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Null_Error7 t1_j3h00q8 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Does anyone else find RI gas bills to be wildly expensive? I'm a single person heating 1000 Sq ft to 62 degrees max at all times. In a well insulated house. by ironicmatchingpants

Maintaining 68 all day uses much more energy than heating the walls and furniture. Proof is the drastic cuts in my energy bills by using this method haha

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[deleted] t1_j3h15nt wrote

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Null_Error7 t1_j3hc21a wrote

Again, it’s heat source dependent. You may be correct for electric or hydronic heat which takes much longer to raise the temp of the room.

Temp rise, insulation, duty cycles are also important factors. Your blanket statement of maintaining 68 all day is better is incorrect.

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[deleted] t1_j3hilt0 wrote

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ChordsHeavy t1_j3ixyda wrote

Department of Energy disagrees: "During winter, the lower the interior temperature, the slower the heat loss. So the longer your house remains at the lower temperature, the more energy you save, because your house has lost less energy than it would have at the higher temperature."

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