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Generally, you should set it and leave it. Dropping it a degree or two when gone for more than a few hours may save a little.
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You are massively exothermal - wear more clothes.
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Definitely this, but the question is still valid unless it is warm enough to do away with heating completely
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Get a thermostat with a timer setting. Our Budapest flat has four time settings so I can set it differently for morning, daytime, evening and night time. As we're not there, it's just on tick over at the moment though.
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Seconded. I own a programmable thermostat that allows me to tailor each day's schedule. I maintain in the upper 60's during the times when the family is home but lowers the temp when we are normally gone or sleeping. It doesn't save a whole lot but the savings add up.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Foothill wrote: It doesn't save a whole lot
Foothill wrote: the savings add up
Isn't that a contradiction?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Nah. Just because the individual contributions are small doesn't mean the summation of all contributions is small. $1 is a small amount. Saved 1,000,000 times it becomes a substantial sum, for example.
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Jon McKee wrote: $1 is a small amount. Saved 1,000,000 times it becomes a substantial sum,
I didn't see the need to spell it out.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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You literally asked if that was a contradiction. I was simply pointing out that the individual statements are not in fact a contradiction because of the individual scope they encompass 
Also your sig is one of my favorite quotes. Love that Bertrand Russell quote 
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They are both bad ideas. 1st costs way too much, 2nd gets you cold for a good while (and costs a lot).
My heating system (gas heater linked to the radiators) is set so that it never gets below a certain threshold at any time, and in the hours I wake up and I get back home it's already in the "comfort" temperature for a while.
Also, since radiators store heat for a while even while thhe heater and the pumps are off I broke the eveneing in two "heater on" blocks separated by an hour of heater off - that way the house remains heated by the stored heat in the radiators for two hours more than what I pay for.
The week-end is managed differently, with the heating splitted in more blocks and for more times (as I don't know when and how much I'll be staying at home).
DURA LEX, SED LEX
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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If feasible, dispense with the thermostat altogether - turn if off.
We have a wood burning insert and use that to heat our home; we have the advantage of being able to harvest wood from our property, so it's economical as well.
In the evening, after the fire dies now, the house slowly cools.
This morning, it was 60 degrees F, but the fire is lit and the house will start to warm up.
While its cool, layered clothing.
But, if that isn't an option - decide if you want heat or cool and set one temperature and leave it.
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Non-Applicable. Studio apartment here.
Surprisingly good thermal insulation, though.
No need for HVAC until this weekend.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Turn it off when I leave and back on when I arrive ?
If you are gone all day, then yes, just turn it off. No point having it run when no one is there. If you are only leaving for an hour or 2, probably just leave it as is.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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For example, this post.
Probably I should have considered what sort of feedback I'd get, if any at all (considering the time zone most of you live in) - but I'm feeling a bit hazy and this is, after all, ill conceived.
Just never mind, if you wish.
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I find that a well marinated, grilled flank steak, makes for an awesome carne asada taco. I highly recommend it.
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Quite a few people are ill conceived as well
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I see what you did there...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Next you'll accuse me of talking about the President Elect...
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Seems like you just did...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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No, no. Wasn't me.
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Next you'll say you drank & danced with POTUS-E
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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But then I changed my mind
I'll get an extra coat, it's cold outside...
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But your head was empty.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
modified 9-Jan-17 12:25pm.
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I think "then" was unnecessary.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Good point.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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