What do you keep your heat set at??

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  • eileenchristine
    eileenchristine Posts: 228 Member
    61 to 64. 61 at night and 64 during day if its windy specially. I don't like paying for heat :P
  • surromom2010
    surromom2010 Posts: 457 Member
    my husband is always warm, so I can't put it above 70 or he'd get all cranky, but I'd LIKE to have it around 75-78

    my husband is the same...we compromised and I got it to 72, any higher and you'd swear he was dying faster than frosty in a volcano..
  • Artemis726
    Artemis726 Posts: 587 Member
    60 at night, no more than 65-68 during the day. We're northerner's, so we really need to watch it.
  • vcp214
    vcp214 Posts: 23 Member
    Either 62 or 66 depending on the time of day (programmed). Our downstairs is about 10 degrees colder so lots of layers.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I'm really surprised at all the people running heat while at work or sleeping. What a waste of money and resources. Is there a reason for doing that?

    I live in Cali, so it rarely dips below 40. If it does, we all act like our lungs will freeze if we step outside. LOL. But, still, why would you run the heat while you're not home?
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    I'm really surprised at all the people running heat while at work or sleeping. What a waste of money and resources. Is there a reason for doing that?

    I live in Cali, so it rarely dips below 40. If it does, we all act like our lungs will freeze if we step outside. LOL. But, still, why would you run the heat while you're not home?

    Because for a lot of us the high in the winter can be 20 degrees. It wouldn't make much sense to heat your house up to 70, then just shut it off and let all the warm air out/cold air in would it? THAT would be a waste of money. Because no matter how good a house is insulated, it is still going to have a draft..
  • ZombieSlayer
    ZombieSlayer Posts: 369 Member
    I'm really surprised at all the people running heat while at work or sleeping. What a waste of money and resources. Is there a reason for doing that?

    I live in Cali, so it rarely dips below 40. If it does, we all act like our lungs will freeze if we step outside. LOL. But, still, why would you run the heat while you're not home?

    Because for a lot of us the high in the winter can be 20 degrees. It wouldn't make much sense to heat your house up to 70, then just shut it off and let all the warm air out/cold air in would it? THAT would be a waste of money. Because no matter how good a house is insulated, it is still going to have a draft..

    This.... and some of us have pets. Yes, they have fur coats, but if they're not outdoor pets they don't grow a heavy winter coat... and if they did, it would be cruel to turn the heat up on them.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I'm really surprised at all the people running heat while at work or sleeping. What a waste of money and resources. Is there a reason for doing that?

    I live in Cali, so it rarely dips below 40. If it does, we all act like our lungs will freeze if we step outside. LOL. But, still, why would you run the heat while you're not home?

    Because for a lot of us the high in the winter can be 20 degrees. It wouldn't make much sense to heat your house up to 70, then just shut it off and let all the warm air out/cold air in would it? THAT would be a waste of money. Because no matter how good a house is insulated, it is still going to have a draft..

    This.... and some of us have pets. Yes, they have fur coats, but if they're not outdoor pets they don't grow a heavy winter coat... and if they did, it would be cruel to turn the heat up on them.

    Makes sense. I don't have any pets. I never thought of that. I do worry about my guitars sometimes. :)

    I guess it makes sense to keep it minimally heated so that when you get home and turn it up, it doesn't take a ton to heat the house up again. I wonder which way would cost less though. I mean, I'm gone 10 to 12 hours during each week day. Keeping it heated all that time seems so wasteful. But, as I said, I don't live in freezing conditions, so maybe there some aspect to that I don't understand.
  • ZombieSlayer
    ZombieSlayer Posts: 369 Member
    I wonder which way would cost less though. I mean, I'm gone 10 to 12 hours during each week day. Keeping it heated all that time seems so wasteful. But, as I said, I don't live in freezing conditions, so maybe there some aspect to that I don't understand.

    This sounds like something the Mythbusters should test. :smile:
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    I am constantly turned at "off" and I'm in winter mountain country. For some reason our place is so hot without the heat on. My gas bill will not climb over $25 all winter. And no I don't have coats or boots on. I wish it would get colder in here actually! When it is on, it's 65.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    69
  • jess393
    jess393 Posts: 220 Member
    I have mine set at 66 right now, usually at about 63/64. BUT, I have a few drafty living room windows that I hafta winterproof still, and it's 18 outside, so I had to turn it up a little!
  • crazytreelady
    crazytreelady Posts: 752 Member
    30 degrees Celsius
  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I never turn my heat on, I live in SETX we don't get to cold.
  • crazytreelady
    crazytreelady Posts: 752 Member
    30 degrees Celsius

    And if I could turn it up any higher, I would.
  • emaren
    emaren Posts: 934 Member
    I am not sure if I even have heat - I literally never use heat or air conditioning at home.....
  • NatashaShen
    NatashaShen Posts: 295 Member
    i live in the desert so anything lower then 80 is chilly to me. I keep my heat at 73 and carry around a blanket and sleep with flannel sheets.
  • carryingon
    carryingon Posts: 609 Member
    71- Always freezing downstairs, but too hot upstairs.
  • angelique_redhead
    angelique_redhead Posts: 782 Member
    74-80. 74 most of the time. If it gets in the 60's at night when I'm asleep it sounds like I'm hacking up a lung in the morning and no, I'm not a smoker.
  • BlueJue2
    BlueJue2 Posts: 77
    65 during the day and 68 at night. My husband says it's freezing, I say put another layer on.
  • BEAUTY4UBEAST
    BEAUTY4UBEAST Posts: 372
    64 year around :)
  • laural007
    laural007 Posts: 251 Member
    Thermostat is set to 65 but we have a pellet stove and its usually around 85, hehe.
  • Melroxsox
    Melroxsox Posts: 1,040 Member
    in the winter i keep ours at 60..... but only because we heat with a woodstove . which really heats it up to about 70-75 all winter. plus i can log all of my wood chopping and hauling as exercise ;)
  • plynn54
    plynn54 Posts: 912 Member
    if not not home 60, home 72
  • kooltray87
    kooltray87 Posts: 501 Member
    I keep it pretty toasty because I like to walk around naked :-))))
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Umm...I would have it at zero but I have it at 16 (approx your 60) for the cats in the day. I only ever put it on if I'm literally freezing, like cold through socks, slippers, flannel pjs and two sweaters. I just can't afford it. I'd rather save the money for a hot bath of an evening before bed.
  • umachanxo
    umachanxo Posts: 926 Member
    It costs too much to heat my apartment. So my husband and I keep the heat off. First time in this new apartment - it's gonna be a cold winter.

    On the plus side - when I'm home freezing my *kitten* off, it motivates me to work out because I warm up! XD
  • VeganZombie13
    VeganZombie13 Posts: 297
    around 70 or 72
  • AnitraSoto
    AnitraSoto Posts: 725 Member
    Heat at 62 in the winter, A/C at 72 in the summer...
  • NemoDog
    NemoDog Posts: 61
    We have ours set to 20-21 when home and awake, 19 when away or sleeping

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