On 01-24-2013 19:55, Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
I live in Maryland near DC. I have A/C on the first floor and basement
and a heat pump for the upper level. I get $50/month discount for the
four months of May - August by allowing the utility to be able to shut
off the A/C.

The offer here is eight dollars.

Two years ago during a heat wave, they shut it off from 11:30 AM - 7:00
PM. By that time, my upstairs thermostat read 91 F. That's not a typo.
It got back to a sleepable temp by about 1:00 AM.

You just need to decide what's more important, saving a few bucks or
having ensured comfort.

I'm not worried about the comfort. I'm a hardy soul. I was concerned
about whether the eight bucks a month would result in an eight hundred
dollar repair bill in less than a hundred months.

I got one answer of NO, a couple more of "the things don't work" and a
whole heap of programmable thermostats.

Saving money is nice, but they already owe me over a hundred, so it's
certainly not a matter of need.

--
Wes Groleau

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