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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: How to cut back my heat bill?
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 16:17:14 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.161714.23130@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- In article <92325.085334F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> <F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >
- > I live in a trailer which has is only a year old and has double
- >insulation in it. I have a Miller propane heat furnace and my stove
- >is also gas. Last year, I ended up paying over $600 in gas! This
- >seems like *alot* of money to me. I had someone come over to take a
- >look, and there are no leaks.
-
- This seems like a lot of money to me too! I have a fair size house heated
- by natural gas. I've only finished insulating about 1/4 of it, and my
- gas bill totals about that each year.
-
- One thing you may want to try, if you haven't done so. If the trailer
- is more-or-less permanently sited, install skirting around the bottom
- and insulate the floor.
-
- > 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?
-
- Of course it will.
-
- > I would think
- >it would, but the person from the gas company said it wouldn't.
-
- The person is either stupid or dishonest. Your reasoning is correct.
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