I have a oil burning furnace that supplies forced hot water for heating the house and hot water for sinks and showers.
Since I burn wood to heat my house, now I only really need my furnace for hot showers and other small things. Nothing drives me more crazy than to here my furnace start up in the middle of the day just for the sake of keeping the water hot.
So I am thinking about installing a timer on my furnace so it only turns on for 1 hour in the morning, so we can take showers and 1 hour in the evening for dishes and general use.
My question is:
Do you think it is more efficient for a furnace to keep always keep the hot water at a stable temperature 24 hrs a day or would it more efficient to just have the furnace heat up water for those 2 hours of use a day?
I believe it takes my furnace about 10 minutes to heat up the water after its been off for 8 hours. (last year I would flip the emergecy shut off switch to keep my furnace from turning on during the day)
I welcome any input.
Since I burn wood to heat my house, now I only really need my furnace for hot showers and other small things. Nothing drives me more crazy than to here my furnace start up in the middle of the day just for the sake of keeping the water hot.
So I am thinking about installing a timer on my furnace so it only turns on for 1 hour in the morning, so we can take showers and 1 hour in the evening for dishes and general use.
My question is:
Do you think it is more efficient for a furnace to keep always keep the hot water at a stable temperature 24 hrs a day or would it more efficient to just have the furnace heat up water for those 2 hours of use a day?
I believe it takes my furnace about 10 minutes to heat up the water after its been off for 8 hours. (last year I would flip the emergecy shut off switch to keep my furnace from turning on during the day)
I welcome any input.