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Is it cheaper to heat it or keep it warm? Eric in North TX 02-02-2007
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Posted by Toller on February 2, 2007, 3:21 pm



>I recently changed my set-back in the downstairs part of the house to
> 58, down from 66 degrees at night. Could the warm up to 71 at 7 am.
> use more gas than keeping it 66 all night? I don't think it actually
> ever gets down to 58, and the furnace doesn't run at all during the
> night on this setting, and it used to run 3-4 times during the night
> to maintain 66 degrees.
>
What everyone else said, plus furnaces are more efficient the longer they
run; so you actually save by letting the furnace run a long time to bring
the temperature in the morning simply because of the long run.



Posted by Whomever on February 2, 2007, 9:40 pm



>
>>I recently changed my set-back in the downstairs part of the house to
>> 58, down from 66 degrees at night. Could the warm up to 71 at 7 am.
>> use more gas than keeping it 66 all night? I don't think it actually
>> ever gets down to 58, and the furnace doesn't run at all during the
>> night on this setting, and it used to run 3-4 times during the night
>> to maintain 66 degrees.
>>
>What everyone else said, plus furnaces are more efficient the longer they
>run; so you actually save by letting the furnace run a long time to bring
>the temperature in the morning simply because of the long run.
>

Here's one on this thread...

A customer and 2 other neighbours have the exact same home and floor
plan etc. All 3 homes are new with high effecient gas furnaces.

The customer and the two neighbours have relatively the same heating
bill for January. About 108.00 Canadian

The customer's neighbours are home all day all the time and apparently
keep the heat flowing as one would expect them.

The customer however works 8 hrs a day Mon-Friday. When the customer
leaves for work, the heat is turned right down to it's lowest setting.
What factors would cause the customer to have a similar gas bill.

Some contributing factors that I have dealt with.. small amount of air
infiltration and a disconnected floor vent. The floor vent was in a
well insulated space, so I don't think that would have contributed
much.

Regards
Dale

Posted by Steve IA on February 3, 2007, 7:24 am


Whomever wrote:
>
>
> Here's one on this thread...
>
> A customer and 2 other neighbours have the exact same home and floor
> plan etc. All 3 homes are new with high effecient gas furnaces.
>
> The customer and the two neighbours have relatively the same heating
> bill for January. About 108.00 Canadian
>
> The customer's neighbours are home all day all the time and apparently
> keep the heat flowing as one would expect them.
>
> The customer however works 8 hrs a day Mon-Friday. When the customer
> leaves for work, the heat is turned right down to it's lowest setting.
> What factors would cause the customer to have a similar gas bill.
>
> Some contributing factors that I have dealt with.. small amount of air
> infiltration and a disconnected floor vent. The floor vent was in a
> well insulated space, so I don't think that would have contributed
> much.
>
> Regards
> Dale

An estimated usage billed to all based on the similarities? When the meter
reader actually reads the meter, the customer will win.

Steve
southiowa

Posted by Whomever on February 3, 2007, 10:17 pm


wrote:

>Whomever wrote:
> >
>>
>> Here's one on this thread...
>>
>> A customer and 2 other neighbours have the exact same home and floor
>> plan etc. All 3 homes are new with high effecient gas furnaces.
>>
>> The customer and the two neighbours have relatively the same heating
>> bill for January. About 108.00 Canadian
>>
>> The customer's neighbours are home all day all the time and apparently
>> keep the heat flowing as one would expect them.
>>
>> The customer however works 8 hrs a day Mon-Friday. When the customer
>> leaves for work, the heat is turned right down to it's lowest setting.
>> What factors would cause the customer to have a similar gas bill.
>>
>> Some contributing factors that I have dealt with.. small amount of air
>> infiltration and a disconnected floor vent. The floor vent was in a
>> well insulated space, so I don't think that would have contributed
>> much.
>>
>> Regards
>> Dale
>
>An estimated usage billed to all based on the similarities? When the meter
>reader actually reads the meter, the customer will win.
>
>Steve
>southiowa

Well for what its worth the gas company does claim monthly readings.
They also claim precise readings not estimates.

All the extra heat from lighting/tv's etc was a good one. Any more
idea's?

Regards
Dale


Posted by Shaun Eli on February 4, 2007, 11:17 pm


One more thing-- keeping the temperature lower at night will save a
lot more fuel because it's colder outside at night, thus the relative
temperature difference between inside and outside would be larger than
during the day.

Shaun Eli
www.BrainChampagne.com
Brain Champagne: Clever Comedy for Smart Minds (sm)



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