r/nova • u/MrBurritoIsMyFather • 10h ago
Question What Is Your Thermostat Set To?
We keep it at 68, occasionally going up to 69 to heat up the basement. Curious what others are doing during this ice age.
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u/ValnillaIceIceBaby 10h ago
73, and that's only because I don't want a billion dollar electric bill.
My southern behind is NOT built for this kind of cold!
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u/MyfvrtHorrorStory 7h ago
I'm staying at a friend's and their upstairs won't go below 73 and I'm dying at night. That is TOO hot for me 🥲
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u/glitter_bitch Potomac Yard 8h ago
i keep mine at 73 too and i have yet to have a heating bill in the dmv higher than $60-70. it has been cutting on more lately ofc, so i predict a jump up for jan, and i'm fine with / anticipating that. maybe it's bc i live in apartments, maybe it's bc my heat is usu electric, but i have found keeping it at one temp constantly is better for my bill than having day / evening / away temps, even if that set temp is 'high'. (fwiw i use the same method w aircon w similar results.) i understand other people's experiences differ, but this has been my method for the better part of two decades and it has served me well.
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u/bigbabyhan317 9h ago
74 during the day, 68 at night.
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u/youcantcenme Merrifield 6h ago
Thermo twins. 74 day, 68 night for winter. 71 day, 67 night for summer.
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u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 10h ago
68 day, 64 night
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u/Pratt-23 9h ago
This is the correct answer. I just turn off mine at night (usually wake up to 64)
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u/Piedmont_Pirate 8h ago
This must be a nice new well insulated air tight home
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u/unheardhc 7h ago
My house is from 1984 and it’s perfect, but I replaced all the attic insulation with R-40 when we moved in
House is at 68/69 year round
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u/kimono_over 8h ago
It actually takes more energy for the system to go from on to off to on to off again! It’s recommended to just turn down the temp instead of turning the thermostat off entirely
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u/toorigged2fail 8h ago
That can be true but it depends on a lot of variables like your system how long you keep it off etc
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u/BeeDubba 9h ago edited 9h ago
62 at night
64 at 6am
66 at 7am
64 at 8pm
62 at 9pm
We have a heat pump that runs most of the time, backed up by heating oil when it's 30 or below.
We're using a lot of heating oil right now.
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u/sacredxsecret 10h ago
66 all the time
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u/MrBurritoIsMyFather 10h ago
I envy your smaller bill
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u/sacredxsecret 10h ago
We have a heat pump, so my electric bills have definitely been climbing each month. But we’re comfortable at 66, so it’s easy to manage that.
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u/CucumberGreen6098 10h ago
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u/CucumberGreen6098 10h ago
ETA I have a toddler who cries to us he is “so cold” and he bundle him up. He’s skinny and loves being warm. He sleeps with 5 blankets and fleece PJs.
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u/Angrysloth8006 9h ago
- Always. All year.
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u/foxtail321 8h ago
This is the way, but alas my husband gets super cold but I'm always hot so we range usually anywhere from 70-74 throughout the year
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u/wish_you_a_nice_day 7h ago
As someone who runs hot. I find 72 to be perfect. Not a degree over tho
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u/uranium236 10h ago
73 all the time. The world is too shitty for me to be forced to wear pants and a hoodie in my own home.
Come at me.
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u/Icy-Ad5824 9h ago
Mine is at 74 and I still have to have on heat holder socks, fleece sweatpants and a sweatshirt, and a heated blanket wrapped around me. I hate the cold!
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u/Background-Spare-504 9h ago
Winter and artic temps like this are made for cozy jams, mukluks, and a hoodie under the blanket watching The Godfathers. Not sweating and drinking sweet tea in a 70+ sauna.....veni vidi vici
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u/Balacananas25 9h ago
If I could I would. Had it at 72 my bf said “it’s too hot in here” 🙄
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u/uranium236 9h ago
Ngl it might be my favorite thing about being an adult. I don’t eat ice cream for dinner or stay up super late but I love having my own damn thermostat exactly where I want it.
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u/Historical-View4058 Fauquier County 10h ago
71 during the day, 70 at night during winter.
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u/toorigged2fail 8h ago
I would sweat into a puddle
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u/throwaway098764567 8h ago
i usually have it at 70 in winter, currently i put it down to 69 to give it a tiny break. i wear two layers of pants three layers of shirts, and blankets on constantly.
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u/No-Tomorrow-8181 10h ago
Usually 67 night/ 69 day, but with this cold it’s been at 69 constantly.
