Is it better to maintain your thermostat at a constant heat or adjust it during the time? My husband and I constantly fight over the warmth. He is constantly...
My husband and I constantly fight over the warmth. He is constantly freezing and cranks it up to 71 F. I am constantly hot and turn it down to 63 F. We seem to be using like mad of expensive propane, and someone mentioned that if we kept the thermostat at around 67 or 68 all year and night, the furnace wouldn't own to work so hard. Is this really true? If so, what is the optimal heat to keep it at?
-We live within Vermont and it has be bitterly cold lately.
Answers: Its like driving a vehicle. If you're on the highway and you want to average 55 miles an hour you can do one of two things.
Hold the pedal in one place and drive at a steady 55 miles an hour.
Slow down to 35, consequently speed up to 75, then slow subsidise down, then speed pay for up....
Turning the thermostat up and down has one and the same effect as the second one. When you turn it down then backbone up it has to run for more than twice as long to achieve the temperature vertebrae up to where you want it. If you pick a number and stick beside it then the furnace will simply run when it has too, and in attendance won't be as many 'detain up' phases so you're bill will go down.
I'd suggest putting the thermostat at give or take a few 65-67 degrees and buying him a sweater.
i'm near your husband. i'm always cold too. but i reason 68 is what they say to hold it on in the winter.