Central Heating and AC settings

[Bazle]

In London, I have my central heating set at 18.5°C for overnight and when I go out, and at 21°C for other times (except when I'm away). 

In Thailand, I have the AC set at 27°C. Some people will think that is not cool enough, but it's fine for me. Just as well as I don't think I'd get the temperature below that! 

I'd be interested to know how this compares with how other BMs set their thermostats. 

[joker]

I set it to 25 but they're not very good and it often goes as low as 23 which gives me a chill and I end up meddling with the remote increasing and then decreasing the damn thing every half an hour or so.

When sleeping I set it to 20 - nice and cool.

 

My electric bill ain't cheap.

[boydeste]

In Thailand I set the aircon to 25 or 26 depending how I feel, this is comfortable and ensures I don't get a dry throat.

My home is set to 8 whilst I am away for long periods.

Whilst home I set it to 20 or 21 depending how long it takes me to adjust and drop it to 18 at night for sleeping under the duvet or whilst out during the day.

I will add that I am usually naked whilst in the room in Thailand and fully clothed whilst at home!

[Bazle]

14 minutes ago, boydeste said:

In Thailand I set the aircon to 25 or 26 depending how I feel, this is comfortable and ensures I don't get a dry throat.

My home is set to 8 whilst I am away for long periods.

Whilst home I set it to 20 or 21 depending how long it takes me to adjust and drop it to 18 at night for sleeping under the duvet or whilst out during the day.

I will add that I am usually naked whilst in the room in Thailand and fully clothed whilst at home!

Thanks. That's not far from mine. However, I think AC set at 25°C WOULD give me a dry throat! 

[maipenrai]

45 minutes ago, boydeste said:

In Thailand I set the aircon to 25 or 26 depending how I feel, this is comfortable and ensures I don't get a dry throat.

My home is set to 8 whilst I am away for long periods.

Whilst home I set it to 20 or 21 depending how long it takes me to adjust and drop it to 18 at night for sleeping under the duvet or whilst out during the day.

I will add that I am usually naked whilst in the room in Thailand and fully clothed whilst at home!

Nice to know it's not just me who does this, lol...at home in the winter months I set my woodstove thermostat to 20C and as long as there is wood in the stove it will keep this accurately - same for the forced air oil furnace when I am not burning wood. In Thailand I'll usually set the AC for 22-23 or so; in the condo I am in presently I have an overhead fan which helps a lot and I just turn the AC on and off manually as I feel the need to. 

[forcebwithu]

Living in Wisconsin rarely used the A/C as I had installed a whole house fan that I ran for an hour or so at night. What that did is pull in the cool evening air into the house and out through the attic space. Effectively ridding the attic space of the hot air that built up during the day. Then in the morning closed up the house which was usually enough to keep the house at a comfortable temp throughout the day.

During the winter months the day time the temp was set to 70F/21C and at night 65F/18C. I also ran a whole house humidifier which helped make it feel warmer and made for a healthier respiratory system.

In Thailand I use the A/C in my home office set to 30. With a floor fan moving the air about, 30 is a comfortable temp for me when all I'm doing is sitting in front of the computer. At night I'll run the A/C in the bedroom for about 30 minutes to rid the room of the daytime build up hot air. With the windows open and a wall fan to keep the air moving around, it's comfortable sleeping in all but the hottest months of the year.

[Glasseye]

27 sometimes 26 (in one room). I have four units in the house, but usually just have two going. 

 

Nothing central about it though. Pain in the ass at times.

Keeping them clean is critical. 

[Painter]

In the uk 20° during the day, 16 at night, 8° whilst I'm abroad but programmed to return to 20/16 3 days before I return to heat the building up

In Thailand, a/c is rarely run during the day, doors open and fan on. A/c is set to 25° if i use it during the evening, which is not often, and 24° in the bedroom at night, where it is always used. 

[fforest]

Get a good fan and you will not need the aircon so much....

Example....

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i172067051-s215064513.html?urlFlag=true&mp=1&tradePath=omItm&tradeOrderId=795047308176314&tradeOrderLineId=795047308276314&spm=spm%3Da2o42.order_details.item_title.1

 

I have owned the 16 and 18 inch fans before too....But they run bigger motors which get hotter and guess where that heat goes...lol

The 14 inch fan runs as cool as a cucumber.....And pumps out non preheated air....

 

 

[Siam Addict]

In London, I have the heating on minimum unless the tempeture is down to freezing then normally on at 18-19 for an hour or two in the evening, and on minimum during the night. My flat is south facing and during the day it is normally warm even in the winter.

But then I will normally go to work in a short sleeved shirt with a thermal vest if very cold and I constantant moan at how hot the office tempeture is, it is set at 20 degrees but it is normally turned up to 26-28 degrees when cold.

When I'm in the room in Thailand I set the tempeture at 26 degrees but I would prefer to have a fan and not use aircon but never seem to get that option in the hotels.

[KWA]

Thailand 27 C but used only occasionally. UK 22 C when I'm home and 8 when I'm away, except for a couple of 10 minute periods per week when I have it running just to keep things moving.

[Glasseye]

4 hours ago, fforest said:

Get a good fan and you will not need the aircon so much....

Example....

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i172067051-s215064513.html?urlFlag=true&mp=1&tradePath=omItm&tradeOrderId=795047308176314&tradeOrderLineId=795047308276314&spm=spm%3Da2o42.order_details.item_title.1

 

I have owned the 16 and 18 inch fans before too....But they run bigger motors which get hotter and guess where that heat goes...lol

The 14 inch fan runs as cool as a cucumber.....And pumps out non preheated air....

