Frugal air conditioning in Florida.... Central versus window unit for night (self.Frugal)submitted by Hey guys! So I live in an apartment in Florida. It is hot almost all the time. During the day, we have no problem with the heat and keep the thermostat just low enough to not grow things on the walls, but we absolutely need the AC at night. There's just no arguing that. We have a box fan, ceiling fan, the works, but it needs to be cool for me to get quality sleep. I have no problem with it now since it's been cool during the days, so we really only use to AC at night, but during the summer months I know the AC will work a lot harder to cool the house, and my electricity bill will go up. My question is would a window unit be cheaper than using the central air at night? We don't need to air condition the entire house when we are just sleeping in the bedroom. If we always keep the AC at 78ish during the day and really only need the AC lowered for night, would my electricity bill be lower if we used a window unit to keep the bedroom cool during the night and could then keep the central AC unit for the whole house at 78-80 all summer long?

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