I have read that it takes more energy to raise the temperature than it does to maintain it. We are looking at adding electric heat to the cottage and mother gripes about the cost of electricity. I have talked to her about the issue and told her that she will have to leave them alone but I wonder if she will be able to restrain herself.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Allan Streib Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 1:52 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] idle speed On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:48 -0600, "R A Bennell" <b...@mts.net> wrote: > My mother is funny. She constantly turns the thermostat up and down > rather than just leave it alone. In our house, we essentially never > touch the thermostat this time of year. We don't have the the fancy > programmable one either. We just leave it alone. The temperature stays > pretty constant. I bought a programmable thermostat last fall ('08). I set it up to raise and lower the temperature setting according to our usual work/school patterns. My gas usage increased. I went back to the manual and we only change it if we're going to be away for more than a day. Allan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