 

 

 

Good advice.

I have one fan. Need another.

 

Hard for me to believe this house I am in doesn't have ceilling fans.  Must have something to do with the difficulty for wiring (concrete, not dry wall).

[forcebwithu]

34 minutes ago, Glasseye said:

Good advice.

I have one fan. Need another.

Hard for me to believe this house I am in doesn't have ceilling fans.  Must have something to do with the difficulty for wiring (concrete, not dry wall).

My preference is for wall mounted fans rather than ceiling fans. With a wall mounted fan I can direct the air flow to where it's needed. Wall fans are also easier to clean and much less expensive to replace when they break down.

[Stillearly]

I normally set my hotel rooms to 23 or 24C 

my apartment at home is only a couple of years old and has very good insulation, I also have a comfort storage heater in my living space which only comes on at low tariffs and heats the cells inside ... I have it set at 23C  , I rarely need to boost it 

I have heaters in the bedrooms and hallway, but have never needed to use them 

inside my place I am always dressed in shorts and t shirt 

 

[Zambo]

1 hour ago, Glasseye said:

Good advice.

I have one fan. Need another.

Hard for me to believe this house I am in doesn't have ceilling fans.  Must have something to do with the difficulty for wiring (concrete, not dry wall).

I much prefer ceiling fans. My condo in pattaya, which i sold a couple of years ago, i installed ceiling fans. The ceiling was a bit low for that and had to be careful when lifting children up not to hit the fan. Only ever used aircon for the bedrooms at night.

 

[Zambo]

50 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

My preference is for wall mounted fans rather than ceiling fans. With a wall mounted fan I can direct the air flow to where it's needed. Wall fans are also easier to clean and much less expensive to replace when they break down.

I prefer ceiling fans, but our kitchen has a wall fan and that's ideal.

[Glasseye]

22 minutes ago, Zambo said:

I prefer ceiling fans, but our kitchen has a wall fan and that's ideal.

 

Fans get dirty here awful quick. As do most other things.

[forcebwithu]

18 minutes ago, Zambo said:

I much prefer ceiling fans. My condo in pattaya, which i sold a couple of years ago, i installed ceiling fans. The ceiling was a bit low for that and had to be careful when lifting children up not to hit the fan. Only ever used aircon for the bedrooms at night.

Not just children have to be careful around ceiling fans, but stupid adults as well. I stepped up on a chair and forgot to check how close I was to the spinning ceiling fan.

I was pretty calm in the aftermath, but the family was sure freaked out due to the amount of blood from the head wound. Told them I was fine, just drive me to the local hospital for the stitches needed to close the wound. Thought it was kind of cool how they stitched the bandage to the wound.

The fan didn't survive the encounter with my hard head though.

 

[tommy dee]

as a result of a long talk decades ago with a pal who is a heating specialist in the UK.. I learned the timing heating is a mistake.  so coming on an hour before u get e etc etc.  the thing is its cheaper to MAINTAIN a temperature than slog a system to get there from cold, heating first the wals, floor, furniture air and then finally you

 

so as an experiment here, in a decent sized house with modern ac units.. i and two pals elsewhere tried the test for a month in the hot season.  my bills went DOWN with ac on 24/7  set at 25.  ( one pal went up as his house has crap insulation)

 

In the Uk hositpals  are told to heat at 22-23 degrees.  so when Mum was really fragile, I set her house to that.  Home until this past weekend I had the same there and was comfy, despite coming from here.  Here in Thailand, am happy with the cool house and best of all, of course, ac dehumidifies.  if you ever check the water output from a single ac unit you will be amazed.. pints and pints per day.  that otherwise is in the bedding, wardrobes etc.  

[Zambo]

1 hour ago, forcebwithu said:

Not just children have to be careful around ceiling fans, but stupid adults as well. I stepped up on a chair and forgot to check how close I was to the spinning ceiling fan.

I was pretty calm in the aftermath, but the family was sure freaked out due to the amount of blood from the head wound. Told them I was fine, just drive me to the local hospital for the stitches needed to close the wound. Thought it was kind of cool how they stitched the bandage to the wound.

The fan didn't survive the encounter with my hard head though.

 

That looks terrible, and the fan is properly mangled. I guess better quality fans will have some sort of safety feature to stop that from happening.

[Butch]

In the UK our house is set to 16 degrees at night during the winter months, and it seldom drops below that regardless of the temperature outside as it's well insulated. during the day it's 22 degrees.

In the PI or LOS I always set the AC to , 22 degrees as well and leave it on overnight.

For some reason many Hotel Ac's seem to be all or nothing with no kind of happy medium. Many times I've awoken at night feeling very cold because the 22 degree setting is too hot, and the 21 degree setting is like sleeping outside in the Arctic.

I always chug a half litre of water before bed anyway, more if I'm pissed, that prevents a dry throat for me at least.

[forqalso]

When I was living in the San Francisco Bay Area, my house didn’t have AC and luckily I really didn’t even need a fan except for the warmest of days. I got spoiled by the $30 electric bills. Here in Jomtien, I usually have the AC off all day until bedtime, then I’ll run it at 25 for a half hour or so. 
I think by living mostly AC-free, I am not as uncomfortable when I’m on my bike rides or walks as the temperature differential isn’t nearly as great compared with the other option.