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- From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
- Subject: Re: How to cut back my heat bill?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.154358.26582@sei.cmu.edu>
- Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews)
- Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
- References: <92325.085334F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:43:58 GMT
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- In article <92325.085334F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>, <F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
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- |> My question is, will turning my thermostat back to 60 and keeping
- |> it there save me more money then if I would keep it at 72? I would think
- |> it would, but the person from the gas company said it wouldn't. This
- |> doesn't make sense to me for the following reason:
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- ??Really?? -- my local gas companies produce literature on saving energy by
- keeping the temperature lower. Your reasoning is correct, and you don't have
- to be a physicist. Obviously, if you set it down to the current outside
- temperature, it won't come on at all. I'll be charitable and assume that the
- gas company rep misunderstood your question.
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- A good compromise is to buy a programmable setback thermostat, such as a
- Hunter, and program the night temperature for 5-10 degrees lower, having it
- come back up just before you rise, go back down after you leave for work, and
- come back up before you get home. You can get them for $40-60 depending on
- features, and they will save you that the first heating season.
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- Rich
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