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Darn, my electricity bill was 300 bucks last month, 2700 sq/ft. Kept the house at 72 degrees, with both upstairs and downstairs being set at 72.
Rarely eve watch TV and we only really use laptops.
What are the big electricity items in the house?
I find it strange that most people posting on this thread turn the heat down at night. In our house, we turn the heat up for bedtime. We have a 2 zone setting and at around 7 pm, both settings are at 70. My daughter's bedroom is the bonus room which sits on top of the garage. It's easily 4-5 degrees colder in her room, so at 70 on the upstairs thermostat, her room is likely at 65. During the day when we're all out, the settings get turned down to 67. Our gas bill is over $200 in the winter, this being an unusually cold one. Funny that in our much older house in CT, 68 on the downstairs thermostat (single zone) was stifling us upstairs. Either the older home was constructed with better insulation/materials or radiant heat from water running on baseboards is better than forced air. It also helped that our ceilings then were only 8' as opposed to 10' downstairs and 9' upstairs here.
I just cranked up the heat because my nose was cold.
And it is not like my nose protrudes so far from my face or anything.
It just gets cold easily.
Like my fingers.
And, toes.
Currently at 62. I am wrapped up in fleece, thermal and a robe. Going to bed very soon to get warm.
Yes: this summer will include massive amounts of insulation being installed even if I have to choke back my fears and go into the attic myself. (I don't do ladders/heights) Somehow I will figure out how to get the insulation in between the walls, too.
I find it strange that most people posting on this thread turn the heat down at night.
The body promotes sleep with lower temps. People transitioning to 3rd shift often feel colder when the room temp isn't any different.
That's why a hot bath helps some people get to sleep or warm milk. It isn't the warmth so much as the lack of it when transferring to the colder temp. So, lowering the temp can promote sleep. Also, the body burns more calories when it is colder because it has to to keep internal temp up.
I find it strange that most people posting on this thread turn the heat down at night. In our house, we turn the heat up for bedtime.
We have three zones (one on each floor) and generally keep it between 68-70 on each floor during the day depending on what we're doing or where were are in the house. We do turn it down a few degrees at night, mostly because we like to sleep under one of our big comforters and, at closer to 70, then you just wake up sweating.
We've always left it a consistent 72 all year long, summer or winter. Never changed it unless we were going on vacation. However, after our last power bill we have bumped it down to 70* downstairs (where the bedrooms are) and 66* upstairs (bonus room). Still not adjusting it at night as I'd always heard about efficiency being more important in your heating units and you get the most efficiency by leaving it constant.
Sounds like that may be just a myth so we may try turning it down at night a few degrees at least. Me and my son both "run hot" anyways so we'll be fine and the wife has a dual-zone heating blanket on our bed so she can get warmed up that way if necessary and not suffocate me! haha
I like this whole "heat the human" talk.
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