Room heater advice - does it help in lowering bill

 Hi All,

We are just two poeple leaving in a big house of 3000 sq ft. Somebody
told me that if lower the thermostat setting to 65 during the night
and buy a room heater we might save some money in bills?

Is it true? Because we have gas heating and normally putting room
heater for whole night will put up the electricity bill?

Please need your advice?

Thanks and Regards,
Vandana

  goelvandana@hotmail.com (vandanagoel) writes:


Electric heat is generally more expensive than gas, but you are
heating a smaller area with it -- just one room instead of the whole
house.  If you want to go this route, it makes sense to turn the
thermostat down even lower at night (60 instead of 65), and install a
timer thermostat if you want the rest of the house a little warmer
when you get up in the morning.  Get one of the radiator-type heaters
and not a fan-type one, BTW, because the latter are pretty noisy to have
in the room where you are trying to sleep.

FWIW, another thing you might consider as a localized heat source at
night is an electric blanket or mattress pad.  I got one of the
electric mattress pads recently and it's really great to be able to
turn it on an hour or so before I go to bed so it's already nice and
warm when I crawl under the blankets, instead of shivering in a cold
bed in a cold room.

-Sandra

 Sandra Loosemore wrote:

Or better yet, just use warmer blankets.  Barring any medical problems
your body will generate enough heat to keep you plenty warm.

 

I guess my cold feet must be a medical problem, then.  Even two
blankets, three quilts, and two cats aren't enough.  :-P  Before I got
the electric mattress pad, I used to try to sleep with a hot water
bottle near my feet.

-Sandra the cold-blooded

 Sandra Loosemore wrote:


Do you see flies on the window and salivate?
Do mud baths make you want to crawl in and fall asleep?
Do you find yourself laying out in the sun and dozing?

Yes, you too could have reptilitis!