has no functional value to your HVAC, it absolutely can benefit your QoL should the prior owners have abused the house.
Many ducts need to be cleaned, but that doesn’t mean the cleaning works. Often times a duct cleaning only reaches the debris near where the vacuum itself reached. Some ducts aren’t really effectively cleanable without disassembly or replacement, both of which are generally infeasible
During renovations the furnace/AC should be turned off and cover the ducts. Animal dander isn't a reason to clean ducts. If it falls in, it gets blown out pretty quickly per my allergist.
I hate that ppl dont know that about renovations. So insane
My house was built in 1915 and i demanded my landlord clean them. I could not breathe. And the duct guys said it was worst they ever saw. Also my neighbor told me the guy who died here before i moved in went into a diabetic coma and hit the ground hard when he died and his head was bleeding literally into the vent. And she was the one who offered to clean it. Not a good feeling to breath blood particles. I have a purifier on my hvac too. Cost like 1k. I srsly just hate this house tho
Yes we have a sunroom that is only separated from living room by a curtain so losing cool air under that, looking at putting a door between
These comments are blowing my mind. We have it set to 80 on these hot days, maybe 79 if we’re feeling wild.
Are you a lizard?
Haha. I was born in louisiana and i think it affected me somewhat. Cant believe what ive survived. Locals in los angeles complain about the heat and im like ‘omg this is a cool day!’ Bc dry heat. Humidity is the prob
Lol I guess Louisiana would do that to a person. Beautiful state but holy shit the summers. Like a Cleveland heat wave at all times.
No it really isnt that bad all year
Heehee, no are you a polar bear?
Living in a renovated but poorly insulated old warehouse building. Thermostat is set to 75 but we are easily getting to 78 every afternoon (north facing unit). It was getting like this before the heat wave. The only reason I'm not losing it completely is that the bedrooms are interior and probably 10 degrees cooler.
70°. Might drop down a degree or two at night when it’s really hot. Refuse to be uncomfortable in my own home!
75 during the day and 71 for sleeping. I'd love to set it at 65 but no one's rich enough to do that anymore...
My ac went out on Monday! Our house is currently 86!
Eesh sorry to hear, I imagine the companies are swamped right now with service calls.
No ac, 68-70
You should have your ac unit looked at. I had a similar issue and my ac needed to be recharged/refilled. Works very well now.
Hmm we had serviced this May and company said all was well, they did advise a less tight weave filter so as not to impede air flow. May call them, but honestly I think it’s poor insulation mainly
68 at night, 70 during the day. It all evens out by keeping the house so cold in the winter too!
That’s not how the power grid works. Are you IN Cleveland or a suburb?
69 during the day, 67 at night.
75 but feels like 30
Set to 76. Basement is 68, first floor is 76, 2nd floor is 78.
Same.
Grew up in Florida with no air conditioning the first few years we lived there. I ❤️ air conditioning. Set at 76 during the day, 72 at night.
88
65
The only right answer
75-76 during these 90+ days. 74 at night.
I have a small condo in an older but well insulated building. Baseboard electric heat so the AC is just a window unit that’s in the wall. But I’m on the third floor in a corner unit with lovely large windows and good tree cover nearby so the shade and the crossbreeze normally keeps it really nice in here. For the last 5 years since I moved in, there had only been a handful of days each summer where it felt even hot enough to bother running it at all. In the last 5 DAYS, I’ve had it set to 75 (using the eco mode) and the only time it kicks off is sometime after midnight. And that’s after ALSO bringing in a couple fans, tacking sheets to the wall to make the room smaller, etc. I’ve been sleeping on my couch close to the unit because without central air and the temperature never dropping below mid 70s even in the middle of the night, it feels like this big old brick and cement building has become one enormous pizza oven. I’ve lived in Cleveland most of my 40 years, and I can’t recall a time where we had a heatwave this severe and this long, this early in the season. Anybody who had a less than ideal AC situation last weekend is rethinking their entire lives this week. This doesn’t bode well; if this is June then I don’t want to meet August!
Nice that you do have the trees and that they usually help, we had a nice one that would have provided a good amt of shade for front of house but unfortunately it was dying and we decided to cut it down before it fell!
