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OT: Supplemental electric heat to save $$$
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<blockquote data-quote="Gerald Pierce" data-source="post: 558466" data-attributes="member: 54639"><p>A word of caution if your heat is provided by an electric heat pump, when the temp differential between set temp and actual becomes to great, they have heat strips that kick in and greatly increase your electric usage until the temp comes back in line. I had a good friend that set his thermostat down during the day while at work and at night when sleeping as Nelson describes, and his electric bill almost doubled from it. He had several heating and ac folks come look at it and basically was told that on a heat pump, leave the thermostat pretty much alone, they are better at maintaining a temp than they are at rapidly warming to meet a temp requirement. YMMV, I am sure there are some folks here that are more knowledgable in HVAC than me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gerald Pierce, post: 558466, member: 54639"] A word of caution if your heat is provided by an electric heat pump, when the temp differential between set temp and actual becomes to great, they have heat strips that kick in and greatly increase your electric usage until the temp comes back in line. I had a good friend that set his thermostat down during the day while at work and at night when sleeping as Nelson describes, and his electric bill almost doubled from it. He had several heating and ac folks come look at it and basically was told that on a heat pump, leave the thermostat pretty much alone, they are better at maintaining a temp than they are at rapidly warming to meet a temp requirement. YMMV, I am sure there are some folks here that are more knowledgable in HVAC than me :) [/QUOTE]
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