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⌈ Secret Post #3580 ⌋

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Heating

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying to save money this winter. I read that during the day, the heater should be at 68 degrees, when you're sleeping at 65 degrees. Is this a standard practice that most people do to save money? Do you still feel comfortable in the house?

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know what's standard, but I usually turn the thermostat down to 55 at night and pile on the blankets, and keep it around 65 during the day and wear a sweater. Sometimes I get cold and I turn it up a bit. I know that natural gas is cheaper than electricity, so using a space heater is usually more expensive than turning up the thermostat (if your furnace runs on gas). I don't know about things like electric blankets.

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

I keep the thermostat at 67 in winter. It's cool, but not frigid and I still feel comfortable. Of course, I do dress in layers, with socks AND slippers (adding slippers to socks makes a big difference) and at night I have plenty of blankets on my bed.

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

I do 72 daytime and 65 night. Works well for me and I tend to get cold so I usually do socks and sweaters/sweatshirts.

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[philstar22]

I usually keep the heat low at night and if it is cold I'll use my heating blanket. At least when I was in Boston. In Texas now where the parents turn the heat on when the temperature hits 70. So now I'm sleeping with two fans. Having lower heat and bundling up is actually supposed to be healthier for you anyway. And I like that feeling of cold air outside and then being wrapped up in lots of blankets.

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[tabaqui]

My heat's on 68 during the day, and I usually turn it off at night. We sleep under electric blankets, so it's all good as far as I'm concerned, and the house never feels *that* cold.

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

Please be careful with those electric blankets!

Re: Heating

[tabaqui]

.........?

I have used them for years, never had an issue.

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

oh my god that sounds miserable tbh

I set it to 72-ish during the day and 70 at night, which are both still too damn cold for me 😖

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[tasogare_n_hime]

Mine is at 65 all the time unless it is really, really freaking cold. I just wear heavy clothes, keep extra blankets and throws around during the day. At night I have fluffy sheets, and like four blankets including a heavy puff quilt on my bed to sleep.

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[meredith44]

Mine's set around 60-63 all the time. (It would be silly for me to raise it during the day, as I'm only around for a few hours in the evening between work and bed.) I wear lots of layers and have a blanket on my couch. About 10 minutes before I go to bed I turn on my electric blanket so it can warm up my bed, and then I turn it off when I get in to go to sleep so I'm not paying for the electricity either. I'm usually a little chilly, but not too bad. (My fingers tend to be what gets chilly, as I don't wear gloves inside.) I think it helps that I tend to run warm anyway?

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

I tried going down to 65 at night, but then the heater doesn't come on enough to get the damp out of the air, so I wake up damp and chilly. It's fine while I'm in bed, but getting up/going to the bathroom/etc. is very unpleasant and wakes me up.

So I just keep it at a steady 68 degrees. Don't know if I'm saving much money that way, but that's where it's comfortable for me.

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

Hell no. I need it to be at least 72 because I have Reynaud's syndrome and horrible circulation in general, so I freeze if it gets much colder than that.

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[dancingmouse]

Everyone I come into contact does this. I always hated it because I'm always cold, even with an extra blanket. It's especially bad when I have to go to the bathroom or kitchen for something.

It never made sense to me, because the heater shuts itself off when it reaches the "right" temperature, and goes back on when it gets too cold. Also, wouldn't turning it back on in the morning waste all the "saved" energy by reheating a cold house instead of just maintaining a consistent heat?

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

To your second comment, the "sense" in turning the temperature down at night, besides not wasting energy, is that when the human body is preparing for sleep, body temperature drops and cooler temperatures help humans both fall asleep and stay asleep. Also, blankets, and the majority of people aren't constantly getting up to go to the bathroom and the kitchen after they go to bed. And since you're only lowering the temperature by a few degrees at night, the temperature will increase enough in the morning due to sunlight and people moving around and doing things that the energy required to raise temperature back up to daytime levels is minimal and not greater than the energy saved by not needlessly keeping the house at summer temperatures on winter nights when everyone is asleep.

Re: Heating

[(Anonymous)]

Late so I don't know if you'll see this, but I've heard that keeping your thermostat on one consistent temperature is more cost effective than turning it up and down depending on the time of the day. I heard a good range for both A/C and heat, depending the time of the year, is between 68-72 degrees.