For context I am located in Florida and I keep my AC at 76 and never keep the doors opened, but the blinds are up because we have house plants. People say to turn AC to 80 in the day to make it cheaper since my electricity ends up being 200$+ on average. Wouldn’t it cost more for it to constantly being going up to 80 and back to 76!?????
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It’s not going to take any energy to go from 76 to 80 degrees; the air conditioner is just going to turn off for a bit and heat is going to leak in through the building, and that heat was going to leak in anyway so you’re just asking your machine to not work as hard to take as much of it back out.
Running a colder temperature at night is both easier because it’s not as hot outside, and cheaper because nighttime electricity rates are cheaper than daytime rates (if your electric provider does split rates).
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