Stormin Mormon wrote:
Please forgive me while I troll for a moment.....

Is it energy saving to turn the thermostat down, when
leaving the house? I mean, the furnace has to run to catch
up when I get home. I have a way of looking at the matter.
I'll explain my point of view after the argument is
underway.

I have a programmable thermostat that go goes from 68F to 60F shortly
after I leave for work till just before I arrive home, then again
about 11PM till 5AM when I get up. Hard to say if it's made a
significant difference, but I installed the thermostat when I had to
replace my furnace in 2001 and I haven't really tracked the gas use.
My house was built in 1894 and has little insulation, temperature in
the winter can vary 8-10 degrees from near the heat register to the
farthest corner of the living room.

David