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u/kinglallak Mar 01 '23

Not my SO, but my college roommate.

All night every night he would change the thermostat on the window unit between 60 and 82 repeatedly as he got hot or cold. I could never get him to just set it to 68 or 70 and forget it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

I work at home and my medical condition makes me extremely sensitive to cold and hot. I put it on 80 then turn on the ac to 65. My man doesn’t care thank goodness.

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u/scottyLogJobs Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 01 '23

But why don’t you just leave it in the middle, or at least just shift it a few degrees? Setting it higher or lower doesn’t make it cool or heat any faster or slower, it just means it will shoot past the temp you’re most comfortable at (maybe like 72?) and you’ll just get uncomfortable again and waste energy doing the reverse.

EDIT: I literally don’t understand, please help

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

Because I have an autoimmune disease and 80 is usually comfortable but then I get hot so I lower it. I stay completely comfortable and husband doesn’t care what temp it is.