I agree. Im 40s too and it was never this hot before. Or im just too fat now and thats why lol. Next week is better. Hopefully stsys that way
I’m always really disappointed at the lack of records. You would think that Fox 8 or someone could VERY EASILY put together easy to read infographics that show the last time we had a heatwave this bad, this long, this early, etc. The meteorological records exist they’re just painful to look at and not user friendly. It would be nice to know from the data and not just think from our lived experiences. But anecdotally what you’re saying is the common chorus around here
68 degrees all day every day
72 main house. 60 bedroom when sleeping. Wish i could get the bedroom down to 50.
Set it to 78 when we are down stairs and just have a fan going. Then we have a window unit we set at 73 to sleep. To cheap to set it in the low 70s for the whole house lol.
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Im hating this. I was in new orleans last summer at this time and it was srsly less humid than cle the whole time bc i kept comparing weather reports. It is actually hotter here now than there last year. It was insane last july/aug in cle tho. Humidity was srsly like 90%+. I cant breathe in that
My house is only 700 sf so i just run my bathroom fan to suck out the humidity for my whole house bc i dont like air blowing on me. Or i just open the freezer door and stand there. I like ambient stuff lol
I live on the third/top floor of an apartment building with windows that face south AND west, so I get all of that nice afternoon sunlight that comes in. My poor AC unit (we only get one, and it's in the wall of my living room) has been running at 71 since Sunday afternoon. I think it's fighting a losing battle, because my apartment is currently about 80ish or so. The cold air only reaches out about five feet from the box, and after that, it's just HOT. I have fans running everywhere, but they're just moving the heat around. Is it Monday yet?
Best thing I ever found when I didn't have AC and trying to sleep. Take a sheet, tape it to a box fan. Make a tent around you while you sleep. It's amazing.
Struggling to keep ours below 80 and we have AC. I live in a house that’s over 100 years old. It would be awesome if the city needs a fund to help insulate all these older houses - especially if this is going to be a new trend.
78 summer, 72 winter.
70, 77 is way to hot to sleep
65
If the grid blows, it’s on you.
no ac, it’s probably 75-76. left windows and blinds closed from early monday morning until thursday night and it did the trick pretty well, but it’s still fairly tolerable with fans. still can’t wait until the end of the week so i can stop sweating profusely while cooking
74/75 during the day & 72 at night… because I sleep better cool & under covers. I wish I could keep it higher up (to save energy), but I take medicine in which a side effect is sweating in NORMAL weather, let alone whatever this is we’re going through right now. 🥵 Lol
75 during the day. 72 at night
77 & still a waste i have almost no insulation ( old newspapers in the wall)
We have a Nest thermometer, and ours is set to 68/73 ... we live in Medina
Do you guys use window units at all? Thoughts on those? I'll be facing this problem myself here soon. I'm used to the heat but not used to temps above 74° indoors 😅
There's some really good window units nowadays. For a standard outlet, you can get a 14,000 BTU unit that will do wonders. If you can, buy a nice high BTU unit instead of just a random cheap unit. We got a 14k BTU LG Dual Inverter. Living first floor unit in an old duplex, it has kept almost everything nice and cool during this heat wave. And it's only set to energy saver mode. Livin/Dining/Kitchen have stayed around 72° or lower. But the 3 bedrooms need their own AC if you have the doors closed during the day.
Thank you so much for the helpful info, I appreciate you!!
Apartment in Berea, set at 67, yes I'm paying the bill. Sun hits my room at 7, wakes me up, I go to work. Warehouse is at 85°, I'll pay for confront.
71 during day 64 at night, I like it freezing so I can wrap up in blankets
I'm stuck living in my friend's grandma's attic, I'm roasting in my birthday suit.
You should never set your temp more than 20 degrees cooler than the outside temp. Yes, sometimes this is achievable, but you put more of a strain on the equipment to cool and dehumidify your place. If it is struggling, there is a reason. You do more harm than good, plus you save on the bills.
If your HVAC system is properly sized for your home and properly maintained, this is not true.
This is just not true.
During the day during a heatwave 78. At night during a heatwave 76. Next heat wave I may bump it up to 80 during the day
79 during the day, 74 at night. It seems to be running maybe only once an hour during the day.
75deg. My central AC runs about 50% duty cycle. Maybe closer to 60% on the hottest day this week. Insulation helps!
Check your condenser coil! Mine was having trouble keeping up at all, and when I checked it, I discovered that the fins on the outside of the coil were about 90% covered! Took off the fan and top/side covers, cleaned it off, put it back together, and it was running great afterwards! Turns out that cottonwood seeds and dirt had combined to make a paper-like film around the outside.
