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OFF is the most economical setting. As cool as tolerable is almost as good so long as the pipes don't freeze.
Realistically that means wearing a sweater or a heavy cotton shirt instead of a t-shirt. Try sitting with a blanket over your lap while watching TV. Baking bread and cooking supper instead of going out or using microwave stuff. Replace your florescent bulbs with incandescent "heat globes". Use small heaters in the bathrooms. Most of all make certain the insulation is complete and functional.
Mostly it means trading spring and fall comfort for saved money. This is second nature to us old time Yankees. We do not expect comfort in the winter or high summer and are not willing to waste money to achieve it.
OFF is the most economical setting. As cool as tolerable is almost as good so long as the pipes don't freeze.
Realistically that means wearing a sweater or a heavy cotton shirt instead of a t-shirt. Try sitting with a blanket over your lap while watching TV. Baking bread and cooking supper instead of going out or using microwave stuff. Replace your florescent bulbs with incandescent "heat globes". Use small heaters in the bathrooms. Most of all make certain the insulation is complete and functional.
Mostly it means trading spring and fall comfort for saved money. This is second nature to us old time Yankees. We do not expect comfort in the winter or high summer and are not willing to waste money to achieve it.
That is not something I am willing to trade and why I spend the extra money to keep my house at the temperature I want.
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In my house it doesn't matter what you set it at, it will blow CONSTANTLY.
So I keep it around 70-ish.
I'm working on getting new thermostats with an adjustable temp differential so it won't kick back on again until it drops a few degrees below what I have it set at but that's probably more for dust mitigation than energy conservation.
Ah they joys of electric heat pumps outside of their intended range.
OFF is the most economical setting. As cool as tolerable is almost as good so long as the pipes don't freeze.
Realistically that means wearing a sweater or a heavy cotton shirt instead of a t-shirt. Try sitting with a blanket over your lap while watching TV. Baking bread and cooking supper instead of going out or using microwave stuff. Replace your florescent bulbs with incandescent "heat globes". Use small heaters in the bathrooms. Most of all make certain the insulation is complete and functional.
Mostly it means trading spring and fall comfort for saved money. This is second nature to us old time Yankees. We do not expect comfort in the winter or high summer and are not willing to waste money to achieve it.
Good tips, but be aware that you're just trading the power/fuel usage from one appliance to another... but at least you get food and light out of the deal
73-75 here, I never understood the dropping the temp , the system has to work harder longer to bring the temp back up so You just pissed away all the savings you had by it not running to keep the reguler temp, when you let the temp drop everything in the house gets cold, then you not only have to warm the air back up you have to warm every solid thing in the house... Its a waste.
I hate people when they ( and I include a lot of my friends) constantly keep adjusting the temperature on the thermometer. Doesn't it cost more to the re-heat what you have just lowered?, to me makes no sense.
My parents have a house since 1965, the thermometer was set on 72, I am asssuming that is the temp my parents like.....it is 72 at midnight, 6am, and 2 pm. It is always 72. It never gets touched.
If it is 20 outside it is 72 inside. If it is 60 outside it is 72 inside.
all the time morning noon and night, 72 degrees.
I remember growing up, we never talked about being too hot, or too cold, the house was always 72............................no one ever noticed the temperature, and thats when its the perfect temp, when you dont notice being too hot or too cold
I dont get the people that constantly raise and loewr the temperature???
I hate people when they ( and I include a lot of my friends) constantly keep adjusting the temperature on the thermometer. Doesn't it cost more to the re-heat what you have just lowered?, to me makes no sense.
My parents have a house since 1965, the thermometer was set on 72, I am asssuming that is the temp my parents like.....it is 72 at midnight, 6am, and 2 pm. It is always 72. It never gets touched.
If it is 20 outside it is 72 inside. If it is 60 outside it is 72 inside.
all the time morning noon and night, 72 degrees.
I remember growing up, we never talked about being too hot, or too cold, the house was always 72............................no one ever noticed the temperature, and thats when its the perfect temp, when you dont notice being too hot or too cold
I dont get the people that constantly raise and loewr the temperature???
whats the point???
Uhm, I would have had a constant cold growing up in your house! Problem with 72 is you're too cold in the Summer and too warm in the Winter! (Depending on where you live, of course.)
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