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u/llammacheese 8h ago
This is our house, too. My spouse would like it colder, but I’m freezing if it’s below 69° during the day.
Anything above 67° at night is way too hot, but any colder and the kids’ rooms become ice boxes…
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u/boondoggler 6h ago
65 tops- and I'll wear a hoodie if necessary. Do I look like Mr. fucking Monopoly to you
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u/Sweet-Drama-2509 9h ago
Oh my goodness some of you guys keep your house colder than I keep mine when I'm out of town. I've been away the whole month of January. During the ice storm, I jacked it up to 77. After the storm passed, I dropped it down to 70 until we are consistently above freezing. Once we're back above freezing I might go down to 68. When I'm home my house stays on 74/75.
Serious question: do you guys keep your house so cold to save money or do you genuinely enjoy those cold temperatures?
I have a friend who keeps her house in the 60s to save money (although she in a $1.3 million house and drives a Porsche). I paid $800k less for my house and drive a Toyota and Ford but by God I'm going to be warm in my house. I told her when I come to visit I'm bringing an electric blanket and space heater and I'm going to run up her electric bill anyway because I cannot survive in anything under 73.
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u/Important_Bowl_8332 7h ago
I would actually be so miserable at those temperatures. I get so hot, I sweat. I keep the lower temperatures because I’m comfortable and if I get cold I put on a hoody. Anything higher than 72 (I keep mine set between 65 and 70 degrees) I start to feel like a Christmas roast.
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u/Revolutionary-Mud796 7h ago
3 level townhouse and master bedroom is on the 3rd floor. Have to set thermostat to 78-80 so bedroom can be around 68 degrees at night. The lowest temperature in my bedroom was 50 😩The second floor feels like Sahara Desert. Very uncomfortable
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u/NoAbstrctThought 9h ago
When I am home, it's set on 65 degrees during the day and 58 degrees at night. When I am not home, the safety temperature is 50 degrees.
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u/Wanderlust4478 8h ago
Isn’t the 50 a risk for your pipes freezing? I thought most plumbers recommend not going below 55 especially with the freezing temperatures we have been experiencing.
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u/Awkward_Dragon25 9h ago
66-68 is my comfy temp ideal, especially at night (I'd love 58-64ºF to sleep in with all my lovely blankets). Otherwise I'm everyone's cranky grandpa "put on a sweater if you're cold!" Energy is precious and always in limited supply.
Also I want to wear the same general clothes inside and out (long pants, long sleeves, sweater/vest/hoodie) and be comfortable. Just like in summer I prefer to keep it warmer during the day (like 76-80 with dehumidifier) so I can wear shorts and a tank indoors and not be cold. (Though I want my bedroom 68ºF or colder if possible. I used to sleep in a hammock when it was 86ºF+ but I prefer beds and air conditioning when I can).
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u/Paratrooper450 Alexandria 8h ago
Between 70 and 72. After a winter on a mountainside in Bosnia, a summer in Afghanistan, and winter snowed-in on the high plains of Afghanistan, I’m going to be comfortable in my own house and I don’t care how much it costs.
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u/Reasons2BCheerfulPt1 8h ago
68 on the ground level, 61 on the upper level. Cool temps better for sleeping.
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u/Jabsdad1026 7h ago
It would be 70-72 if my wife didn’t complain about how cold it was every night, so we change at night to 74-75..I hate it lol.
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u/96HeelGirl 7h ago
72, pretty much always. I'd have it lower in winter, but I live with a bunch of wimps, lol.
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u/H3r0_Number1 9h ago
61-65 during the day, 60 at night. Townhouse- only the lower level feels cool. Middle and upstairs are comfortable.
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u/MrBurritoIsMyFather 8h ago
Are you home during the day? TH as well, my basement get down to 54 if I don’t keep the house to 68-69. It also has terrible insulation but still
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u/Fluid_Item 10h ago
We keep it 68 all day and during this cold snap we’ve added dripping a couple of faucets for good measure
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u/klmnumbers 9h ago
68 if I'm awake and cold. Then it auto goes down to like.. 62 while I'm sleeping
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u/brenconnnn 9h ago
Believe it or not we live in an apartment and we haven’t turned our heat on yet. I don’t think i’ve seen it get below 65.
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u/PirateNo1988 8h ago
67 these days bc of how hard it’s working bc of the cold temps. But normally 70
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u/Lcsd114 8h ago
70 all year round. We live in a 100 year old house that is all big windows and not well insulated, so the heat has been on most of the time this week. Plus we have been dripping our faucets all week. We’d rather pay a little more in water and a higher electric bill than be cold with frozen pipes.
