I’m always for saving money.
If it makes sense, is legal and ethical, I’m always game for a plan that will save me money.
When it came to the HVAC cooling in my home, I really needed a new plan. Since we moved down here three years ago, we’ve been essentially letting the HVAC cooling run wild. That really hasn’t been the best when it comes to our household budget. Still, we didn’t really know quite what else to do when it came to the summers down here. Frankly, my wife and I were both stunned by the intensity and duration of the summer heat when we moved here. Sure, we knew it was going to be hot but we weren’t prepared for the wet blast furnace it turned out to be. Subsequently, we just leaned into the thermostat setting. It’s like the heat pump runs night and day from June through September. For sure, I’m so glad that we have a new heat pump with a high SEER rating. But even with all that HVAC efficiency, the cost of air conditioning just got out of hand. So I ended up approaching one of the guys in my golf group about his strategy for HVAC cooling and the summers around here. He’s a native and he suggested that I need to just wait to turn on the air conditioning until the very end of spring. This allows the body to acclimate to higher temperatures. We did just that and it has worked like a charm. Now, a thermostat setting of 80 during the peak heating hours of the day feels cool when it’s in the high 90’s outside.