Not at all.

 

http://extension.usu.edu/bankruptcy/files/uploads/aska4.htm

 

Lowering your thermostat 10 degrees for 8 hours each night during the time you are in bed can save an additional 5 to10 percent.

 

Some people mistakenly believe that the energy savings from lowering the thermostat for a few hours are offset by the expense involved in reheating the house. Tests show that lowering your thermostat setting daily for intervals of four or more hours will reduce costs.

 

That logic don't fly, unless all that stuff about fuel consumption we've been hearing for years — that's it's more economic to drive a slow, steady speed rather than a lot of speeding up and slowing down — is a bunch of hooey.

I keep my furnace at 60 all of the time. I use an infrared heater in my living room and have a small ceramic type heater that I will use in the bathroom when I shower.

66-68 pretty much all the time. I'd have it lower at night but I have no say in the matter.

A question I have for the a few. In the summer, do you still keep your thermostat in the 60's?

 

I have a oil heater that I have used in the main den and quit using because the thermostat for the entire house is in the same room. The problem is with the temp cozy in the den, the rest of the house is cold because the heat pump is not working.

63 when by myself/sleep, 69 if the family is home and its really cold. I'm a nut with flannel shirts, drives Mama nuts.

That logic don't fly, unless all that stuff about fuel consumption we've been hearing for years — that's it's more economic to drive a slow, steady speed rather than a lot of speeding up and slowing down — is a bunch of hooey.

 

I'm not a scientist.

 

These people probably are.

 

Lowering the thermostat by as little as 1° F typically reduces your heating bill 1-3%. Most energy experts recommend setting the thermostat to 68° F or less, and several degrees cooler overnight. Make sure you lower you thermostat if you are leaving the house for any period of time; you use much less energy to heat the house up when you return than to keep it heated while you are away.

 

https://www.energyguide.com/info/eip-tips.asp?topic=2

 

Change your thermostat settings. In the winter, set your thermostat at 60° F when you are sleeping or gone. Set the thermostat to 68° F when you are at home. This can save 10 percent or more on your heating bills every winter.

 

http://www.we-energies.com/energy-saving_ideas/tips/101tips.htm#home

Ours is 67 in winter and about 80 or so in the summer.

Well my landlord covers the energy bill, so we keep it at 74 degrees. ;-)

62 all day long and all night long.

Mine gets pretty cold. Like Clyde, we have a programmable thermostat that drops fairly low (really low, compared to some of the temps in this thread). I don't know the exact temperature, but it's to the low 60's.

We have programmable thermostats. 68 during day when at home. 62 while out and 60 at night.

60-68 range. If we're running the fireplace it gets up in the 70s.

I'm skeptical, just doesn't sound right to me.

A lot of that depnds on the size of the house and if it is a heat pump.

I am beyond shocked how low some of you guys turn yours to.. I keep mine on 68 pretty much all the time.

That logic don't fly, unless all that stuff about fuel consumption we've been hearing for years — that's it's more economic to drive a slow, steady speed rather than a lot of speeding up and slowing down — is a bunch of hooey.

 

You can't compare the two. When your car accelerates it burns more has then driving a steady speed. Your furnace runs at the same efficiency all the time.