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mcgeedo · 10-29-2008, 04:16 PM

Is it more efficient to maintain the house at 70 degrees around the clock, or to let it cool overnight (don't need it, all bundled up in bed) and warm it back up in the morning?

Baraka_Guru · 10-29-2008, 04:59 PM

It is generally more efficient to adjust your thermostat when you don't need the heat. This means both at night and while you're away (such as at work during the day). The same goes for air conditioning as well as heating.

When you're dealing with that many hours of using heat to maintain a temperature, it's more efficient to turn it down for that time and bring it back to temperature when you need it.

genuinegirly · 10-29-2008, 05:05 PM

Really, you like your home at 70? Seems a bit warm to me. I personally would find it difficult to sleep with the heat that high. Turn it down to 60 for the night and throw another blanket on the beds.

Depending on the climate, turning off heat entirely would be a bad idea (frozen pipes). Turning it down to 50 when you and others are not home to enjoy it, and back to 65 or 70 when you return home would be ideal.

Charlatan · 10-29-2008, 05:21 PM

Invest in a automated thermostat. You can set it to raise and lower the temperature of your house automatically. Let's say you get up at 6 am every morning. You can set it to bring the heat up around 5:30 am so it is warm as you get out of bed.

Personally, we would keep the house around 22c or 23c and just put on sweaters.

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Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	It is generally more efficient to adjust your thermostat when you don't need the heat. This means both at night and while you're away (such as at work during the day). The same goes for air conditioning as well as heating. When you're dealing with that many hours of using heat to maintain a temperature, it's more efficient to turn it down for that time and bring it back to temperature when you need it. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

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genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	Really, you like your home at 70? Seems a bit warm to me. I personally would find it difficult to sleep with the heat that high. Turn it down to 60 for the night and throw another blanket on the beds. Depending on the climate, turning off heat entirely would be a bad idea (frozen pipes). Turning it down to 50 when you and others are not home to enjoy it, and back to 65 or 70 when you return home would be ideal. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

10-29-2008, 05:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Invest in a automated thermostat. You can set it to raise and lower the temperature of your house automatically. Let's say you get up at 6 am every morning. You can set it to bring the heat up around 5:30 am so it is warm as you get out of bed. Personally, we would keep the house around 22c or 23c and just put on sweaters. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke