AC in an apartment

[jasminelane]

Its Depends on the use of AC.How much time you are using AC.Its use only for a day,only for night or 24/7 day night both.Electricity consumes according the using hours.One more thing,How much weight of your AC.Its 1.5 tun or 2 tun?

[elessar78]

Be a bit more scientific about it. Get an actual thermometer and find out the actual temperature in the room. What the thermostat says and what the actual temp is in the apt can vary wildly. Personally, I can tell a 2 degree difference in terms of comfort.

Are the vents unobstructed?

What kind of clothing are you wearing at home? Sweat(ing) is a natural means of cooling off and materials like cotton keeps that moisture close to you. As opposed to synthetics which pull the moisture off you.

We're big campers and I coach sports so I'm pretty aware about body temperature and how to keep it up or down. Have an ice bucket handy, just sticking your hand in there drops your body temp or at least feels that way.

What's the humidity in your apt like? Keep it as low as possible.

As others said, get that air circulating.

I remember my apt had big windows, putting a white or silver curtain backing helped reflect much of the sunlight and heat back out of the apt.

Acclimate yourself to a warmer temp. Every few days raise the temperature 1 degree . . . the human body is incredibly adaptable, pretty soon you won't mind the higher temps. Before we had our baby we had taught our bodies to acclimate and had the thermostat in winter running between 58 and 62 degrees. We figured if we could survive when temps drop to near freezing in a tent we could do much better inside our own home.

[Bades]

Be a bit more scientific about it. Get an actual thermometer and find out the actual temperature in the room. What the thermostat says and what the actual temp is in the apt can vary wildly. Personally, I can tell a 2 degree difference in terms of comfort.

Are the vents unobstructed?

What kind of clothing are you wearing at home? Sweat(ing) is a natural means of cooling off and materials like cotton keeps that moisture close to you. As opposed to synthetics which pull the moisture off you.

We're big campers and I coach sports so I'm pretty aware about body temperature and how to keep it up or down. Have an ice bucket handy, just sticking your hand in there drops your body temp or at least feels that way.

What's the humidity in your apt like? Keep it as low as possible.

As others said, get that air circulating.

I remember my apt had big windows, putting a white or silver curtain backing helped reflect much of the sunlight and heat back out of the apt.

Acclimate yourself to a warmer temp. Every few days raise the temperature 1 degree . . . the human body is incredibly adaptable, pretty soon you won't mind the higher temps. Before we had our baby we had taught our bodies to acclimate and had the thermostat in winter running between 58 and 62 degrees. We figured if we could survive when temps drop to near freezing in a tent we could do much better inside our own home.

Nice Thoughts - right now the thermostat says 70 but I have an electric thermometer (who knows how accurate that is either) and that says 75. So already have a 5 degree difference. Its def not 70 in the apartment. Walk upstairs and no joke, it's at least a 5 degree difference. Im a warm individual, and sweat easily while around the house, and the last couple days (live in Ohio - been in the high 90's!) been wearing athletic shorts around! ha.

The humidity is a good one I think it's in the 40's? Again not sure how accurate a $15 humidity reader is.

[elessar78]

Nice Thoughts - right now the thermostat says 70 but I have an electric thermometer (who knows how accurate that is either) and that says 75. So already have a 5 degree difference. Its def not 70 in the apartment. Walk upstairs and no joke, it's at least a 5 degree difference. Im a warm individual, and sweat easily while around the house, and the last couple days (live in Ohio - been in the high 90's!) been wearing athletic shorts around! ha.

The humidity is a good one I think it's in the 40's? Again not sure how accurate a $15 humidity reader is.

I'd say thermometer and humidity are accurate enough. But a 5 degree difference is huge! At least it is to me. At my office we battle over 2 degree differences. But the people who sit near vents are always cold and the people who sit near the windows are always hot.

I have a thread out in the FrugalQ&A because my house has a 7 degree diff between up and downstairs.

Stay hydrated too! And mist yourself, kinda like ready made sweat.

[LuckyRobin]

Honeywell makes a tower fan that is very quiet. It's called the QuietSet 8-Speed Whole Room Tower Fan. I have found it to be very effective in cooling and the lower settings are barely noticeable. It's about $100 (the cheaper versions are not this quiet), but it would pay for itself pretty quickly in your situation. Although, honestly, I think that if it's a difference of $50 a month, unless it's giving her migraines or making her physically ill somehow, your girlfriend needs to get over not being able to stand the noise of them. There's a lot of things in life you can put up with if the need is there and it sounds like in this case the need for the fans to lessen physical discomfort is there. It doesn't have to be a turbo or windtunnel style fan. A regular fan on a low setting hardly makes enough noise to disturb anyone, but significantly cools a room.

[tasha123]

It seems that there is something wrong with your electricity bill. You need to talk with your flat owner that there is some mistake in your bill. If you are using AC which is more than 5 years old then this need to replace. Buy new one which consume less electricity and you can save your bill.