alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
Or you could just skip the heat all together, Ya know just think 0 heating cost.
Pellet consumption?
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60* is a little chilly..... 64 is about as low as unusually let it go down to. I would say over the entire heating season, the AVG inside our home is probably around 66-67.
Luvmesomesamples
Burning Hunk
Quick update from me: nov 1 to dec 21 last year I burned 3.5 ton (500 hours of run time) and this year I'm at 1.75 ton (250 hours of run time). I'll take the $450 savings!
FirepotPete
Minister of Fire
With this very mild fall/early winter I've only gone through about 680#'s of corn. If running pellets it would be even less because I have to bump the draft and feed rate a little higher on the lowest setting to keep the corn burning. The house is warmer than we like it but I like not hearing the furnace kick in so we put up with it. Will probably shut it down tonight, going over 40*F here. That will be way to warm in here then.
I've been trying to find a printout that a friend of mine gave me a few years back. He and his family have been in the HVAC business for about 70 years. It was a study about people using programmable thermostats and how the industry is ripping them off with their sales pitches about how much they will save with one. It said that if you have a well insulated, tight, good windows house then a programmable tstat will save you money by turning it down when no one is around. But even then there was a point not to go to cold.
In a house that isn't real tight and insulated, the walls and everything get much colder and the furnace will have to run harder and longer to rewarm the interior of the building and there was no cost savings and actually cost more to try and reheat the house.
In either case going to cold and then trying to reheat is a matter of finding that sweet spot without going to low from what you like the house to be when home whether using a regular tstat or a programmable one.
I've been trying to find a printout that a friend of mine gave me a few years back. He and his family have been in the HVAC business for about 70 years. It was a study about people using programmable thermostats and how the industry is ripping them off with their sales pitches about how much they will save with one. It said that if you have a well insulated, tight, good windows house then a programmable tstat will save you money by turning it down when no one is around. But even then there was a point not to go to cold.
In a house that isn't real tight and insulated, the walls and everything get much colder and the furnace will have to run harder and longer to rewarm the interior of the building and there was no cost savings and actually cost more to try and reheat the house.
In either case going to cold and then trying to reheat is a matter of finding that sweet spot without going to low from what you like the house to be when home whether using a regular tstat or a programmable one.
SXIPro
Minister of Fire
Bingo. In respect to your houses that aren't tight and well insulated, you really only want a 5 degree F maximum differential between your high and low point setting. I run mine at 64 and 69 degrees. If the wife wants it warmer for a bit, I'll be generous and go up to 71, if the payoff is enticing enough.
GeHmTS
Feeling the Heat
It's kind of disappointing this year. I'm burning less than a bag a day because of the warmer weather. Darn it, I not even able to freeze my ice rink in the back yard. If this keeps up, I'll move further north to catch the snow.
Pellet-King
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