Which is more frugal - keep thermostat at 62 or bump up to 66 and let fall
Joe
then it will not cycle for 4 or 5 hours. If I keep it set at 62 it
will cycle every 30 min. Which uses less energy?
Bob F
"Joe" <joe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> back down to 62? It will work harder to get up to the higher temp but
> then it will not cycle for 4 or 5 hours. If I keep it set at 62 it
> will cycle every 30 min. Which uses less energy?
Leaving it at 62.
OhioGuy
you are going to be gone for a while. For example, if nobody is going to be
home from 8 in the morning until 6PM, you might let the temp drop a bit
during the day.
In my case, we use those electric radiant oil filled heaters. The rooms
where we spend the most time are warmest, and the rooms where we spend the
least time are coldest. It makes the bathroom pretty cold, though not cold
enough to worry about the pipes. Besides, with just one bathroom in the
house, this way there isn't much incentive to sit in there and read on the
toilet for a long time.
h
> then it will not cycle for 4 or 5 hours. If I keep it set at 62 it
> will cycle every 30 min. Which uses less energy?
Why set it so high? I leave mine at 58 all winter, all the time, and just
wear a sweater.
Joe
> "Joe" <joe5...@gmail.com> wrote in message
I would, I actually work in my basement that doesn't have heat at all
and gets as low as 52 in the dead of the winter, but my wife insists
on keeping the heat higher.
Jeff
You will generally use less energy if you are providing less heat, as
when the thermostat is down. The added heat when you turn it up would
have had to have been provided before, and some of that would have been
lost. Your house is continually losing heat, the greater the temp
difference between inside and out the greater the loss. The loss is
directly proportional.
What you actually do will depend on your heating system. Heat pump
type systems can throw a big monkey wrench in there. But for gas fired
or electric resistance, turn it down if it is able to recover when you
need it.
Jeff
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at 58, a sweater is not enough to keep most skinny people comfortable
Nicik Name
"Joe" <joe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> back down to 62? It will work harder to get up to the higher temp but
> then it will not cycle for 4 or 5 hours. If I keep it set at 62 it
> will cycle every 30 min. Which uses less energy?
This is the wealthiest country on earth why would anyone here want to lower
their thermostat down to 62 in winter is beyond me.
Rod Speed
> Joe <joe...@gmail.com> wrote
>> back down to 62? It will work harder to get up to the higher temp but
>> then it will not cycle for 4 or 5 hours. If I keep it set at 62 it
>> will cycle every 30 min. Which uses less energy?
> Question is mute....
moot, actually.
> This is the wealthiest country on earth
Thats arguable.
> why would anyone here want to lower their thermostat down to 62 in winter is beyond me.
Because even in the wealthiest country on earth, there are some dregs who cant afford it.
Logan Shaw
I don't know. I've never been to Luxembourg, so I don't know why you guys
over there would want to set your thermostats to 62F. Or for that matter,
I can't figure out why people in Luxembourg are measuring temperatures on
the Fahrenheit scale at all. :-)
- Logan
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>Question is mute....
>This is the wealthiest country on earth why would anyone here want to lower
>their thermostat down to 62 in winter is beyond me.
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To keep the Saudi's cool, of course.
h
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It is if you're moving. When we watch TV (rare), we have a quilt on the
couch.
Charles Quinn
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> back down to 62? It will work harder to get up to the higher temp but
> then it will not cycle for 4 or 5 hours. If I keep it set at 62 it
> will cycle every 30 min. Which uses less energy?
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/thermostats.html
They recommend turning down your thermostat down 10 to 15% while away for
8 hours.
--
Charles
The significant problems we face cannot be solved
at the same level of thinking we were at when we
created them. Albert Einstein
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> Joe <joe5...@gmail.com> wrote in news:b2a4263c-85fb-497e-918f-
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>
> > back down to 62? It will work harder to get up to the higher temp but
> > then it will not cycle for 4 or 5 hours. If I keep it set at 62 it
> > will cycle every 30 min. Which uses less energy?
>
> http://www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/thermostats.html
>
> They recommend turning down your thermostat down 10 to 15% while away for
> 8 hours.
>
Agreed, although since weI keep the house at 58 and the thermostat
only goes down to 55, we can't drop it much when we go on vacation
(only time the house is empty for more than 3 hours).