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Posted by CJT on January 19, 2007, 9:07 pm
danger@heat.com wrote:
> Well I think outside temperature is the biggest factor with setbacks.
> I agree the money you save during the initial setback to low heat is roughly
> what it will cost to reheat to high heat, but I disagree a little when they
> mention savings throughout the following 8 hrs of setback. Sure the house is
> down to 15c but it now runs to maintain 15c, the same way it woul run to
> maintain 20c. So where's the savings? Your initial setback savings are spent
> reheating back to high temp.
>
> "You save fuel between the time that the temperature stabilizes at the lower
> level and the next time heat is needed."
>
> If it's -15c outside I don't think there would be much of an off period and
> therefore not much savings. I would like to see these "studies" that website
> mentions.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> -Canadian Heat
>
>
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Delta temperature affects heat loss.
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