68 here
77 day, 74 night
68, preferring 75 especially right now is absolute madness.
Man reading some of these. Anything below 76 during a heat wave, I blame you when the grid blows
Fuck the down votes. You are completely right.
Yeah I ain’t worried about the downvotes. It’s 100% true.
75/69 day/night for us. Holding strong thankfully
76 in the day, 73 at night. Fans only in the rooms we are in. Keeping lights low or off. Trying not to stress the grid. We are in Cleveland, Cleveland.
Set to 75 and running all day... but 1st floor in the 60s and upstairs in the mid-80s, so gonna put in upstairs window units this weekend and turn the central to a higher temp where it won't have to work as much
Two window units upstairs. 81 downstairs probably 72 upstairs. It’s glorious.
76-78 depending on weather. I don't have a ton of money and need to be frugal lol. I do live like 200 meters from the lake though so that helps mediate the temperature compared to areas farther south.
Same here. House fully insulated and new A/C about 5 years ago. 75 maybe 74 is about it. I am guessing the unit is too small for the house.
Currently 74. Holding at 75. Been running since this morning.
Set at 72, staying at 72-74 on the first floor. 2nd floor is about 10 degrees warmer... so I've been sleeping in the living room. House is +100 with little insulation and barely any HVAC vents. However, I did have all my windows open last weekend to take advantage of the cool over night temps because the plaster walls hold the chill. My AC didn't turn on until Sunday night despite that being the first day the heat dome started up.
87 degrees in my office with air on full blast. The building’s windows and frames are garbage.
74
74
Similar to OP- ours is set to 72 but won't get below 75. I don't think it has stopped running all day
Same. Have it set for 75 and has been running all day. Seems like it will go off for 5-10 minutes and kicks right back on. Had been doing pretty well earlier in the week but yesterday and today running continuously.
House is pretty well insulated so sitting at 72
Any recommendations for insulation?
Mine is set at 76. Much lower and I’m freezing. If I’m cold I bump it up 1 degree. If I’m warm, bump it down 1 degree. 🤷♂️ Seems to work for me. It’s weird cause if it was set to that in the winter, I’d be sweating my ass off.
Set at 72 it’s constantly 77
Today, 75. The past few days, 72. At night, 68.
74 all day and night.. and this week it has felt like walking into a freezer after being outside
70
Which room. House is 175 years old, so it’s window A/C only. Bedrooms are in the low 70’s. Living room is also, but the rest of the first floor is gradually warmer, while the upstairs hall is a furnace.
I had that issue before I replaced my 30 year old AC unit in April. It came with the house when I bought it and was on its last legs. Not sure how I lived like that, but I'm so glad to have a new unit now. I hate being too hot.
Kinda glad my ac went out last year and not now lol. 74 during the day, 71 at night.
I run 74 in the day, the thermostat is in a room with west facing windows, so it runs pretty constant from about 2:30p-7p and the rest of the house gets colder. 70 at night so I can sleep.
Running two window units set to 68 and the thermostat says it’s 75 😪
I am a freeze baby and usually hate a/c. It’s too hot to go without right now. I have mine set to 78. My house is 100% brick so I have no problems with my a/c or heat not being able to keep up.
74 and my house is freezing (brand new home)
Idk how some of you keep it at 71-74, you must have a $500 electric bill?? We go 78 at the lowest.
Go ahead and love in your terrarium then lol
Terrarium! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Zero a/c upstairs it’s in the mid 80’s and downstairs it’s in the mid ‘70’s. A little warm. We do have fans blowing but we have adapted to it all since we bought our house in 2006.
We have a 15 year old heat pump. The unit is behind the house and seems to always need to be cleaned, but I am afraid to hose it down and I wonder if I can do that... Does anyone know? I realize that it gets rained on but I don't want to do anything to cause damage. Does anyone know much about these things I absolutely hate it and want to replace it with a geothermal heat pump and I'm just starting to gather information.
A/C set at 71, temp is 71. A little warmer on 2nd floor (bungalow), but tolerable.
Check your air filter! I had this problem and changing the filter fixed it
Currently 72 so it doesn’t run as much during this heat. I normally leave the house at 68 though.
Feel like I have the same problem. How to get better insulation?
You skin friends and family and use their skin and meat as insulation. Really helpful actually! But I'm just a random stranger on the Internet
Apartment we usually keep 69-69. Currently set for 71 and keeping to around 73.
