I installed a geothermal system when I built my house in 1995 at a cost that was fairly close to the same as the most efficient furnace/air conditioner at the time. I'm rural so I avoided the swings in price of LP over the years. Recovery times do not make setback thermostats very practical so we set ours to 71-72 and leave it be. Biggest drawback is loss of electrical service but even in a rural setting those events have been few and far between.
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I'm not trying to be "that guy" but you are literally just tricking your furnaces thermostat into thinking your house temp is warmer than it is. And I know you know that already. But if you get a cheap Kill-a-watt plug off Amazon and check the energy usage of that space heater I think you'd be shocked what it costs you in electricity. A/C unit replacements are ridiculously expensive but furnaces are actually pretty cheap, I think you might have a pretty quick ROI on a replacement.
1500 watt space heater costs about $2 a day. When I have to go into office buildings to figure out why their electric bill is so high, the majority of the time is because of space heaters.
That’s great, I’m just pointing out moving the thermostat a couple degrees is saving less than buying a cup of coffee per month. To people that are in the fence between saving some money or being comfortable, it’s good to have the perspective that it’s not saving you much at all.
Ours is set at 67 in the winter. Put a sweatshirt on. Now it probably balances out in the summer, I wont sit in a hot house.
My set of cubes had 6 women running them. We tripped the breaker multiple times. Think theyd raise the damn temp. Nope. Women had fleece blankets and fingerless gloves.
Roads have terrible snowpack we traversed today. Way home saw an accident we turned to avoid. Tow truck pulling a vehicle out of the ditch. The vehicle? A snow plow.
Ya, that sounds like the responsable thing to do
Yeah, I was surprised that the main in-town roads were so bad still. I understand why, but it's going to be an annoying week with that crap.
I WISH.
Ours is set at 74 because she can't stand the cold. And it's boiler/radiant heat, so it doesn't go down at night and it's just too hot to sleep. Luckily its pretty efficient so its not really that expensive. Just too ****ing hot.
I'm a giant nerd and get a summary text message at 10pm every night with the daily cost of water and electric. I set it up just so that if a number was significantly off of normal, I'd look into it more.
I can confirm, that moving the thermostat up/down for a day or 2 has very little cost/savings. It's like driving. If you speed like crazy for a short distance, there's little advantage. But if you set your cruise for a few mph higher for a 200 mile drive, you'll notice the difference.
Water however
I can confirm, that moving the thermostat up/down for a day or 2 has very little cost/savings. It's like driving. If you speed like crazy for a short distance, there's little advantage. But if you set your cruise for a few mph higher for a 200 mile drive, you'll notice the difference.
Water however
Keep it set at 70 both summer and winter, not to hot, not to cold.
Not surprising, but wife and I tried to fly out to Florida this morning and Allegiant cancelled all their flights out of DSM. Water tubes to refill/transfer waste froze over so transfer couldn't happen. Wife wanted everyone to hold their pee/poo and get moving, but alas.
Man this sounds amazing. If I could I would set the temp at 60 at night. I sleep so much better in the cold. I live in a house with my wife and 4 daughters who are always cold so I am SOL. I put it at 68 at night and I catch hell for that.
Cool to 71 in the summer, heat to 67 in the winter.
At night i have my ecobee only track my bedroom sensor, and have that set to 65
At night i have my ecobee only track my bedroom sensor, and have that set to 65
