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Originally Posted by red-beard

The A/C is rarely turned off. We need it in January some years!

January & February, the heat is on.

March through December A/C mode is on.

I recently switched my A/C units from dying/dead single stage 13 SEER (but probably far less!) to 17 SEER two-stage units. We've shaved about 60-70 kWh per day off our usage. Knocked about 4-5 more kWh per day by changing the pool cleaner.

Exactly, in Houston, you can require AC year round. We may have many days in the fall, winter and spring where we open up, but at night for sleeping, the AC is probably on (unless it's the rare times when we need the heat).

We could probably get buy with a dehumidifier and fan but our apt (and our old home that had been built in '67) didn't have one.