Originally Posted by jitkaau
We'd never be able to afford to have the AC going all of the time. How are your energy prices? The place I lived before I moved here used to have 113F temperatures with an occasional week of around 129F. Don't know if I like this place's weather any better, as we get 95F in the summer and 17F in the winter. However, we do have screen doors - don't like the sticky flies and mosquitoes!
My energy prices are pretty good & we have several electric companies here for different rates. My a/c is pretty efficient although it's really old (from 1976). I generally have a rule that the thermostat stays at 78 if I'm not home, a little lower (around 76) when I am home. I vary that depending on how often the ac turns on.
Also fans help keep the air moving.