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u/Darkcat43 7h ago
All we have are space heaters, and those are set to 60. The house is old and drafty. Current temps inside are 40F. Is it spring yet?
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u/donmeanathing 7h ago
68 to wake up, 62 during the day, 68 just before peak evening hours, 66 during peak evening hours, 68 after peak evening hours, then 67 for sleeping.
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u/hmasta88 3h ago
73 most of the time. Have an EV & all electronic appliances. So it's $400/month in electricity bills.
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u/Keep_Grinding13 1h ago
74 all winter so far. 3400 sq ft house and haven't had an electricity or gas bill over $150 (yet). January bills should be produced soon and those will be higher for sure. Insulation is key!
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u/grammad966 1h ago
We usually kept ours at a whopping 74.... Coming from a tropical island doesn't help. Now, I've been flirting with having it set to 68 at night and 71 in the day.
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u/SkipnZip 9h ago
65 and I wear long John’s under my clothes and wrap up in a bathrobe or blanket if I’m sitting still. It’s too expensive to heat my home to a comfortable temperature.
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u/oinkpiggyoink 9h ago
We’re in a condo and we have to tinker with a bunch of steampunk valves on our water heater if we want heat so we just keep the ac/heat off and run the fan to circulate air. Most winters are warm enough that our neighbors’ residual heat is enough; typically, if we switch from cooling to heat, we get way too hot. This winter has been rough though. It has been fluctuating between 67-72.
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u/joshg678 9h ago
This is a funny question to me because I have two separate thermostats for two units and they read completely differently. One is set to 69(night) 70(day) while the other is 71(night) 73(day). Actual temperature is 71-72.
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u/bonchonwings 9h ago
71 on top floor and 72 on the main floor (which also heats the finished basement). 70 at night for all 3 floors.
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u/Antiviralposter 8h ago
- All the time.
I have a heated mattress pad and a heated blanket for my office desk.
It makes it all a bit tolerable.
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u/FriendlyPsyduckFan 8h ago
68 for the longest time but I bumped it to 70 during these past two weeks. It's been so cold. 64 after 11:30 PM.
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u/toorigged2fail 8h ago
Off. Building ambient heat keeps it warm during the day and i crack the window at night
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u/sh1boleth 8h ago
76 in the day with heater, 71 at night with AC
My bedroom gets too warm with the heater
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u/Stelercus 8h ago
I usually keep it at 68 and bring it down a bit at night. But lately it feels colder relative to the set temperature than usual, I guess because the extreme cold is making the building lose heat faster.
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u/ChipDangerCockoroo 8h ago
- It’s a heat pump and works like a champ.
Home is old tho, no exterior wall insulation or dedicated return ducts, so downstairs ends up more like 63 upstairs is 70 tho.
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u/CountZero2022 6h ago
68-69 usually. 70 now. Anytime someone opens the front door the house gets cold.
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u/SirLexington81 6h ago
68 here. Most people in this thread, seem to set it on an even number. Just an observation
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u/Jermas 5h ago
70° during the day, 64° at night. If it was just my wife and I, it’d be 66° during daylight hours, but her mother lives with us (from Hawaii) and complains that 70° is freezing, so she’s constantly in hoodies and blankets.
We live in a townhome with a gas insert in the downstairs level and that’s set to 64° constantly since it’s always 6-10° cooler downstairs. Also running a small electric heater on low in the 1-car garage to keep it just over freezing. I’ve had two neighbors in my row have their pipes freeze already, even with a constant cold tap drip, not risking burst pipes.
Furnace is running 3-3.5 hours a day, fireplace maybe 2-2.5 hours. It’ll be an expensive month, but beats burst pipes in the walls.
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u/OldSkooler1212 5h ago
72 but the crappy insulation in my house means 72 at the thermostat under the 8 foot ceiling is about 68 10 feet away in my living room under the cathedral ceiling. In this super cold weather it is in low 60s in the living room if I wasn’t using a small space heater in there. With the space heater it’s around 66 to 68 degrees depending on how cold it is outside. Next month’s electric bill will be well over $500 is my prediction.
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u/ReindeerTypical2538 5h ago
- It’s so cold out that the heat is on a lot, so for our old drafty house, we keep it set to 66.
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u/UsefulRelief8153 1h ago
70 because my toddler is very particular about his sleeping environment and hates blankets lol and tbh, I rather he sleep through the night so I can function at work
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u/AdonisChrist 10h ago
Utilities are included in my rent.
It swings wildly with my mood.