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Tue Nov-06-07 02:35 PM
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What is your thermostat set at? |
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Do you have a programmable one?
We have a programmable one but I'm thinking I would like to update it because some of the buttons stick and it's not exactly user friendly.
We'll let it go down as low at 60 at night and pile on the blankets and never more than 68 during the day. We have electric space heaters to keep the room we're in a little more toasty if desired.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:36 PM
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1. 60- trying to save as much oil as possible |
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:54 PM
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I have 275 gallons in the tank. I hope I can make it last most of the winter. My thermostat's on 50. I use 3 portable radiator-style heaters in the rooms I use.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:58 PM
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14. This is the first time I am genuinely scared that we won't have heat |
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If I can't afford more oil then I may have to use electric space heaters and deal with a massive electric bill come springtime.
At least the kids like mac n cheese, ramen and spagetti. Fills the void at least.
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Tue Nov-06-07 03:40 PM
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17. I'm in the same situation |
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I can't afford to move either. I'm almost done putting up plastic on all 17 windows. That's helped some. I've got rooms shut off and use an electric blanket too.
Good luck this winter. I hope it's a mild one. :(
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:38 PM
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2. programmed to go down to 60 at night |
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and 64 in the morning and when I get home (it goes back down during the day while I am at work). I grew up in a cold house (oil heat, out in the country), so I'm fine with throwing on a sweater or hat if I get cold, and don't like a house that is too warm.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:43 PM
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3. My room doesn't have insulation or drywall.. |
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I can see my breath right now. It is 37 degrees in my room right now. But I have a hoodie and a blanket, 80% of the world has it worse than me.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:45 PM
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4. 60 at night, 72 between 6 and 8 am, 65 the rest of the time |
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Tue Nov-06-07 05:02 PM
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29. Hey, get the hell out of my house! |
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Those are MY thermostat settings, pal!
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Tue Nov-06-07 10:52 PM
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60 overnight, 68 5-7 a.m., and 60 during the day, 65 from 5-10 p.m.
Save some oil.... :scared:
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Wed Nov-07-07 09:38 AM
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82. You are obviously a good and rational 'Merkin |
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I like a cold bedroom and a warm bathroom. Short of spending thousands on heated floors and other rigamarole, this works out pretty well.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:45 PM
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But I'm in Florida, so that's for AC.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:48 PM
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6. have you been livin' in my house? |
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mine is set at 60 all the time and i have a little space heater in my room.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:50 PM
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but I just found out that with steam heat it is more cost effective to leave it at one temperature so I have been ROASTING myself at 60 at night. I prefer 52 at night and 60ish when I am awake.
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not hot enough for the AC not cold enough for heat. :shrug:
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:51 PM
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Loving the weather right now.
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heating oil is as much as diesel fuel/gallon right now. :(
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:55 PM
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Edited on Tue Nov-06-07 02:59 PM by huskerlaw
and the windows are still open. Even though it's COLD by LA standards right now.
Current temp = 66 degrees. Overnight lows in the upper 40s. I slept in a sweatshirt and fleece pj pants last night and LOVED it.
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Tue Nov-06-07 02:57 PM
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13. Off. Have the windows open, actually. |
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I don't have a thermostat, I don't think. I have a knob on the radiator in my apartment that I assume just lets a fixed amound of hot water flow through.
So last night I turned it to "1" because it was like 28 degrees out. Inside thermometer says 71.
I don't pay for the heat, so I'll just keep it at "comfortable".
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Tue Nov-06-07 03:10 PM
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16. Off right now because it's been so warm - low 70s during the day, upper 40s, low 50s at night |
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Grew up in an unheated bedroom, prefer cold to heat. Kept thermostat at 60, but now that we have a wood-buring stove, we'll keep it in the 50s, use an electric heater in the bathroom when we take a shower. This winter is supposed to be warm and dry, thank to La Nina.
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Tue Nov-06-07 03:41 PM
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18. "off" and in the summer when it's wicked hot the lowest it ever gets set to is 78f. |
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Tue Nov-06-07 03:46 PM
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Hasn't been on in almost three weeks; thanks to very comfortable South Mississippi Weather. Winter time 72. Summer time, no lower then 80.
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Tue Nov-06-07 03:59 PM
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space heaters and I keep an electric twin size blanket on the couch to wrap up in on those super cold days.
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Tue Nov-06-07 04:16 PM
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24. 60 and for each degree I go above that I stick myself with a pin |
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Tue Nov-06-07 04:28 PM
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25. 50...except to warm up once in the morning and once in the evening... |
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I use a space heater if I'm in one place for very long...it is never above 60...
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Tue Nov-06-07 04:38 PM
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26. 66 or 62. Yes, we have a programmable. |
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We set it at 66 from about 5 to 8 am and 6 to 10 pm. The rest of the day it's at 62. Our programmable is very easy to use. Energy costs too damn much to keep it any warmer than that.
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Tue Nov-06-07 04:43 PM
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27. I'm feeling pretty evil and wasteful after reading this thread. |
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I'm VERY cold-blooded. Being cold is downright painful for me. And mine isn't programmable. So, it's at around 68 or 70 (hard to be exact with the little notch things on the dial) all the time.
It's the one area where I'm not very green. Sorry.
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Sometimes, I get brave and turn it to 62. We put that 3M plastic on all of the windows yesterday and that does really help. Besides that...layer, layer, layer
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And even if you are, don't you worry how that contributes to global warming?
