Danestress Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 My DH and I have never settled this. If the AC was set at 79 and I turned it to 77, did I turn the AC up (because it's working harder) or down (because I reset the thermostat?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 You just turned the AC up by turning the thermostat down. ;) But if you're saying "AC", I say that it's up. (Or down, if you decide it's working too hard and you don't mind sweltering... Or if your crazy Aunt Mildred is in town from New Mexico and keeps going on about how she can't function with your wacky "refrigerated air" out here in the East.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I don't know, but dh and I have this argument all the time. I say turn the air conditioning down to make it warmer, and he thinks that down should make it colder. I'm using abbeyej's logic on him the next time he says this.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Awaiting wisdom... DH and I frequently misunderstand which way set the thermostat. Should the temps be warmer or cooler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 something happening frequently here in my area, where it is supposed to be around 108F tomorrow. Not that it's been less than 100F as the high any day for the past month. Michelle T, who thinks Samuel Carrier should be a saint (he invented modern air conditioning) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 When you "turn up the AC", you are raising the temperature, so the house will get warmer. It's the same if you "turn up the heat." The house gets warmer. If you turn either down, the house gets colder. Turning up = raising the thermostat. Turning down = lowering the thermostat. Simple. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 My thoughts on this are that you will have a different answer based on the type of system you were raised with. We only had window units, so we would turn it UP (from medium to high, for example) if we wanted it colder. My dh had a thermostat, so he would turn it DOWN (the lever on the thermostat) if he wanted it colder. Just a theory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 So this is where the confusion is coming from. :D I say turn it up to make it cooler and down to make it warmer, but then when the heat is on... My thoughts on this are that you will have a different answer based on the type of system you were raised with. We only had window units, so we would turn it UP (from medium to high, for example) if we wanted it colder. My dh had a thermostat, so he would turn it DOWN (the lever on the thermostat) if he wanted it colder. Just a theory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2Three Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 My DH and I have this same confusion. To help make my intentions clear, I say, "Would you please turn down the temperature on the AC?" As in, it's hot in here, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I have heard it referred to as cranking up the AC. To me, that means making it run more thus getting colder. Same with the heat. Cranking up the heater means making it come on more to get warmer. The action required to do one regarding the thermostat setting is opposite the other. That's the KY way from where I hailed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 but that's because I didn't grow up with central air (cooling or heating). In my poor little brain cell, when you turn something *up* you get more, when you turn it down you get *less.* See, that's what happens when you're watching TV or listening to the radio, yes? Turn it up, it's louder; turn it down, it's softer. But every so often, one of the brain cells kicks in, and I understand that when you want more cool air, you turn the thermostat down, to a lower temperature. Actually, I just try to avoid the terminology altogether, and just say things like, "It's too stinkin' hot in here. I need it to be colder!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 You turned it "colder." Because when you're 9mos pg & August is looming, you want to be UNDER. STOOD. Kwim? :lol: (Like anyone would think I wanted it warmer in here, anyway.) Actually, come to think of it, like there's *room* on the thermostat to turn it colder anyway. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 You turned it "colder." Because when you're 9mos pg & August is looming, you want to be UNDER. STOOD. Kwim? :lol: (Like anyone would think I wanted it warmer in here, anyway.) Actually, come to think of it, like there's *room* on the thermostat to turn it colder anyway. LOL :lol: When I was 6 months pregnant with first, we moved from Rochester, NY to So. IL. So I was used to the cold. We had moved in Dec. A friend came down from NY to visit us somewhere around March, I think. She was a native NY state resident. Again, very accustomed to the cold. One morning, dh got up at the same time that our friend did. She was coming out of her room with her heavy winter coat on! I was in a t-shirt (short-sleeved) only. :lol: I froze the poor dear out so that she slept in her coat! I was bit embarrassed. And instead of adjusting the temp, I think we offered her a ton more blankets. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 You turned the thermostat (and thus, the temperature) down. You cranked up the AC into working harder in order to do that, LOL..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceinMD Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 The AC units at work have remote controls that only have a few buttons - and the buttons are labeled "I feel HOT," "I feel COLD." Clearly designed by someone who had had just the argument you're talking about with their spouse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 My DH and I have never settled this. If the AC was set at 79 and I turned it to 77, did I turn the AC up (because it's working harder) or down (because I reset the thermostat?) According to my former HVAC guy (a/k/a dh), if it's adjusted using your thermostat and you change it to make it colder, you've turned the air DOWN. If you adjust the thermostat to make it warmer (i.e. not as cold), you turn it UP. However, if you're using a window air that adjusts from low, medium, high (the fan) and from 1-8 (or 10), and you turn it from a low number to a higher number, you're obviously turning it up! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmeg Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I asked my dh and after staring....and blinking a couple times....he said the temp felt fine to him and that we really didn't need the AC on at the moment. :confused: In his defense, it was a Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 LOL, what a great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 This is why I always say "Turn the thermostat down" (in the case of your example). I never could keep it straight before that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 You just turned the AC up by turning the thermostat down. ;) I agree. I always say "turn the thermostat up" or "turn the thermostat down." It just helps eliminate any confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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