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What do you keep your thermostat set on in winter?

Discussion in 'General' started by joec, Nov 22, 2022.

  1. joec

    joec brace yourself

    In other words, what temperature do you like your house/apartment etc in winter? 68f here. Thats 20c for the Canadianans or 293 kelvin.
     
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  2. SuddenBraking

    SuddenBraking The Iron Price

    68F during the day, 66F at night.

    All the females in my family think it's because I'm cheap, but joke's on them - I'm just fat.
     
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  3. boxcrash

    boxcrash Loading.....Please Wait

    About the same, 65-68 *F. Small house, 1500 sq ft, electric heat. Sometimes use those infrared space heaters in rooms farther away from the thermostat. Attached garage has a heater as well, since my 14 yr old lab pup sleeps out there. Insulated main door. Stays around 55-60 in there. Plus I have Supercorsa's on wheel stands so those do not like anything below 40*F (I think that is right off top of my head)
     
  4. Venom51

    Venom51 John Deere Equipment Expert - Not really

    66 during the day...64 at night.
     
  5. Tristan

    Tristan Well-Known Member

    72 always. What are we- animals?
     
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  6. Banditracer

    Banditracer Dogs - because people suck

    I've got a combination wood / oil furnace so when on oil, spring and fall, 70 during the day when somebody's in the house, down to 60 if nobody's home, 65 at night. When the wood's going it's a constant thing to not get it too hot, opening the door for temperature control is a common occurrence.
     
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  7. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    During the day, and I'm WFH 72-73F depending on outside.

    When wife is home 74F-75F; and at to sleep 69F-70F
     
  8. eggfooyoung

    eggfooyoung You no eat more!

  9. tl1098

    tl1098 Well-Known Member

    64 day and night,put a sweatshirt on.Ima try and save the planet all by myself.:crackup:
     
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  10. ChemGuy

    ChemGuy Harden The F%@# Up!

    68f and 66-64 at night.
     
  11. Jedb

    Jedb Professional Novice :-)

    62F day
    60F night

    I'm cheap
    I do turn it up when i have guests though.
     
  12. YamahaRick

    YamahaRick Yamaha Two Stroke Czar

    Slight tangent ... the master bedroom in this house does not receive sufficient heating/cooling relative to the rest of the home. It probably is the furthest vent from the furnace. Would an inline fan help? Is there a tool that can help me determine how much more air flow is needed? The one limitation is the ductwork in buried under a lot of loose insulation (R40), so it would be hard to see if there are any pinch points.

    Is "duct cleaning" really worth it? This is a 30+ year old home.
     
  13. Boman Forklift

    Boman Forklift Well-Known Member

    My wife sets it between 70-75 depending on her mood. Almost always turned off at night. At my office 69-72
     
  14. thunderalley3

    thunderalley3 Well-Known Member

    72 day and night unless it gets really cold outside, like down in the 50's then it gets bumped up to 74.
    We have to keep the "puppies" warm.
     
  15. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    NO. Some of the quotes Ive gotten were more than it cost to replace the duct wotk.
     
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  16. zertrider

    zertrider Waiting for snow. Or sun.

    Shop I keep at 58. House 69-70 when we are home and 65 overnight
     
  17. gixxerboy55

    gixxerboy55 Well-Known Member

    69
     
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  18. Saiyan66

    Saiyan66 Stand your ground

    68 degrees in the living area and 66ish in the bedrooms for sleeping.
     
  19. thrak410

    thrak410 My member is well known

    No it isn't. We just did a full HVAC replacement (dual fuel system with heat pump/gas furnace) and I asked the question should I get it done before the new stuff goes in. The dude said absolutely not because they usually poke holes in the duct work and you never know, and also its never as dirty as the commercials make it sound.

    Sure enough, when they had it all apart I looked in the intake duct where it connects with the filter housing (where you'd expect the most debris) and it was incredible clean. This is on a 20 year old house.

    As for the OP, 67 during the day and 64-65 at night. System drops to 62 while we're away from the house. Looking forward to the first months analytics from the Ecobee t-stats too :)
     
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  20. lizard84

    lizard84 My “fuck it” list is lengthy

    That’s easy, thermostat is turned off and the windows are open
     
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