From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:57:03 -0600, Jim Joyce    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:54:27 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)   
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>Ed P  writes:   
   >>>On 2/3/2026 11:34 AM, Harvey Sanenbum wrote:   
   >>>> A couple decade old oil burner heats my home.  Question: Is it more cost   
   >>>> effective to turn down the heat while sleeping and then increase the   
   >>>> thermostat during the day, or to more or less keep the thermostat near   
   >>>> constant?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've done the former (turning it down at night) since I can remember   
   >>>> but, with the severely below normal temps outdoors lately, it has to run   
   >>>> a long time to get up to room temp during the day, which has caused me   
   >>>> to rethink my process.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thanks.   
   >>>   
   >>>It depends.  In most cases, you do save by turning it down, but, there   
   >>>is a limit to be cost effective. A turn down of about 5 to 10 degrees   
   >>>can save.  A turn down of 15 degrees, there is a lot of makeup to do.   
   >>>   
   >>>Comfort is another factor.  Many of us sleep better with our body under   
   >>>a cozy blanket and our head breathing the cooler air at night. In   
   >>>summer, I turn the temp down with the AC and pay more to do that for the   
   >>>comfort of a good sleep.   
   >>   
   >>A water bed is ideal year-round.   Constant 80F, cools in the summer and   
   >>warms in the winter.   
   >   
   >I had a water bed from 1982 to 2012 and I kept the heater set to a   
   >constant 96, IIRC. Could have been 98, I'm not sure. Certainly no lower.   
    They are TERRIBLE if the power goes out - and even worse when they   
   spring a leak. No need to ask how I know on both counts. I will NEVER   
   go back to a water bed!!!!!!   
      
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