What is your thermostat set at?

[SagaLore]

My wife and I decided to keep it down to 65 degrees all winter.

We had to go buy an electric blanket that we turn on 10 minutes before going to bed, and then turn off. Not only was it freezing cold, but our bed is foam and becomes rock hard when its that cold, and takes awhile to warm up with body heat.

I'm sitting here in long sleeves and a sweater and I still feel chilly.

 

[kyzen]

65 here. I jammed it that way too, I'm sick of my bitchy room mates cranking it up to max, then taking off for a few days.

 

[SynthDude2001]

70 or so is where I keep it year-round. It doesn't really get that cold during the winter here anyway...

 

[dartworth]

68-70...just for the little guy...

 

[dawnbug]

Our thermostat has a range (it's really crappy and old and we don't know how accurate it actually is), and we keep it set between 68 and 72. When it gets down to around 68, it starts feeling chilly. I think we're going to start turning it down at night and while we're all gone to save money on our bills.

 

[Amused]

68 during the day, 65 at night.

 

[Remy XO]

i live in s. cali. I turned on my AC yesterday

 

[farmercal]

76

 

[Agnostos Insania]

64/65 usually.

 

[50]

from 8am to 5pm 58. 66 When I come home from 5-11pm. Then 11PM-5am 58 then 66 5am-8am.

 

[MX2]

75 or so

 

[hjo3]

I turn mine all the way down. Heat from the surrounding units keeps my place at about 63 or so, which is comfortable for me.

 

[Ronstang]

No thermostat setting since the heater/AC system is OFF. No reason to run either when it is 65 degrees in the house naturally.

 

[homestarmy]

I'm in FL, we use a thing called AC on those warm winter days .

Sorry guys, couldn't resist.

One time we had enough frost on our windshields to scrape it off with credit cards and throw it at each other like a snowball fight... well, that's all I got.

 

[Armitage]

Programmable thermostat FTW

60 during the day on weekdays
68 weekday mornings & evening & weekend days
63 at night - this'd be lower, but the kids bedroom gets really cold at night and they always kick the blankets off.

Of course, I was doing some work in the crawlspace yesterday and changed the furnace filter while I was down there. Forgot to turn it back on - was damn cold getting out of bed this AM - thermostat read 56, and I had to crawl under the house at 0600 to flip the switch :|

 

[Nutdotnet]

70 when I'm home.

I turn it off when I go to sleep or when I'm at work.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Armitage
Programmable thermostat FTW

I read somewhere that it actually costs more in fuel to keep shifting the temperature up and down so many degrees. It is more energy efficient to keep the temp steady. Not sure if that is true.

 

[BatmanNate]

65 during home/waking hours, 55 for the rest.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Armitage
Programmable thermostat FTW

I read somewhere that it actually costs more in fuel to keep shifting the temperature up and down so many degrees. It is more energy efficient to keep the temp steady. Not sure if that is true.

Myth

http://www.energymatch.com/factsthermostats.html

http://www.portlandgeneral.com/home/ene...features/energy_myths/myth2.asp?bhcp=1

 

[BCYL]

I always keep mine around 72

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Armitage
Programmable thermostat FTW

I read somewhere that it actually costs more in fuel to keep shifting the temperature up and down so many degrees. It is more energy efficient to keep the temp steady. Not sure if that is true.

I've read debates on this, and haven't been able to make heads or tails of it. It's complicated further by the fact I'm using oil heat, which is difficult to track expenses with since there's a 300G tank.

 

[theknight571]

65 is the magic number for us.

If it is really windy outside we might bump it up some, since we get some heavy duty drafts in the house.

The drafts got better when we got new windows... but there are still "holes" in the 100 year old house. lol

- TK

 

[eakers]

not warm enough (22 )

lemme see what that is in american

edit: 22 degrees Celsius = 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit

 

[potato28]

Mine is around 22C. I dont like the Farenheightsystem, metric all the way!

 

[Juno]

never!

time to sleep with sweatpants and long-sleeve shirt!

but when i'm in college, i'd love to waste college's bills. they don't charge us for everything except phone.