What do you set your thermostat on at night? (Winter)
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We don't even cut it on and we blow the fan. It's not cold enough here but if it gets down to the teens, it comes on.
66 in our bedroom. Main unit is set on 65 in the middle of the night. They are set to 67 or 68 during the day.
It took 6 responses to get to this? The pack is slippin'
Changes twice per year.
68 winter
74 summer
Bedroom fan runs every night.
68 winter
74 summer
Bedroom fan runs every night.
same. But that didn't stop the Atmos gas bill from tripling from last month's $50 to $167 this month with the average temperature dropping only 10 degrees.
I'm a firm believer that thermostat temps feel different at every location. I can't explain why but it is. I have moved 14 times. Currently 76 in Summer 73 in winter. Bedroom fan runs yr round.
If you have a heat pump and you’re messing with that temo dial, you are 17ing up!
North Mississippi. I’ve always wondered if it is better to turn in very low at night and have to heat up everything in the morning, or leave it at a set temp during the night and day. Have programmable thermostats so it goes to 60 at 10 o’clock at night, then 65 at 5:00 a.m. will bump it up a little in the evening 67-68 when we get home from work.
Humidity is part of it and can affect the feel in the same place. 72 in the shoulder months when the unit isn’t running and dehumidifying the air feels a lot different at night than 72 in the summer when the unit is running almost nonstop.
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Good part here is that you have control over the bill…just reduce the thermostat to even lower temps, add a blanket and sleep like a baby. If you have not added attic insulation in a while, do so. It will help. Seal all air leaks, too. One energy guzzler is a water heater. Reduce the WH thermostats (top and bottom one). 120 degree water is almost as good as 130 degree water. Some people even go lower than 120 although if you use a dishwasher I do not recommend you go below 120. Good luck!
Rookies the lot of you. You don't have a winter...We haven't seen a 50°F temp outside since October and have already had 4' of snow for the season and another 38" is forecast for the next 10 days.
Depending on the rooms we are between 65-67° on the hydronic heat and 68° is the usual on the fireplace. Running a 5 zone hydronic heat system in an 8" insulated slab with an 80/20 glycol mix 9" on center. Powered by a Navien 110,000 BTU propane fired boiler. Hydronic or radiant heat is more comfortable than forced air as it produces even bottom up heat vs inconsistent forced air systems that have to constantly cycle on and off.
Living room has a Jøtul 370 DV remote thermostat fireplace that kicks on throughout the day as needed. House is passive home rated and to incorporate fresh dry air we run a Lennox Healthy Climate HRV set to 38% RH. Walls are R-38.5 and Roof is R68+. Quadruple paned windows and honeycomb cellular shades keep the nipply nights at bay.***
Seriously, if any of you ever move to a cold climate. The hydronic system with a boiler is crazy efficient. Between the heat, fireplace, stove/oven, and my Blackstone hooked up on a stub outside, I used about 400 gallons of propane ($700) last year in an extremely harsh winter climate. We got snow every month except for July, August, and September and it cost less than $50 a month to heat the place.
TLDR
67°... We like about 67°.
Depending on the rooms we are between 65-67° on the hydronic heat and 68° is the usual on the fireplace. Running a 5 zone hydronic heat system in an 8" insulated slab with an 80/20 glycol mix 9" on center. Powered by a Navien 110,000 BTU propane fired boiler. Hydronic or radiant heat is more comfortable than forced air as it produces even bottom up heat vs inconsistent forced air systems that have to constantly cycle on and off.
Living room has a Jøtul 370 DV remote thermostat fireplace that kicks on throughout the day as needed. House is passive home rated and to incorporate fresh dry air we run a Lennox Healthy Climate HRV set to 38% RH. Walls are R-38.5 and Roof is R68+. Quadruple paned windows and honeycomb cellular shades keep the nipply nights at bay.***
Seriously, if any of you ever move to a cold climate. The hydronic system with a boiler is crazy efficient. Between the heat, fireplace, stove/oven, and my Blackstone hooked up on a stub outside, I used about 400 gallons of propane ($700) last year in an extremely harsh winter climate. We got snow every month except for July, August, and September and it cost less than $50 a month to heat the place.
TLDR
67°... We like about 67°.
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In defense, your honor, we did get nipply in post #2.
We such a big house with 11-foot ceilings I set the furnace to 60 degrees at night. Our bedrooms have mini splits that get set to 70 degrees at night for my wife. daytime i turn the Mini splits off and set the thermostat to 66. same in the summer set the air unit to 76 whole house and 68 in the bedrooms.
My grandparents (now aunts) house has radiant heat. He built a state of the art house for the late 70s. Radiant heat, intercom system, heated bathroom floors, and a central vac system.
Not being a smart *** at all , but you are one intelligent SOB.
You supply pics and deep info on your posts
I salute you sir.
NuTone of course I presume? In laws had this exact model. Possibly one of the dumber inventions of the 20th century but they seemed to have sold a lot of them. Early Sonos I guess you could say.
Yeah it was similar to the top one. They had a really big and long house so the intercom was kinda handy if you were in one of the back bedrooms and wanted to tell someone something in the kitchen on the other end. Had a fold out record player and 8 track too!
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