With winter now almost here, is it cheaper for me to keep my house warm by running the central heating on level 2-3 all day or running it on full power, level 5-6 for two hours in the morning, two hours in afternoon and two hours in the evening?
2006-11-22 23:27:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I live in an two bed appt,and i personally find that it is "cheaper"" to run it all the time on 2to3 as long as you don't leave outside doors open. If you are a fresh air freak then for you it is better to have it on timer but don;t have it high.Leave your inside doors open and your abode will all be the same temp,its the same for hot water tanks, if you have it on all the time then you are only heating up the "top up"water not the whole tank each time.
2006-11-23 09:19:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, providing your house is insulated to a reasonable standard, the cost difference is negligble. If you leave the heating on all the time you are just gently warming water which is already warm. If you start it from cold you have to heat the water from cold and wait until it heats your home from cold too. Try each way for a week, keep a note of your meter readings before and after - not much difference except that you will be warm all day one way!
2006-11-22 23:31:29 · answer #2 · answered by max 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have recently installed heating. I started by just putting it on when the house was cold, but by the time it warmed up it was bedtime. Then i tried putting it at 16* at night, but when we woke up in the morning, the place was cold. So now i've set it at 18 for nightime and 20 for daytime. The place stays constantly warm now, which i think is going to be cheaper than keep switching it on and off. Hope this helps.
2006-11-23 06:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you need is a thermostat so that your house maintains a comfortable level all the time. Once you have that you can set the timer so that the heat is off when you are not in (at work all day). A bit of experimentation will give you the optimum heat and energy savings.
2006-11-23 01:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by costa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The advice they gave out last year from out tv news channel was that you should lower your heat at night
then put it up in the morning and
before you leave for school/work lower the temp back again.
when you get home in the evening to rise it up to heat and
keep you warm and lower again before bed.
2006-11-22 23:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would run it constantly at a lower setting, but to offset this, try drying clothes on your rads instead of tumbledrier (if you have one).
I have heard this question before, but couldnt tell you what is better for costs, sorry
2006-11-22 23:32:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