the machines are overused. If more people decided to tolerate 80F as room temperature...we'd see a precipitous decline in energy usage
When I first moved into my current house I was setting the air conditioning at 78 degrees. Then I had my central AC unit serviced and the tech showed me little dots of mold throughout the inside of the unit in the basement. He told me not to set the thermostat above 75 degrees in the summer time because it doesn't get enough humidity out of the air. He also said to make sure I kept a dehumidifier running in the basement.
Now I keep the thermostat on 75 and keep the basement at 50% relative humidity using a dehumidifier in the summer. I also ended up installing a UV light inside the basement unit myself to kill microorganisms.
So it's easy to say to just tolerate higher temperature but the unfortunate thing is that high humidity levels inside a home can lead to serious issues.
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the machines are overused. If more people decided to tolerate 80F as room temperature...we'd see a precipitous decline in energy usage
When I first moved into my current house I was setting the air conditioning at 78 degrees. Then I had my central AC unit serviced and the tech showed me little dots of mold throughout the inside of the unit in the basement. He told me not to set the thermostat above 75 degrees in the summer time because it doesn't get enough humidity out of the air. He also said to make sure I kept a dehumidifier running in the basement.
Now I keep the thermostat on 75 and keep the basement at 50% relative humidity using a dehumidifier in the summer. I also ended up installing a UV light inside the basement unit myself to kill microorganisms.
So it's easy to say to just tolerate higher temperature but the unfortunate thing is that high humidity levels inside a home can lead to serious issues.