Anonymous wrote:How's everybody' heat keeping up in this cold?

Hmm... That's hard to tell. The thermostat switches AUX heat as necessary. Just looking at the temperature cycles, I had to use AUX heat from 4:15 to 6:15 today. That seems correct since it was 11F this morning and the heat pump isn't supposed to run when outdoors temps drop below 16F or so.

How's everybody' heat keeping up in this cold?

Question to those that keep their temps low, especially at night: How worried are you about pipes freezing and bursting? We keep our heat at 63/night, but in the basement it gets to 53/54. Still 20 degrees above freezing, but these walls border the outside where it's 16 degrees.

Anonymous wrote:My office thermometer right now says it's 72 and I'm frickin freezing. I don't have control over the heat but I'm so uncomfortable.

72F is freezing? I agree, PP get your CBC checked. Good luck!

62F. Our house is well insulated and we are comfortable in cashmere layers.

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If it's really cold outside, like when it is in the 20s, at some point we turn up to 70. That's when it gets a bit hot.

This is weird. Doesn't that stress your system? When it's really cold, I'd think one would want to bump it down a little.

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If it's really cold outside, like when it is in the 20s, at some point we turn up to 70. That's when it gets a bit hot.

Anonymous wrote:Checked into a hotel last night and the room was set to a sauna like 80. How do people live like that ?

Promptly turned it down to 68.

It beats the reverse, in the summer when I check in and the room is at 60

Checked into a hotel last night and the room was set to a sauna like 80. How do people live like that ?

Promptly turned it down to 68.

Anonymous wrote:66- we have a boiler so we keep it the same day and night.

Why would that make a difference? I have a boiler, and I have always had different temp settings for different parts of the day/night. The boiler heats when the thermostat calls for heat regardless of the temp setting.

I do know an elderly couple who have a fuel oil boiler that was installed in the 1950s, but that's a whole different story, and they have so much hoarded stuff their radiators haven't' seen daylight for decades.

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Anonymous wrote:My office thermometer right now says it's 72 and I'm frickin freezing. I don't have control over the heat but I'm so uncomfortable.

Do you have health issues? Do you exercise regularly (beyond just walking). Being cold at 72 with a sweater and hoodie sounds abnormal.

Not if the house is poorly insulated.

PP is in an office.

Even in a poorly insulted house, unless you're sitting right next to a drafty window, being cold at 72 with a sweater + hoodie is not normal.



Our house is set to 64/65. But I workout 6 days a week and get my blood pumping. Hanging out on the sofa with a hoodie, socks, and basic sweatpants is totally comfortable as a short, small, female.

You come across quite holier than thou. I workout 6 days a week too and 64/65 is too cold cold for my tall, thin, healthy frame.

70 during the day, 72 at night. We turn up the heat at night because our bedrooms are upstairs and it's always a lot colder up there.