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So at work today, the discussion of household heating and gas/electricity bills came up (entering winter Down Under), and I commented that we have our central heating set to 14 Celsius (approx 57 Freedoms) overnight, and off during the day/evening. We find that 14 is quite comfortable under a fluffy doona/duvet. I was warmly mocked (well natured), and informed that something closer to 24C (75F) is appropriate, day and night.

Surely not... right?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

18C . We live in a condo building that is well insulated so setting it any lower wouldn't help. I agree, it's preferable to sleep when it's cooler. 24C in winter is insane - if you're cold just put on a jersey or a fleece.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If I set my winter evening thermostat to 14C my wife would have my head on a spike in the front lawn. Police be damned.

We keep it at 22C as a compromise during the day and 19 at night (since we sleep better in the cold).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I keep 18.5°C during the day in the floor I work (fully remote so I'm sitting at the desk all day long) and off at night

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

24C, that's insane!

During winter we try to keep the daytime temperature around 20-21C in the rooms we use the most, and a couple of degrees cooler in other rooms. We find it important to not have a too large temperature difference between rooms in order to avoid mold growing.

During nighttime we set the thermostats to 16-17C.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In the winter, I'll accept 23C anything colder and I catch a cold.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We have our thermostat set to 63°F in the winter. We'll go up to 67°F or so if there's a storm bad enough that power loss is possible.

In the summer, we have our air conditioners set to 70°F.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live offgrid in a campervan and do not have HVAC in the normal sense. I follow mild weather, aiming for daily highs of 65-70deg F. Because I camp in arid regions this usually means overnight lows of 35-45F. I try to avoid overnight freezes for comfort and to protect my water system.

My roof vent is set to 65F (comes on then and tries to hold that temp). The LiFePO4 battery bank is warmed to 50F. At night I use an electric blanket and dogbuddy to stay warm if needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

what you're doing is what I want to do - do you have any suggestions for links to/communities on lemmy or other federated platforms? liked vandwellers back on reddit a lot but cant find something similar here.

my rig is a 1987 Ford/Grumman Kabmaster, it's been in the shop for a while now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not OP but I haven't found one yet (though I haven't looked exhaustively). I think it would be popular if you made a community though!

VanLife, Teardrop trailers...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ok, here ya go, a lemmy community for vanfolk, car-dwellers, RVers, etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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