Comments on: Which Is More Energy Efficient? (Your Advice) http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/05/04/101391_which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice.html Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Thu, 24 May 2012 14:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amber http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/05/04/101391_which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice.html/comment-page-1/#comment-44220 Amber Wed, 09 May 2007 00:11:08 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/05/04/which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice/#comment-44220 The temperature drops a lot at night so the rule of thumb I've heard is you should lower the temp at night. We just have baseboard heaters with a temp dial to turn it on. What we do is turn it down to 50 at night, we're not around enough in the morning to warrant turning it back on until the first person gets home in the evening, then we turn it up in increments until it reaches the desired temp. The temperature drops a lot at night so the rule of thumb I’ve heard is you should lower the temp at night. We just have baseboard heaters with a temp dial to turn it on. What we do is turn it down to 50 at night, we’re not around enough in the morning to warrant turning it back on until the first person gets home in the evening, then we turn it up in increments until it reaches the desired temp.

]]> By: Tad http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/05/04/101391_which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice.html/comment-page-1/#comment-42957 Tad Fri, 04 May 2007 18:03:51 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/05/04/which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice/#comment-42957 You will save energy by turning down the heat during the day. Your average house won't go down a full 17 degrees over the course of the day, but even if it dropped all the way to 50 it's still more efficient. If your furnace tried to heat the house to 67 degrees instantly, it would be less efficient and you might have a case. But since 100% of furnaces simply turn on at a fixed rate when it's time to warm the house, it's more efficient to give it a break during the day. You will save energy by turning down the heat during the day. Your average house won’t go down a full 17 degrees over the course of the day, but even if it dropped all the way to 50 it’s still more efficient. If your furnace tried to heat the house to 67 degrees instantly, it would be less efficient and you might have a case. But since 100% of furnaces simply turn on at a fixed rate when it’s time to warm the house, it’s more efficient to give it a break during the day.

]]> By: Matt http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/05/04/101391_which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice.html/comment-page-1/#comment-42889 Matt Fri, 04 May 2007 13:44:58 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/05/04/which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice/#comment-42889 Heat transfer depends on several variables, so the answer isn't going to be the same for every home in every situation. If you're trying to maintain a poorly insulated home at 70 degrees when it's 20 degrees outside, you're constantly losing heat to the outdoors, so it might be better to turn it off during the day. If your maintaining a well insulated house at 70 degrees when it's only 60 degrees outside it will make little difference if you shut it off or not. Heat transfer depends on several variables, so the answer isn’t going to be the same for every home in every situation. If you’re trying to maintain a poorly insulated home at 70 degrees when it’s 20 degrees outside, you’re constantly losing heat to the outdoors, so it might be better to turn it off during the day. If your maintaining a well insulated house at 70 degrees when it’s only 60 degrees outside it will make little difference if you shut it off or not.

]]> By: ben http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/05/04/101391_which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice.html/comment-page-1/#comment-42869 ben Fri, 04 May 2007 13:11:19 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/05/04/which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice/#comment-42869 I am not an expert in the subject, but just from a rational standpoint what your friends says doesn't make much sense. If that were the case, then you would want to also keep the heat at the same temperature all night since it would be more expensive to warm up the house each morning. I am not an expert in the subject, but just from a rational standpoint what your friends says doesn’t make much sense. If that were the case, then you would want to also keep the heat at the same temperature all night since it would be more expensive to warm up the house each morning.

]]> By: mitchell http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/05/04/101391_which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice.html/comment-page-1/#comment-42868 mitchell Fri, 04 May 2007 13:11:17 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/05/04/which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice/#comment-42868 http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/Residential/TheEnergyAdviser/Archives2006/06_04_02 http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/Residential/TheEnergyAdviser/Archives2006/06_04_02

]]> By: Jean http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/05/04/101391_which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice.html/comment-page-1/#comment-42863 Jean Fri, 04 May 2007 13:01:46 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/05/04/which-is-more-energy-efficient-your-advice/#comment-42863 I'd point people to Mr. Electricity. He answers all sorts of questions like this. http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/general.html I’d point people to Mr. Electricity. He answers all sorts of questions like this.

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