Those magical days when the HVAC is off

Don't think it's a power issue at all, but noise floor issue.  In the cooler mornings, I open all the windows, and doors. Trying to air out the house to cool it down for the hotter days. With my from door open, I have to turn up my system, with the door closed I turn it down to get the same sound level to my ears. I live on a dead end street, with almost no ambient noise. 

In my HT room, the HVAC is on the other side of the wall, with a big air return in the ceiling. In there, the HVAC does affect the sound, but as above, it's a noise floor issue, and not a power issue. 

Good call out, with adding damping material to the heater ducts. Think I'll give that a try.

When it's 100+ outside, I ain't turning AC off for even a second, but lately the mornings were cool and nights too in Ohio!

Ah, we all just try to tune out the noise from HVAC systems, but I was taken aback last year when I tried some noise cancelling Sony Bluetooth headphones a friend had brought to work. Wow, such a calming reduction in ambient noise was amazing.

Hearing all this noise all day long working in an office adds to stress and yes, affects our perception of how "good" music sounds. While I never bought any noise cancelling headphones, at least I know they can be a benefit. I just didn’t want to pop $349 for them.

I live in NC. Fortunately, there are about four months out of the year that no HVAC running is needed for heating or cooling at home. Ah, peace and quiet.

Everything that is plugged into an electrical wall outlet,is drawing electrical power....whether it's turn on or not...it's drawing power,check you elect bill...then start unplugging devices.People have,coffeemaker, toasters,blenders,Stereos Receivers ,amps,turn tables,cd players,vcrs,cassette decks,all your audio equipment, TVs,Microwaves,they have clocks in every rooms Unplugging will reduce your electric bill by alot.Also reduce watts used.

@moonwatcher I lived in Durham and only needed heater few times in the winter. Luckily my neighbor on the floor bellow was extremely warm loving so he'd run heater that would heat my floor sometimes to the point that I had to open windows even in January. Other than that, I'm perfectly fine if the temperature inside my home drops to 58.