I can't reply to the messages I received. Although I was able to post
my question and read your responses, Agent is telling me that no
servers carry misc.consumers.frugal-living. Please accept my thanks
On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:32:33 -0500, sse11791@aim.com wrote:
>I am trying to save money on my heating costs. I live alone and want
>to be able to turn off or set back the thermostat in my apartment when
>I am not home so that I can save money on heat.
>I have a 1200 sq foot apartment with forced hot air gas heat. I live
>in upstate New York.
>I work and I am out of the house 10 hours a day and don't like the
>idea of heating a vacant apartment. But I am concerned that if I let
>the apartment get too cold while I am not home, it will cost just as
>much or more to re-heat it to a comfortable temperature.
>Is there a rule of thumb for how many degrees set-back will save
>money? Can I turn the heat down to 40 degrees during the day and then
>back up to room temperature when I get home? Or will that wind up
>costing the same as leaving the heat on?
>What about if I am going away for the weekend? Is the set-back
>different?
>Thank you for your suggestions.
I got a lot of good advice. Except perhaps the part about the bear....
Not really interested in moving everything into the bedroom, I'd like
to keep using the entire apartment.
Sounds like turning the thermostat back to about 50-55 during the day
will keep my pipes from freezing and save me an average of about $10 a
month during the winter, or about $50 a year. I'll take it.
Thank you very much for your suggestions.
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>to be able to turn off or set back the thermostat in my apartment when
>I am not home so that I can save money on heat.
>I have a 1200 sq foot apartment with forced hot air gas heat. I live
>in upstate New York.
>I work and I am out of the house 10 hours a day and don't like the
>idea of heating a vacant apartment. But I am concerned that if I let
>the apartment get too cold while I am not home, it will cost just as
>much or more to re-heat it to a comfortable temperature.
>Is there a rule of thumb for how many degrees set-back will save
>money? Can I turn the heat down to 40 degrees during the day and then
>back up to room temperature when I get home? Or will that wind up
>costing the same as leaving the heat on?
>What about if I am going away for the weekend? Is the set-back
>different?
>Thank you for your suggestions.