Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

Stop Thermostat Game! Save Energy & Cool Your Home #shorts

11 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Derek Cole advises viewers to stop the "thermostat game" by maintaining a consistent temperature setting rather than repeatedly adjusting the thermostat up and down. He explains that constant cycling forces the HVAC system to work harder, reducing efficiency. Cole also notes that on very hot days, especially around 4‑5 PM—the daily temperature peak—the home may not reach the set temperature immediately, but this does not mean the system is broken; allowing the system to run until evening will bring the house down to the desired temperature.

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One last thing, stop playing the thermostat game. Keep your thermostat at a schedule or a constant temperature. Don't keep going up and down, up and down, up and down with your thermostat. Your system goes on, goes off, goes on, goes off, goes on, goes off. It's having to work harder. Keep your thermostat settings at a constant temperature. If it's 97°F outside, and your home is set to 70 and your home is not getting to 70 on these really hot days at 4 or 5 in the afternoon, it's not necessarily broken. 4 or 5 o'clock is probably the hottest time of the day, so people get home, they freak out, the temperature's not coming down. Give it till dark.