What temperature do you leave your home at
Today, I had my furnace guy come for the annual check-up, cleaning etc. I've known the guy for many years. I was telling him that next year we would be spending winter in the South and was planning on...
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Sam Spade wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
When we are gone, it's at 45. Never had an issue.
You must have an extremely well built house.
Or you have just been lucky.
Just because you have "gotten away with it" before does NOT necessarily mean that it is a good idea.
Among other things, having it set that low gives you almost ZERO margin incase the heating system fails.
I guess 60 gives more margin but your only talking a few hours difference should failure occur.
Honestly either the furnace is generating heat or it is not. The temperature it is set at really is all about interior comfort.
45, 60, 65, or 70 the furnace just runs longer to get the temperature higher. The longer it runs the more $$$ it cost.
Ambient temperature would be my deciding factor. In the Mid Atlantic 60 may not be a big deal. In New England, Michigan and some colder places 60 can be really costly.
