Well, this isn't really an analysis, but yesterday the electric bill came in. Now understand I live in the DC area, in a 4 bedroom house. This area is muggy, and can certainly get steamy. And this bill is for mid July to mid August, which should be the worst electric month of the year. And the bill was... $72. (Last month was about $54) I know most people here have bills over $150, often over $200 at this time of year. And I don't feel like I suffered with heat either.

As I mentioned in a prior post, I use only window ac units in bedrooms, and one downstairs. No central AC for me. When I leave for the day, if its not going to be extremely hot I will leave the AC off. If it is going to be hot, I leave the downstairs AC on. The upstairs can be cooled after I get home. I let it cool while I eat downstairs. By only cooling rooms as needed my electric bill is much less than other people with matching homes to mine. And I don't worry what I set the temperature at, I just put it at whatever I feel comfortable with.

I just thought if anyone read how I cool my house and wondered if it worked, this is my results for this year.