{"id":449,"date":"2022-06-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thermallheating.com\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2022-06-03T14:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T21:49:48","slug":"best-summer-thermostat-settings-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermallheating.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/best-summer-thermostat-settings-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Summer Thermostat Settings for Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In a recent blog post, we talked about the benefits of having a smart thermostat installed for your HVAC system. We highly recommend making this upgrade to your home comfort, but we can help you right now with advice on \u201csmarter\u201d settings for the thermostat during summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many homeowners play fast and loose with thermostat settings in hot weather, raising and lowering them based on momentary comfort. This wastes energy and won\u2019t lead to optimal cooling. We\u2019ll tell you how best to set your thermostat this season and why these techniques will help save money while keeping your household comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The thermostat is a switch not a throttle<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is an important fact to know about thermostats because it will help you understand why keeping steady with the settings is a good idea. The thermostat is a switch that determines when the AC and blower in the HVAC system turn on and off. It\u2019s not a throttle, where the lower you set it, the more cooling the AC puts out. Lowering the setting only means the AC will run for longer (as the same power level) to reach the temperature target. You won\u2019t get faster cooling or more powerful cooling if you knock the thermostat down to 63\u00b0F\u2014you\u2019ll end up with a house that\u2019s too cold and have spent a lot more money to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higher settings slow heat gain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a second vital fact to help you know how best to run the thermostat. During hot weather, the outdoor heat naturally moves indoors to where it\u2019s cooler. This is called heat gain<\/em>. The bigger the difference between the temperatures, the faster the heat gain. This is why setting the thermostat higher can actually help a house stay cooler for longer: it slows down the speed that heat moves into the house, and in turn requires less work from the air conditioner to remove it again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best thermostat settings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Explanations out of the way, we\u2019re now at the good stuff. The ideal temperature setting for a thermostat during summer is 78\u00b0F during the day when people are home, and 8\u00b0 to 10\u00b0 warmer at night or when the house is empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although 78\u00b0F is cool enough for most people to feel comfortable, it can at first feel a bit warm for some. In this case, we recommend you lower the thermostat a few degrees, and then gradually increase it by one degree a day until people acclimatize to the new setting of 78\u00b0F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re wondering why you should bother to keep the AC running at any temperature when nobody is home, even if it\u2019s warm 88\u00b0F, it\u2019s because it takes much less energy to cool down the house when people return. Just leaving the air conditioner running occasionally to maintain a warm temperature consumes less power than trying to pump out all the heat from a house that\u2019s far too hot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a reminder, all this work with ideal thermostat settings is easier with a Wi-Fi \/ smart thermostat in Yakima, WA<\/a>. You can get your home cooled down to 78\u00b0F before you get back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call ThermAll Heating & Cooling, Inc: We are \u201cYour Home Comfort Hero!\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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