Hi;We are leaving for the Southwest United States for 6 months from Oct. to April & we have a question; we plan on turning our hot water down to the vacation mode (someone will be here at least once a month) but I don't know what temperature to set our furnace. It's a new furnace with a programmable thermostat & we live in the Windsor, Ontario, Canada region. What suggestions do you have for us? Thanks & have a great day. RegardsGerry Ciurysek

10C should do it. That is where we leave ours.

JGCiurysek wrote: with a programmable thermostatThose thermos can be quite confusing when they default to some sort of daily routine. I make sure mine's in manual mode and set the temp to 55.

Just need to set it high enough that pipes don't freeze in the walls. Also, don't forget to turn off the water to your washing machine. I have a friend who leaned the hard way. They had a neighbor call and ask why water was coming out the front door. It was a ruptured washing machine hose. The clean up and repairs were in excess of $40k.

TucsonJim wrote:don't forget to turn off the water to your washing machine. Turn off the water supply to the entire house. Water heaters can rust out and leak too.

50-55 sounds about right to me. If you go really low, just above freezing for example, if the electricity goes out for a couple of hours you could have a big problem.bumpy

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Canuck_Travelle
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Oct 16, 2013
Been doing this for 10 years here in NB....pretty cold Province.
We have a basement & drain all water to set tub in basement & out to septic tank. Plumbers Anti-freeze in all sinks, toilets, etc.
Put in a US (or other) Thermostat that allows settings lower that 10C (50F.)

We set our Thermostat to 42F, we have a camera system using the Internet with a camera in the house showing the Thermostat & a BIG Thermometer above it, look at it when on the internet in Florida. Never had a problem with moisture or any deterioration in the house.
We have electric heat & wood furnace, the wood furnace is used only when we are home, on the wood furnace thermostat we put a small red bulb that comes on when the wood furnace is calling for heat by opening the wood draft. When the electric furnace kicks in the light goes out & one can see that the electric furnace is functioning.

Retired neighbour comes once a week, lives across the road monitors the house from his window. I am lucky to have him as he looks after other things while we are gone.

Hope this helps.

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