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GreenPartyVoter

(73,102 posts) Sun Jan 22, 2012, 12:34 PM Jan 2012

Cold weather Duers, what do you set your thermostat at during the day and at night? [View all]

We have the house on 3 zones. Zone 1: Master suite, Zone 2: Great room/kitchen and guest bath, Zone 3: offices and other bedrooms.

I've been keeping the main living space at 68 during the day, and the bedroom zones at 55. At about 8pm I turn zone 3 up to 68 to warm it up for people going to bed then. At 9pm I turn up the other bedroom and turn down the living space to 55. At 5am I turn everything back up to 68 for people who are getting up at 6am, but I turn the bedrooms back down when people leave for work/school. (The offices will get turned up during the day, though, if anyone is home working.)

I think I am a good candidate for programmable thermostats. LOL

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Cold weather Duers, what do you set your thermostat at during the day and at night? [View all] GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 OP

I don't have all that fancy zone stuff. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #1

Yeah, I wear one of my hubby's quilted flannel shirts over my clothes, and like you I snuggle GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #2

Sigh. Shorts in the winter! Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #4

Children have a different internal thermostat than adults. I can remember being much GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #5

Definitely PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS! mzteris Jan 2012 #3

we got a programmable around Xmas this year NMDemDist2 Jan 2012 #6

Yes! Hubby wasn't turning the bedroom down at all and I couldn't sleep because I was GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #9

I think you could use one as well but I have one and just do it manually maddezmom Jan 2012 #7

I'm in Maine so off is out of the question. It has been more humid than I have been used to in the GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #8

I hear you, I grew up in upstate NY maddezmom Jan 2012 #10

I am breaking my own rules that I taught my children. At the age of 70 I find I am cold much of the jwirr Jan 2012 #11

I understand needing to do that. My grandparents did too as they got older. Maybe it all balances GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #12

In Texas, the big cost of elec. is A/C. northoftheborder Jan 2012 #13

We don't have any thermostats, but we do have a thermometer Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #14

braggart maddezmom Jan 2012 #15

Teehee! nt Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #16

I live in a 2-bedroom mobile home, RebelOne Jan 2012 #17

That was our situation last year. Dead (oil) furnace in a mobile home. Not fun, but luckily we GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #20

Until about 2 years ago, I kept the windows open even if it snowed and the thermostat at 45 degrees. freshwest Jan 2012 #18

Oh my! That sounds so painful! Is there nothing else you can do for it other than GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #21

I have to use hot pads all day and part of the night. There's no cure and no RX will stop it. freshwest Jan 2012 #23

Well, we're talking about getting an air exchange system, but I need to GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #24

When I get Charlie horses, I just eat bananas Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #26

No zones--65, pretty much. Wear a sweater. MADem Jan 2012 #19

We are out of pets at the moment, but I look forward to GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #22

+1! nt MADem Jan 2012 #25

On second thought, there is a thermostat in this house. It's in the water heater. dimbear Feb 2012 #27

That makes sense. We kept our electric water heater on 120, I think, mostly because GreenPartyVoter Feb 2012 #28

I wish they weren't so expensive. n/t dimbear Feb 2012 #29

Setting back by more than 10 degrees does not work Kolesar Feb 2012 #30

Bingo zipplewrath Mar 2012 #35

Our zones are pretty simple NEOhiodemocrat Feb 2012 #31

Another fan of programmables here. GoCubsGo Mar 2012 #32

We are on a peak demand meter randr Mar 2012 #33

I finally caved today and put on my A/C maddezmom Mar 2012 #34