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loneryder
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Dec 12, 2015

What do you set your house heat at when leaving for winter?

This will be my first time SB ing and I was thinking about what to leave the heat set at when gone. I was thinking leaving the heat pump at 50-55. Water and everything else will be off and unplugged....
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Sam_Spade
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Dec 12, 2015
In addition to turning the water input off......you also should crack all the faucets open a bit.

IF....the heat fails and the pipes are full of water and they freeze with the faucets closed.....broken pipes are almost guaranteed.

If the faucets are open, you have a fighting chance.

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