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I live in Upstate NY where it's cold and we get lots of snow (10+ feet). I have a natural gas furnace. I average around $180 a month in Dec/Jan/Feb for gas and electric (1300 sq ft house).
It does get cold in the house during the day, but I find curtains and blackouts help, I keep them shut during the day. Plus I wear long johns in the winter during the day, seeing as I have to be out shoveling snow every few hours.
65 or 70 if I feel a bit chilled...then back to 65....electric furnace in a poorly insulated apt, so this is about as low as i can go without it being too cold and about as high as i can go before being eaten alive by utiltiy bills (level billing, so I make up for this by mimimal use of AC in summer)
I'm curious... how low do you set your thermostats in the winter?
I've been experimenting and trying to make small changes in hopes of seeing some smaller electric bills.
Right now ours is set at 60 but that is only because I am still having hot flashes and my poor husband is about to freeze to death.
In normal conditions (without hot flashes) the temperature in our home at all times is 70 - 75 degrees.
I live in Massachusetts. So far I'm keeping it at 59 degrees at night. (I warm my bed up with a heated blanket, then turn it off..so I'm warm In the morning when I get up for work I turn the heat up to 70 to take the chill off the house while I shower/bathe get dressed, then I turn it down to 60 degrees when I leave the house. I live alone so no need to be on higher than that when I'm gone.
And I HATED getting into a warm bed. One of the reasons we got rid of the water bed. Weirdly, the other reason was after a few hours in it, no matter what the temp was set at, I was cold. I'm usually toasty when I go to bed, so cold sheets feel good. We watch TV at night and I'm always under a quilt on the sofa.
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Right now ours is set at 60 but that is only because I am still having hot flashes and my poor husband is about to freeze to death.
In normal conditions (without hot flashes) the temperature in our home at all times is 70 - 75 degrees.
Me, too -- my car A/C is always set at Arctic Breeze. Those darn flashes.....
We keep it very cold in the winter, especially at night. The daytime temp (when we're home) is 60°, and 52° at night. Luckily, we both like it cold while we're sleeping. The change in our heating bill has been enormous since we started doing this a couple of years ago. Before that, my mom and MIL were living here, and we had to be careful about hypothermia, so we kept it comfortably warm for them.
I'm curious... how low do you set your thermostats in the winter?
I've been experimenting and trying to make small changes in hopes of seeing some smaller electric bills.
I never turn on my thermostat. Our electricity bill is about 60 bucks a month every month. No A/C, no heater. This is one area that California can beat out the rest of the country in affordability.
68 all winter, all day. I used to have it programmed to drop down when I was at work, but since getting a dog I don't want him him freezing in the house all day.
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In the morning when I get up for work I turn the heat up to 70 to take the chill off the house while I shower/bathe get dressed, then I turn it down to 60 degrees when I leave the house. I live alone so no need to be on higher than that when I'm gone.
