Anonymous #2 13w

OH but for winter time, you should NOTTT turn it off. Set it back to heating 60F whenever the space is unoccupied. 65F if you have infiltration issues and certain parts of your home are colder than others. And keep all the sink cabinets open. You do NOT want to risk freezing and bursting a pipe.

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Anonymous #2 13w

Depending on how cold it gets in your area, you may even want to set your faucets to drip while you’re gone. To reconcile this with my love of environmentalism, I usually set large containers in the sink to catch the dripping water and then use it for plants or cleaning or something

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Anonymous #2 13w

oh yeah going without ac is not an option where i live lol. our ac was broken for 2 weeks and all of my belongings molded, my whole entire mattress. i forget other people don’t live in a swampy wet state with the highest utilities in the country due to ac

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Anonymous #1 13w

I’m in Georgia which isn’t the humid-est in the country, but I have coworkers in Florida and everywhere else. We still recommend reducing the space temp setpoint, but to either install a humidity sensor to include in the controls or to be more conservative (85 is standard, 78 is conservative, but even a 1 degree release from your typical setpoint saves abt 3% of the hvac energy for the time the release lasts)

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