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Originally Posted by DixieGal
Saving money on heating is always a good idea, but for Tim and me, our comfort is more important. We prefer to turn off the heat at night so that the air we breathe at night is cold, but sleep under a blazing hot electric blanket. Heavenly.
And the heating is turned off during the coldest part of the night, so our bill is lower.
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Heating is turned on about 5 or 6 hours a day (not counting the weekend). It will heat up till it's 19 degrees in the kitchen at 6 in the morning, at 6:30 it will turn off again. And then it will heat till 19.5 in the afternoon (16:30) and turn off again at 20:00. Why having the heater on when you're not at home or in a room that doesn't even have a heater unit?
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Originally Posted by lilac_jive
I'd love to turn the heat off at night, but it's really cold here. Tonight it's supposed to be 8 degrees Farenheit! I do use a heating pad when it gets too cold though  |
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Originally Posted by nohmi2
I was talked into getting an electric blanket ( I had visions of Nohmi Fricasse a la Turnover) and now love it. I put it on high for an hour before going to sleep, switch off, go bye-byes and it's lovely. |
I was thinking about that, after that cold spell we had in december (temperatures dropped below freezing in the bedroom) and we couldn't get the bed warm. But then I looked the average lifespan of a woolen duvet. Which is between 5 and 10 years. And ours is about 9. So, I think we'll be going for a new duvet by next winter. We bought a nice quilt for now...