What temperature do you turn your thermostat down to when you are at work for the day?

Question

I'm trying to figure out what temperature economically makes sense to turn the heat down to during an 8 hour absence. I don't have pets but if you do does that make a difference to you?

Answer 1

I keep mine at 63 when i am gone and 70 when I get home. I have it programmed so I don't ever have to touch it. I am in the cold bitter Chicago area.

Answer 2

I live in southern California. I used to turn it down to 68 or 69 degrees during the day when I worked outside the home and was gone all day. I work from home now, so the thermostat is usually set at 70 or 72 degrees during the day, and 68 or 69 degrees at night. I can't sleep if it's too hot in the house at night. I have 2 Siberian Huskies that normally sleep in the house during the night, and if it's too hot in the house, they will go to the door to be let outside.

Answer 3

As low as you want, the only real limits are when you start freezing up your houseplants and water supply.
If you get a good programmable thermostat, you could set it quite low, like 55F, while you are gone, and have it turn back up an hour before you come home. You won't notice the difference until that lower power bill comes in.

And it is absolutely not true that it "takes more energy to heat it back up". This concept can be hard to grasp...but imagine it like this: Put a pan of water on the stove at room temp. Turn on the heat to high and wait 5 minutes. Ok, now turn it off...wait 8 hours...it's back at room temp...turn it on for 5 minutes and it's right back to as hot as it was the first time. Took 10 minutes of power to do that. Ok...next experiment...same pan of water, turn on for 5 minutes...check the temp...then adjust it so it stays that hot for the next 8 hours.
Which way would cost more money?

Answer 4

I live in California so I really don't need a heater but during the day when it is cold outside, I leave it on 63 degrees when I am not home and 65 at night when I am. I would rather use my fireplace instead of paying for gas! I have 2 doggies and they have fur coats! and they both wear sweaters! They are never alone for 8 hours a day but it wouldn't make a differance to me since they have coats.

Answer 5

It depends where u live, where I'm at we have mild winters but everyone dress warm inside the house. We keep the thermostat at 65 all the time. One gets used to the house being cool. When the temp drops between 50's -30's it go up to 70-75,never higher.

Answer 6

by using turning off your warmth, your furnace might desire to play capture up once you get homestead. you apart from mght possibility pipes freezing etc if something happened which you probably did no longer get homestead quickly sufficient, motor vehicle accident or despite. The study I even have examine say which you will save potential expenses by using reducing the temperature by using a optimal of four stages celcius for a minimum of four hours. something below 4 hours only bypass away it as is. reducing it by using that a lot is optimal for returning it to a snug temperature once you get homestead. in case you have a prevalent 9-5 workday on a prevalent foundation, then making an investment in a programable thermostat may be a physically powerful thought for you. I even have them for the period of my homestead, yet regrettably my spouse and that i are the two shift workers and our schedule is so random that we are going to no longer hire the programming. the different ingredient to do is, in case you have seperate temperature controls for each room or floor of you homestead. turn unused areas all the way down to approximately 15 stages above freezing and close the doors to those areas. turn your napping areas all the way down to approximately 17-18 stages celcius (possibly around sixty 5 farenheit). you will discover which you sleep a lot greater valuable in the cooler temperature, and you will additionally save an substantial quantity of heating expenses as this in many cases skill the warmth in the upstairs of your place won't even come on. in case you do not have seperate controls for each room, then close the warmth vents in the unused rooms, and extremely almost close them on your mattress room. might take some experimentation to be soft, yet will lower back save you some money.

Answer 7

I keep the thermostat at 62* during the day, I turn it up to 67* for the evening hours, and then down to 62* for night, and for one hour in morning 67*, I am home all day too. That's what sweaters were made for.

Answer 8

In N.California, 65 at night, 70 in the morning to take the chill off, then off when I am out or home with the windows open. The small place I live in heats up quickly if I come back and its cold.

Answer 9

I keep mine at 68...but it depends on how drafty your house is. If you have tight window seals and good insulation the house temp won't drop that much from turning it down. I don't do 65 even though I could cause I wear summer clothes in the house, so like it warm when I get home.

Answer 10

I live in Massachusetts and during the cold months I turn my thermostat down to 55 degrees when I leave my house.

Answer 11

I don't. I've read conflicting studies on whether or not this saves enough to be worthwhile; the difference in heat loss between a 60 degree home and a 70 degree home when it's 20 degrees outside is negligible, and it takes a lot of energy to reheat your home and its contents, so at best you may be saving some electricity and wear & tear on the fan motor.