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Re:Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids by google234123 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:58PM (#32100786)
78-80 doesn't feel to bad in a dry climate imo
Re:Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids by tasty_freeze on Thursday July 14, 2022 @09:23PM (#32103525)
I live in Austin, TX. It has been 105-ish every day this week, but the humidity is 30% during the hot part of the day. My office has a ceiling fan which is on low most of the time. Some people will not believe this, but I have the minisplit set at 80F and when the sun sets I turn off the fan because I start to get cold. When I leave my office (which is attached to the garage) and walk the 40 feet into my house through the 98F evening air I often feel: ah, that warmth feels good.

To summarize: it is one part adaptation to the heat, one part low humidity, and one part air circulation.

Re:Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids by jandrese on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:33PM (#32101719)
I live in a fairly humid area, but the AC helps to drain the moisture out of the air so it's still livable. Ceiling fans on a low setting can also help you feel comfortable, especially if you don't have the sun shining on you.
Re:Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids by mason55 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @07:03PM (#32102422)
Yeah we live in the foothills in Colorado at 7700 feet elevation. Typical summer day is 85 degrees and 20% humidity and we don’t have AC.

It gets warm but fans are enough and I have a portable swamp cooler for when it gets really hot.