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- From: jon@destin.dazixco.ingr.com (Jon Stone)
- Subject: Re: How to cut back my heat bill?
- In-Reply-To: disaacs@cbnewsg.cb.att.com's message of Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17: 14:52 GMT
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- >>>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:14:52 GMT, disaacs@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.e.isaacs) said:
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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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- >
- >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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- David> I have heard that it's better to just set your thermostat to
- David> 68 (or whatever temp you like) and leave it. Someone told me
- David> that using daily setbacks is like changing speeds in a car and
- David> is energy inefficient. I have a programable thermostat but
- David> only set it back when we are going away for over a day.
- David> Anyone out there know the "emis" on this is ?
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- This is true for heat pumps. They are better left on one temperature
- setting. For a furnace or gas heat, then varying the setting will
- only save you money. I think the reason heat pumps don't save is that
- (at least for my last house), the air they put out is barely warmer
- than the inside temperature and thus, they take a lonnnng time to get
- the temp up. That's one reason heat pumps often come with electric
- strip heaters when the setting is significantly higher than the
- current indoor temp.
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- That's my theory.
-
- Jon
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