425. Don't Make This Mistake
28 Jan 2026 · 1 min
Derek Cole explains why you shouldn't lower your thermostat when you leave during extreme heat. Your AC might not catch up when you get back, leaving you in a hot house that takes hours to cool down.
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Foreign. I'm Derek Cole, host of the Derek Cole Podcast and we believe in taking the time to explain how things work for your air at home or your business. Let's get into today's episode. Please listen closely and maybe even take some notes so you can remember these insights of home comfort and energy savings and share this episode with three of your friends because we all need to share better ways to be more comfortable at home. Be sure to tag me or DM me on Instagram Derek Mcole so I can say hi. Thanks again for listening and let's begin. Quick tip for you.
Almost made I almost made this mistake this morning with these really hot temperatures this week in the hundreds. When it's really hot, do not set your temperature on a thermostat back. When you leave, leave it on the set point you want because it's not going to get to. It's going to struggle. It's going to struggle this time of year with the heat and the humidity. It's going to be 100 this week. It's going to struggle. So you don't want to set it back and put it behind when you want. When you get home and you want to be 75, 74. It's not going to happen. It's not going to happen maybe until it gets dark. If then. So do not set the temperature back and get it behind. You know. When you leave, set it at one set boiling temperature.
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