Let the Record show that Lewis Hartswick on
or about Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:53:05 -0600 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
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.

That is another one of those, " It Depends".
In this case on how long you will be gone.

Bingo. How long will you be gone, how low you set it, and how
fast does it take for the inside to cool down, and warm back up. If I
live where it is below freezing all the time, and the house is drafty
- I may shut the heat down more when I go out, because I can't afford
to heat all of Kansas! (OTOH, I might want to stand downwind of the
house and enjoy the heat I am paying for.)
If I have a snug warm house, that doesn't cool rapidly (lots of
thermal mass) then it doesn't matter _as much_.

When you come back, what are you going to do? Cooking dinner in
the oven is a good for reheating a house - or at least the kitchen.
B-)

And so it goes.
-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!