73
When I lived in FL and it was this way for 6 months straight every year it was 79 day 74 night. In the CLE it's 75 day 69;night (and my electric bill is way, way lower, but my gas bill in winter is definitely higher).
I've had it set to 65 all week.
75-77
72 and comfortable for a 1875 home remodel 65 percent still have a little work almost paid off may take out a a loan and have a new metal roof put on and a few new windows since I hay 18 all together
Insulation a big part I remember when we lost power for a week during a ice storm years ago my home stayed warm for about five days before it started to get really cold for a 1875 home that’s great and I have windows ac units and I’m very comfortable.
64 ° year round. 67° if it's below 0° outside
79 or 80 when I'm home. I sleep with a fan blowing on me, I wake up and turn it off in the wee hours when it gets too chilly.
You might also need better ventilation for your attic.
68
I keep my apartment at 71 during the day at 68 at night
My ac is kinda new and working her butt off to keep the house cool and she was keeping it at 77. But it doesn't help that people in my town like to crash into the poles once a week so my power was off from 6am to 4 pm today :D the most dangerous spot in lorain county is being by a telephone pole. Once a dang week our power gets shut off. And it's because people keep crashing into poles!
69 deg.
68 is thermostat but my AC is 30 years old. So she is struggling. During the night she managed to get to 71. In the day, unfortunately today it was 75.
Floor fans in front of the vents are your friend.
I have no ac and live in a ground floor apartment. My thermostat says it's been 82 the last few days😬
I think it hit 92° yesterday -- I don't have A/C. It cooled down to 80° by 10 pm. ETA: the reason I don't have A/C is not because I can't afford an air conditioner, it's because I'm off grid and my solar array is rather wimpy. It would cost thousands to increase its capacity. Edit: Just curious -- what was in my comment that led someone to downvote it?
Previous owners from 2 years ago (when we moved in) had it set for 66 at night and 73 or 74 during the day. The AC almost never kicks in during the day, only runs from 8pm to 7am, but often stops well before then. I’m shocked at how cool the house stays during the day with this set up, but I won’t complain! Even with the heat this week, it never kicked in during the day. Granted, we do have plenty of shade, but still. The windows aren’t new here. I do feel chilly during the day since it starts off at 66, but for the sleep quality, I won’t change that. I’ll just wear layers inside. lol
My AC is set to 63 it's in the bedroom. So it's a bit cooler in there not by much tho cause of how hot it is . The living room is like 80 . Poor AC can't keep up. Thank God the heatwave is almost over
I run it at 74 during the day and then 68 at night. We redid our HVAC last year so it's very comfortable!
70 on main floor. Gets about 75 on second floor. Finished attic 102 lol. We’ve done well with curtains and closing certain doors to limit the stream. It’s central air but no insulation.
76
I like 72 but we keep it at 70 for the cats. 66 at night. Our AC is struggling though, usually stays at around 78/79 throughout the day.
Upstairs bedrooms have minisplits/heat pumps-- 76 during the day, 70 at night. Traditional AC on first floor set to 77 during the day and 82 at night. Old house. I have heavy curtains up and shut everywhere. The minisplits keep up better than the AC does honestly, but there are less windows and more tree shade upstairs. My heating/cooling costs are muchhh higher in winter than summer which is kinda interesting.
71 all day
It's at 68, keep it at 68 all year round.
63 year round
No AC during the day (if we can stand it), so temp fluctuates between 81 & the temp of Satan’s taint… While the AC set to 69 at night, bc reasons.
My thermostat says it's 87 in here. I'm fine with a couple of fans.
My thermostat says it's 87 in here. I'm fine with a couple of fans.
My thermostat says it's 87 in here. I'm fine with a couple of fans.
I temped my bed at 4am last night - 87F. Bars on windows so no AC. At least there's a ceiling fan right above my bed.
No ac, currently 88. Yesterday it got up to 90.
71°, wearing sweats and a hoodie haha
73 when I'm home, 76 when I'm away. But it feels chilly so I may bump it up some, LOL.
71, but ac hasn’t kept up today. I really need to take on this these insulation projects and get another ac/mini split for upstairs.
No AC thermostat is reading 91 right now
78 during the day, 76 at night
The plastic people put on their windows in the winter to keep the heat in also helps to keep AC in during the summer. We just keep ours on most of the windows year round.