pyotr filipivich writes:

Let the Record show that "Stormin Mormon"
on or about Thu, 29 Oct 2009
08:22:48 -0400 did write/type or cause to appear in
rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
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.

Now that we've thrashed out the heater thermostat setting, what
about the hot water supply?
I'm starting to think I seriously goofed when I got a new hot
water tank, rather than go for an on demand system. I wonder how
difficult it might be to retro-fit one into the kitchen, anyway?

I looked into it a little bit when we replaced our heater a little while
ago; the increased exhaust requirements were a killer in my house
(hot water heater is located about dead center in my house, so there
were going to be no shortcuts running the exhaust).
--
As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours;
and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin)