December 19, 201015 yr 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. Right, but logic says it's easier to maintain a temperature than to build up to one. If you go dropping the temp 10 degrees, then bumping it back up in the morning, the furnace has to run for a long period of time to heat it back up again. Keeping it at a set temperature is kind of akin to coasting, the same way the cruise control on a car works.
December 19, 201015 yr Right, but logic says it's easier to maintain a temperature than to build up to one. If you go dropping the temp 10 degrees, then bumping it back up in the morning, the furnace has to run for a long period of time to heat it back up again. Keeping it at a set temperature is kind of akin to coasting, the same way the cruise control on a car works. But for the time you are asleep and have it low it doesn't have to work as hard. In the end you save. That's why they suggest a programable thermostat. You set it to lower the temp when your at work. It saves on heating.
December 19, 201015 yr It doesn't take long for my house to heat from 62 to 68 in the morning. Sometimes, I wake up and it doesn't even get to 62 over night.
December 19, 201015 yr 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. More like 74-76 in the summer.
December 19, 201015 yr Mine stays in the 68-70 range in the summer as well. It is worth it to me to have it cold. I can't stand being hot.
December 20, 201015 yr Mine stays in the 68-70 range in the summer as well. It is worth it to me to have it cold. I can't stand being hot. I'm with you. LOVE walking into A/C after a hot day...
December 20, 201015 yr Right, but logic says it's easier to maintain a temperature than to build up to one. If you go dropping the temp 10 degrees, then bumping it back up in the morning, the furnace has to run for a long period of time to heat it back up again. Keeping it at a set temperature is kind of akin to coasting, the same way the cruise control on a car works. That's assuming your home actually cools down 10 degrees when the thermostat drops. I'd imagine well-insulated home could maintain a temperature fairly well.
December 20, 201015 yr I've been a little extra cold today, so I have the thermostat at a whopping 63 degrees! Heat wave! :lol:
December 20, 201015 yr We usually go 68-69 when at home night or day. When we are gone we normally lower it to 62-64.
December 23, 201015 yr That's assuming your home actually cools down 10 degrees when the thermostat drops. I'd imagine well-insulated home could maintain a temperature fairly well. Monday I got home from work and the blower motor on our furnace was locked up. We normally keep our house at 69 and turn it down to 64ish when we go to work. I am not sure when the motor went out so it could have been out Monday morning. Anyway, it didn't get fixed until Tuesday late afternoon. When the heat finally came back on the house was only 55 degrees. It was around 40 outside on Tuesday and in the low 30's Monday night. So our house was without heat for at least 24 hours and maybe longer. It only lost 14 degrees in temp.
December 25, 201015 yr Keep mine at 64 year round. It's always easier to heat up than it is to cool down so I don't mind being a little chilly in the winter.
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