{"id":1029,"date":"2022-05-23T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2022-05-20T16:24:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T20:24:40","slug":"how-may-raising-cooling-bills-too-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/how-may-raising-cooling-bills-too-high\/","title":{"rendered":"How You May Be Raising Your Cooling Bills Too High"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"air-conditioner-money-saver\"Energy costs are high now, and you may not want to look at your electric bills this summer because they make you winch. Unless you want to live miserably through a hot summer in Texas, you\u2019ll have to run your AC \u2026 but does it have to cost this much?<\/span><\/p>\n

The answer is probably \u201cno.\u201d In our experience providing <\/span>air conditioning service to Cypress, TX<\/span><\/a> and throughout the Katy, TX area, many homeowners have gotten into habits with cooling their homes and operating their air conditioning systems that unnecessarily waste power. You may not have control over the price of energy, but you <\/span>do<\/span><\/i> have some methods to slice away wasteful habits and power-draining mistakes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Allow us to go through what you might be doing wrong so we can help you make corrections that will keep your house cool for less.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aim for 78\u00b0F indoors during the day<\/b><\/h3>\n

The hotter it gets outside, the more likely people will shove their home\u2019s thermostat down lower in the hopes of overcoming the heat. This doesn\u2019t provide a larger volume of cooling or make the AC cool the house faster\u2014it only makes the AC run for longer as it struggles to reach a setting it might not be able to achieve. We recommend setting the thermostat at 78\u00b0 during the day when people are home\u2014that\u2019s cool enough for most people, and it also slows down how fast the house gains heat from outside. These settings can cut down on cooling costs by 5\u201320%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never skip annual maintenance<\/b><\/h3>\n

We always post spring reminders about <\/span>scheduling air conditioning maintenance<\/span><\/a> with our team. Maintenance is the surest way to prevent your AC from suffering a yearly decline in energy efficiency. Missing maintenance during the year will cause a 5% reduction in energy efficiency, and that will add up over time. Our maintenance will see that your air conditioning system works at its peak efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep the AC running when you\u2019re away from home<\/b><\/h3>\n

You don\u2019t save money when you shut the AC off entirely. Instead, you allow your house to become too hot, so when you return home you have to expend more energy to get control over the heat. We recommend you set the thermostat to around 86\u201388\u00b0F when you\u2019re away (no matter how long). The AC won\u2019t run often, but it will keep the house just cool enough that you won\u2019t need to waste huge amounts of power to cool it back down to 78\u00b0F when you return.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Use a programmable or smart thermostat<\/b><\/h3>\n

Speaking of cooling down the house when you come home \u2026 a programmable thermostat lets you have the AC start to cool the house before you arrive so you have comfort when you get in the door. Programming gives you a greater range of control over the thermostat and makes it easier to automate the best settings during the day and night. A smart thermostat goes a few steps further. This technology monitors your home and uses your history of settings to find the ideal programs for maximum energy efficiency. We install many thermostat types: just ask us for recommendations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At AC Comfort, Your Comfort Is Our Business! <\/b>Leave your air conditioning needs and concerns in our capable hands.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allow us to go through what you might be doing wrong so we can help you make corrections that will keep your house cool for less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[100,98],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1032,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}