My roommates wont put the heat on until its really cold... I said its supposed to snow tomorrow they said "when we see snow it'll go on" so my response was "it takes more energy and the furnace works harder if you dont have the heat on already... more energy and the harder the furnace works, the more money we pay"... is this true? any links to prove them wrong would be awesome! thanks
2007-11-05 13:17:07 · 5 answers · asked by mperry1408 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
That bit about the furnace is an old wives tale.
Time to 'spread it on the roses' already.
Yes it takes more energy to bring the heat up
from a low temperature, but the house has a constant
heat loss, and feeding that would have used far
more energy over the time spent when the heat was off.
As to 'working harder` most furnaces are on or off,
nothing in between, and the time the furnace is on
determines how much energy it uses.
(Same applies to A.C. BTW.)
The only justification for that 'leave the heat,
(or A.C.), on low when you're gone' B.S. is that
you don't have to suffer through the lag time for
the system to get your place back to the set
temperature, and have no doubt that you pay
for the luxury.
2007-11-05 14:03:47 · answer #1 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have done it both ways here in NC and tho it doesn't snow much it gets cold for weeks at a time in Jan, Feb. I believe you have wishful thinking and you will not change anything but the $$$$you are paying out. I'd much rather it be on the cold side than 103degrees out like we had all of August this year ANY DAY! Get up early and look for those snowflakes!
2007-11-05 21:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong, baby G...If you put the heater on 60 during the day while you're away from the house, and 68 in the evening, it takes less energy to re-warm the home than if you turned it on and on all the time...Maintain a low heat and all will be happy and all will be well!!
2007-11-05 21:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many things you can do to use heat more wisely depending on the heating system installed. Ceiling fans can move warm air down in the winter.
Go to http://www.thermoguy.com/globalwarming-heatloss.html and see areas of heat loss you couldn't before.
2007-11-05 21:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to say but thats not true my dad works for MEA here in Alaska and he says you won't be paying more.
2007-11-05 21:27:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