{"id":415,"date":"2016-12-26T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/?p=415"},"modified":"2016-12-21T18:41:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T23:41:19","slug":"thermostat-tips-winter-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/heating-service\/thermostat-tips-winter-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Thermostat Tips for Winter Heating Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re going to experience another cold winter here in Fort Wayne, and our home heating systems\u2014from furnaces to geothermal heat pumps<\/a>\u2014will put in a great deal of work to keep our households warm and cozy. That can also add up to steep energy bills over the season.<\/p>\n

However, those bills may not need to be as steep as they were last year. A few simple mistakes with setting the thermostat can end up costing you from month to month. We have some advice on using the thermostat so your heater saves money\u2014without a sacrifice in comfort.<\/p>\n

The Best Winter Thermostat Settings<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s the secret to thermostats that many people don\u2019t realize: they are switches, not throttles. When a thermostat is turned up high (85\u00b0F or 90\u00b0F), the heating system doesn\u2019t work faster or provide a higher volume of heat. What happens is that the thermostat simply tells the heating system to work for longer\u2026 until it reaches the set temperature. That means a great deal more spent to run the system, and you\u2019ll end up with a house that\u2019s stiflingly hot. You don\u2019t want your house to be 85\u00b0F in the summer, and you don\u2019t want it in winter either.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s another problem with pushing the heat up so high: it causes the house to more rapidly lose its heat to the outside. The bigger the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, the quicker heat moves from indoors to outdoors. Maintaining a lower temperature slows down the heat loss, and the heater will need to work less to replace it.<\/p>\n

So what is<\/em> an ideal setting? It varies depending on people, but on average 68\u00b0F is a temperature that is comfortable for most people who have warm clothes on. Keep the thermostat set at this temperature (or adjusted up a bit if necessary) during the day when people are home. When people are asleep, lower the temperature by 8\u00b0F and use a nice comforter on your bed.<\/p>\n

Follow this advice, and you can reduce your heating bills by as much as 25%!<\/p>\n

For heating service in Fort Wayne, IN<\/a>, turn to Collier’s Heating & Air Conditioning\u2014<\/strong>A company you’ve grown to trust. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few simple mistakes with setting the thermostat can end up costing you from month to month. We have some advice on using the thermostat so your heater saves money\u2014without a sacrifice in comfort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[92,102,62],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}