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As someone who lives in the Northeast US but travels to Florida somewhat regularly it amazes me how low people keep the AC. It’s common for people and places, or at least those I visit, to keep the AC lower than I keep my heat in the winter(18c). So sometimes I’m so cold I have to ask for additional blankets or bring a jacket to a place like a movie theater.

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Folks in the South don't consciously realize it, but they're setting the AC low to keep it running for its dehumidification.

These are the same folks who sweaters is its 80F outside. They can handle heat.

If ACs had the ability to run as dehumidifiers in convinced the temp would rise

If it's less than 80 outside it's cold. If it's over 69 inside then it's hot and I can't sleep

-florida man

I live in Phoenix. In summer AC is set to 84F, and in winter we heat to 78F.

Humidity does a lot.

As I've posted before:

115C with 10% humidity (71.66F wet bulb) here is hot, but as long as you have water, you're better off here than in Florida with 85F at 90% humidity (87.46F wet bulb).

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