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Invest in a Programmable Thermostat

Submitted by: anonymous 06/01/2008 7:50 PM

If you want to save electricity at home installing a programmable thermostat is the one thing you can do to have the biggest impact on your electricity bill. The majority of a home's electricity is used for heating and cooling.

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The programmable thermostat is great!! As a added tip, if I know I am going to be away for a few days I override my settings and set the thermostat to hold at 55 for the time I am away. I don't want to pipes to freeze, but I also don't want to heat an empty house!

Posted by the UrbanSherp on June 05, 2008 9:22 AM

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Great tip--I also set my thermostat to 59 degrees when I am sleeping. And I keep the temperature at 68 degrees or below the rest of the time to keep your heating costs down. Consider that each degree below 68 degrees will reduce your heating oil costs by 2% or more.

Posted by anonymous on June 06, 2008 12:19 PM

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I just found this calculator on NSTAR where you can see the savings reaped by adjusting your thermostat settings--pretty interesting to see how much 1degree change affects your electricity bill.
http://www.energyguide.com/ha/calcSATCHomeBasics.asp?bid=nstar&referrerid=65&sid=472

Posted by KReed on December 02, 2008 9:58 PM

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You can set the Thermostat to turn to lower temperatures while sleeping and to turn off at times when you are usally out of the house. I set mine to 59 during the work day and 67 from 5-9pm for huge energy savings.

When I tell people how low I set my thermostat during the day and while sleeping they frequently reply by asking--doesn't it take more energy to heat the house back up--so I was glad to find this answer on the Energy Star Website:
http://energystar.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/energystar.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2613&p_created=1149619899&p_topview=1

Posted by frank on December 12, 2008 9:45 AM

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Please, please never buy a thermostat that is powered by batteries. A co-workers in-laws didn't realize their thermostat was run by batteries. They moved away to another state while trying to sell the house. The realator came in to a freezing house. Once they put in the new batteries the furnace kicked back on...unthawing pipes throughout the house started bursting everywhere. They had water pouring out of every vent and even wall outlets. THANKFULLY they had good insurance and only had to pay $1,000 deductible to completely gut and replace floors, walls and ceilings.

Posted by Jessie on January 15, 2009 11:49 AM

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