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Tue Nov-06-07 09:11 PM
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49. I am more concerned with my own comfort. nt. |
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56. Are you a Republican or Libertarian? |
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I don't know many Democrats who are so unapologetically selfish.
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Do you accept global warming as fact and do you take any personal responsibility for the planet's future?
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Tue Nov-06-07 11:55 PM
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62. I accept a toasty 81 degrees as a fact and take personal responsibility... |
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Wed Nov-07-07 01:01 AM
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63. You're such a troublemaker. No wonder I get along |
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64. try turning your heat up to 81. its awesome. like a sauna. nt. |
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You keep your car running when you go into the store to write checks also, ha?
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66. I leave my kids and dogs in the car too. And I don't start writing the check... |
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until everything is rung up.
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(Just about the check writing)
I don't care if you keep your kids and dogs in the car.
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81. And that leaf blower you use to move the beer cans off your lawn onto the neighbors at 2am n/t |
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it's f***ing 85 degrees here
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33. somewhere between 65-67 |
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35. 66 during the day, 60 at night. |
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we're in the middle of the mild season, warm in the day and the solar gain keeps the house warm enough through the night to get us through til the next day
I did add a blanket to the bed though
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Tue Nov-06-07 06:11 PM
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37. Right now it's off, but usually 79 summer, 68 winter. |
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Although I do have a programmable thermostat, I don't play much with changing the temperatures. I might this year though.
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The hall tends to be cold.
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41. Speak English, dammit! nt |
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Not hot enough for the a/c & I don't have central heat.
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60 after that and during the day when no one is home.
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Tue Nov-06-07 07:35 PM
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43. 68. Wife is burning up with her own personal heat wave, I'm freezing... |
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Tue Nov-06-07 09:03 PM
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45. Why don't you just snuggle with her |
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and enjoy the radiating heat?
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47. I do, and it is amazing that a body can generate that much hormone driven heat. |
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46. off, it's still 78dgs out here and it's almost T-Day... |
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I hate being cold, but we are cold all winter. I would love to not have a cold part of the year!!
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Tue Nov-06-07 09:16 PM
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And no, it's not programmable.
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Tue Nov-06-07 09:26 PM
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51. I don't need a thermostat |
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I close the window to warm a room up and vice versa to cool a room down. The temp is always between 55-85 degrees fahrenheit so it's hard to not be comfortable.
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Tue Nov-06-07 10:14 PM
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52. 62, plus we use space heaters. |
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I hate hot and stuffy. My classroom is set at 68 and I have to open the windows! ugh
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Tue Nov-06-07 10:57 PM
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55. 90....because it is in here for show.... |
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It has absolutely no impact on the boiler. The heat level is set where the association president decides to set it. Down in the boiler room. He who runs his AC during January.
Because it was in the low 60s here during the day a couple of weeks ago and I was freezing, I put it up to 90 in protest.
And no, it is not programmable.
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Tue Nov-06-07 11:37 PM
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57. Does your community have any |
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mandated minimum levels of heat? I know the city proper does.
If all else fails, those little cube ceramic heaters can really kick it out and at least warm up the bedroom or bathroom.
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83. Yes, the village has a very clear standard and I am well acquainted with it. |
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The building commissioner is a really nice guy, as well, one who answers his own phone and is very responsive. We don't hesitate to sic him on the property manager, who doesn't do a very good job.
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Tue Nov-06-07 11:39 PM
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59. It's set into the wall |
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If I tried to set it somewhere else it might break.
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Tue Nov-06-07 11:40 PM
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60. Feels like about 150 f. right now, but |
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I think its the flu. :blush: :scared: :blush: :scared::blush: :scared:
Might be jus a told in my dose. I'm kind stuffed up. snnnnork!
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it's hard to tell with the little slide thing (yes, that is a technical term :P)
i don't pay for heat but i figure i shouldn't run up the bill, i'm fine wrapping up in a blanket if i get cold
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I had the gas man turn off the heater last year and it's been fine since. :shrug:
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Wed Nov-07-07 02:52 AM
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74. My thermostat is set at "Code Orange!"... |
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(Sorry; I thought it was a political question.)
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It's just not that cold here. It does get cold at night, but it stays warm enough inside for us.
Now, when we lived in MA, that was another story altogether. We closed off whole sections of the house and set the heat just high enough to keep the pipes from freezing. Cripes...nothing like seeing your breath in kitchen in the morning.
And the bill was still around $400 a month. Gotta love electric heat and bad insulation.
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Wed Nov-07-07 03:07 AM
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76. Heat ain't on yet here in WV |
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70 degree days, 40 degree nights. Well insulated house.
It's cool in the morning, but not unbearable. Moving around helps.
With a busted heat pump running on the coil, every day we don't run it is a good one.
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It's been absolutely dreamy here.. 72 daytime./58 nighttime
I have had the house open and the whole-house fan on during the day :)
About 4 am, I do close the house up and kick the furnace on for a bit to get the temp up to about 70, so my poor husband doesn't freeze his bony little ass off when he gets out of the shower at around 5:30 AM :)and after he leaves for work, I turn the beast off again :)
I won't have to pay anything this winter.. (I have a $375 credit) on my gas bill ( I pay extra every month and then skip payments during the winter:)
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80. Full blast, all day, all night. |
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With the windows open.
It's NYC, that's how we roll.
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