Comments on: Oh, the weather outside is frightful

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:52:00 +0000

Living in a cold area too, I can suggest to drop your heater but not turning it off completely.

If the temperature drops more than 3 degrees, you will lose electricity efficiency when the heater starts up again. It will have to burst for a long time to capture back a comfortable temperature.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:32 +0000

@MITBeta If you turn off the heat in a large poorly insulated home for a few hours and the temperature drops to nearly the same temperature outside it would take a lot of heat to return it to the warmer temperature you started at. It the same reason we don’t turn off our vehicles every single time we come to a stop, you’d sometimes use more gas turning the vehicle back on than in idle.

By: MITBeta @ Don't Feed the Alligators

MITBeta @ Don't Feed the Alligators — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:19:57 +0000

“There are instances when more heat is used in the warm-up after you return home than if you had let the furnace maintain the temperature in the home while you were gone.”

Under what conditions would this occur?

By: Andrew @ Earn Give Save

Andrew @ Earn Give Save — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:05:56 +0000

Great round up of cold weather heating tips! Our home is from the 1930s, so it definitely benefits from some TLC is the winter. We have noticed, however, that our gas costs are down per unit over last year. Are you seeing that where you are?