From: iot@dnc.con   
      
   Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > Clare Snyder  writes:   
   >> 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   
   > For power outages of less than 24-hours, there will not be an   
   > appreciable difference in water temperature.  It took at least three   
   > days for me to even notice it (e.g. when the vacuum cleaner   
   > accidentally knocks the heater plug out).   
   >   
   > That is assuming the proper use of top-cover (blanket + comforter).   
   >   
      
   Hafta have a generator for the well, water heater, refrigerators, freezer,   
   starlink dish, router, computers and gas furnace...might as well   
   include the waterbed heater.   
      
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