{"id":1322,"date":"2020-06-22T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2020-06-18T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T19:40:01","slug":"handling-thermostat-settings-smart-way-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/handling-thermostat-settings-smart-way-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Handling Thermostat Settings the Smart Way in the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/thermostat-wall-adjusting-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"setting-thermostat\" class=\"wp-image-1323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/thermostat-wall-adjusting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/thermostat-wall-adjusting-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/thermostat-wall-adjusting.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Although there are many advanced types of thermostats\navailable today, many equipped with special Wi-Fi technology and multiple\nsettings, they still operate on a basic principle: raise the temperature\nsetting for a warmer house, lower it for a cooler one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you handle your thermostat during the summer as if it were something you keep changing as gets too cold and then too warm, you\u2019ll end up consuming more energy than necessary and see larger electric bills. You\u2019ll also put more stress on the components of your air conditioner, potentially shortening its service life and making it more likely you\u2019ll have to call for <a href=\"\/service-areas\/dover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">air conditioning service in Dover, Delaware<\/a> to fix it during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re going to give you a quick course on the smart way to set\nyour thermostat during the summer heat so you\u2019ll save money and give your AC a\nlife-extending break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>Understanding Heat Gain and Thermostat Operation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we get to the ideal settings for a thermostat during\nthe summer, we need to explain two important concepts that will help you understand\nwhy these settings are energy-savers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Heat Gain: <\/strong>This is the movement of heat into\na cooler area. When your house is cooler than the temperatures outside, heat\nwill move into the house (slowed down by insulation). The greater the\ndifference in temperatures between the inside and the outside, the <em>faster<\/em>\nthe heat moves. So when you\u2019ve got an icy indoors on a sweltering day, the heat\ngain from outside will be much faster. The closer the two set of temperatures\nare, the slower the heat gain.<\/li><li><strong>Thermostat Operation:<\/strong> A thermostat is a\nswitch, not a throttle. When a thermostat is set lower, it doesn\u2019t speed up the\nAC\u2019s operating and provide larger volumes of cooling. What it does is leave the\nAC running for longer to meet the target temperature.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Putting It All Together\u2014Raise the Thermostat Setting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let\u2019s put these two bits of information together: you\nwant to set your thermostat at a temperature that will lower the speed of heat\ngain and keep it set steadily because raising the temperature up and down won\u2019t\nprovide \u201cmore\u201d cooling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the daytime when people are home, we recommend setting\nthe thermostat at 78\u00b0F. This is a comfortable setting for most people, and it\nis warm enough to slow down heat gain so that the AC won\u2019t need to keep\nconstantly battling a flood of outside heat. Keep the thermostat at this\nsetting throughout the daytime. During the evening or when the house is empty,\nraise the temperature by 8\u00b0F. (Yes, this includes periods when you\u2019re away for\nextended periods; it\u2019s helpful to keep the house from overheating and makes it\neasier to cool off when you come back.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 78\u00b0F seems too warm, you can lower the temperature to\naround 74\u00b0F, then raise it by a degree a day until people become used to it.\nPlease don\u2019t lower the temperature below 72\u00b0F, which will not only put too much\nstress on AC but can sometimes lead to coil freeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>At Atlantic Refrigeration &amp; Air Conditioning, Inc. \u201cWe Take Pride in Your Comfort!\u201d <a href=\"\/contact\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Call us for the best in air conditioning service this summer.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re going to give you a quick course on the smart way to set your thermostat during the summer heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[197,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}