I only turn back about 4-5 degs as it just has to run that much more to
catch up and you are not saving anything, I leave the fan on 24-7.

Tom


"Art" wrote in message
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Furnace may not be able to get your heat back up in reasonable time and
could lead to frozen pipes in hash weather and a bitchy spouse.


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HI,

I set the thermostat timer for a minimum overnight temperature of 45
degrees, to heat to 70 at 6:30 AM. Effectively, this leaves the furnace
turned off overnight. I figure that saves wear on the furnace / fan and
saves fuel costs overnight.
However, I heard on a radio program that thermostat timers
should only have a max differential of about 8 or 10 degrees.

Anybody know what the best settings are?

use 10 degree setbacks for best efficiency and least problems

OK, but why? Does 15 or 20 plus degrees of heat differential mean the
furnace gets too hot when running to close the gap, or what?