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What do you keep your heat set at?

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Re: What do you keep your heat set at?

  • imagemrsjanks:

    I've heard/read from reliable sources that changing the temp from day to night makes your bills higher. I don't know if it's true, but I just try to keep ours steady.

    I don't know how true that is. Energy Star recommends programmable thermostats as a way to save energy and reduce utility bills. Also, if we kept ours steady at 65 where we like it when we get home from work, it'd run non-stop all day when we're not here. Varying the temps is really the way to go for us. Our highest bills since being in this house have been right around $130.

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  • Since having Ellie, it's now set at 68 all the time (last year it was probably set around 60-64). It was at about 65 at night, but DH was a little cool once in a while and thought if he was, then Ellie probably was too. We used to have it programed  for different temps, but now that I'm mostly home all day, it stays put.
  • imageBeth&Derek:
    imagemrsjanks:

    I've heard/read from reliable sources that changing the temp from day to night makes your bills higher. I don't know if it's true, but I just try to keep ours steady.

    I don't know how true that is. Energy Star recommends programmable thermostats as a way to save energy and reduce utility bills. Also, if we kept ours steady at 65 where we like it when we get home from work, it'd run non-stop all day when we're not here. Varying the temps is really the way to go for us. Our highest bills since being in this house have been right around $130.

    Yeah, I dunno. I just know that I've heard several places that if you drop it during the day and then turn it up when you get home, it runs that much more to compensate for the drop in temperature. Makes sense, I guess.

    Whatever works for you.

  • imagemrsjanks:
    Yeah, I dunno. I just know that I've heard several places that if you drop it during the day and then turn it up when you get home, it runs that much more to compensate for the drop in temperature. Makes sense, I guess.

    Whatever works for you.

    I can see how that would be an issue if you let your house hit like 50 degrees and want to kick it up to 70 when you get home. Then, it would have to run longer to heat up the house. In our case, though, it's at 60 when we're not home and goes up to 65 around 6 when we get home. It takes about 15 minutes to go up those 5 degrees, so we're definitely using way less energy than if we tried to keep it at 65 all day when we're not here.

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  • We have oil. It is set at 60 when we are not home, 70 when we are (I hate being cold) and 68 when we sleep.
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