Comments on: On Thermostats and Dreams

By: Dobeman

Dobeman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:22:01 +0000

I can’t sleep hot either. I’ll lay near-naked on top of the sheet with the fan going if I’m not cool enough.
I recently moved our upstairs thermostat into our bedroom because it was out in the hallway near our cathedral ceiling, which gathered hot air like a roomful of politicians. It would think it was 80 degrees in the house, while all of the bedrooms were freezing!
Much better now! Who cares if the hallway is cool anyway? Esp. at night!

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:05:43 +0000

We keep our house at 79 degrees out here iwth a thermostat that is probably not so accurate, plus the fact that different room have vastly different tems here.

But I guess to put it in perspective is was 114 today when I drove in to work at 3 PM.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:48:10 +0000

I read this post over like ten times, saying to myself, “Why are they turning their heat up to 77 degrees at night? And why is no one flaming them for being energy hogs?” Then it hit me: you have air conditioning inside your house.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:39:37 +0000

Yep, I don’t sleep well, either, when it is hot. Here in B’more it’s more like sauna heat than desert heat, though. As long as I’m not “sticky,” I rest well. Regardless of the humidity, my dreams do intensify (won’t call them bad, just more intense) when it is too warm.

I bought an older home without central air, which was OK with me since too much a/c plays havoc with my sinuses. I rely on a modo window fan in the kitchen to draw air through the house and oscillating or overhead fans for comfort in the room I’m occupying at any given time.

Two exceptions: my office and bedroom have window a/c units and I use them as needed. The office is set on 76 and the bedroom 74. I’ve found at higher than 74, the unit doesn’t remove enough humidity and I don’t rest well.

All bets are off when Baltimore goes through the “XX consecutive days of 100+ temps with high humidity” in late summer. The window units just can’t keep up and I get to enjoy sticky in the summer, just as nature intended.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:05:50 +0000

Two things:

1. I can’t sleep when it’s warm. I don’t remember my dreams much, but when I’ve been napping on weekends, I have noticed that I sleep more fitfully when it’s warmer.

2. Have you considered going to a programmable thermostat that could let the temperature float during the day and drop down at night?

By: Mumsy

Mumsy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:16:45 +0000

I vote for the 2 kitchens and beach access.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:02:34 +0000

I haven’t noticed strange dreams when it is too hot, but I don’t sleep as well. We like it cold at night, and warmer during the day. Lately though it’s been staying on about 72 all the time. When I was pregnant, it was down to 68 while we slept and around 72 or 74 during the day. Before then, I think we turned it to 70 at night and 74 during the day. We have a programmable one, and we haven’t reprogrammed it in a while, so I think it is constantly down to 72, though Rick said he turned it down last night.

It does make me wonder if our thermostat’s temp is not quite accurate, since I’m normally freezing when other people are comfortable, and yet our temps are all lower than yours. *shrug*

By: Jilly

Jilly — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:57:18 +0000

Yes! I sleep fitfully if it’s too hot, and also have screwed up dreams.
We now have an oscillating tower fan and “vent booster” in the bedroom, plus keep it down the thermostat at about 73-74 at night. The bedroom still only gets down to about 75, but I can sleep in that.
I can tolerate 77 during the day, but not when I need to sleep.
I like it cold, dark, and silent like a tomb.