How much will occasionally running my air conditioner increase my electric bill?
February 28th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Other - Home GardenI live in Ohio where the temperature has been in the mid to upper 80’s recently. When I get home from work, I turn on the air conditioner to 74 degrees for about 1 hour, then I turn it off. I work with kids all day and really need to cool down when I first get home.
My roommate says it costs a lot of money to turn the A/C on and off, but I feel that is if I’m leaving it on to cool to a low temperature, turning it off till it’s hot again, then turning it back on. Either in dollars or a percentage, how is turning on the A/C for an hour or so per day likely to change my electric bill?
The house has two stories and a basement. Five small bedrooms altogether. It’s an older house, probably from the early 20th century.
It is important to note a few things:
#1- Our central air system doesn’t include a timer option or anything. It’s a rental so we can’t make those changes.
#2- I am only home about 2 hours per day other than when I’m asleep.. so the sprint v. pace example isn’t pertinent. Why pace myself for the mile when I only need a short sprint anyway?
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