Man…I’ve been running tests and in this heat unless I’m going to be gone for the whole day it doesn’t make sense to turn off the AC. Just as much if not more power is used if I turn it off for 4 hours then back on when I come home later.

There truly isn’t any winning in this heat, power savings wise.

I have Tesla solar panels and Powerwall house batteries. I always try to conserve when I can for my “score” in the app, but nothing I try is helping.

I can’t think of any scenario where it makes sense, energy savings wise, to turn off or raise the AC when I leave unless I’m going to be gone 8 hours or more.

Thoughts?

Edit: For those that disagree, please note that I’m looking at actual data which is what we should be doing. You can’t base it off what you think is happening without data to back it up.

Unless you’re going to be gone around 8 hours or more, when you come home and it’s still 105F outside you use just as much/if not more energy to bring it down to your desired level no matter how high you raised your thermostat.

So for the same amount of money you can come home to a house warmer than you please, or a house that is cooled to your liking