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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Question regarding electricity bills… by [deleted]
Turn off when leaving for work. From off, turn it down to 62 for sleeping. When you wake up, turn up from 62 to 68, then immediately turn it off when you leave for work. Something not adding up there.
Anyways, turning heat down is advisable only for long durations and should never be turned off.
difractedlight t1_j4918ls wrote
Reply to Question regarding electricity bills… by [deleted]
OP, as others have suggested, electric heat is very expensive to heat with.
When it’s 10 degrees outside, you have have your heat set to 65 degrees, you have a 55 degree differential. Bumping it up to 70 degrees inside and you have a 60 degree differential. The point is that the difference between 65 and 70 set point is not that much different compared to the 10 degrees outside. EPA says generally lowering the thermostat by 1 degree is roughly a 1% savings in electric bill.
difractedlight t1_j491454 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Question regarding electricity bills… by [deleted]
EPA advises turning it down 6-8 degrees if you will be gone for more than 8 hours. Turning it completely off and then back on when you get home it would use more energy than just holding 68 degrees.
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Reply to comment by volatica in Sad start to the year. by valleyman02
It says they’re waiting for the autopsy.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Black Friday at Steeplegate Mall - also Cyber Monday by AMC4x4
Yea they have my local library in a mall as well as a senior center.
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Reply to Who got your vote? by uzernaimed
Y’all still call her “Taxin Hassan” or was that only last election cycle?
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Reply to comment by gn84 in Is it normal for the heat to not be able to keep up with extreme cold? by SquashDue502
Yea that probably don’t have enough linear feet of baseboard and given that it’s a rental it’s probably poorly insulated.