When do you turn the heat on?

[translux]

Our system is so complex you need a full time building engineer. Which was me until I automated. Now it’s largely set and forget using auto with cool & heat set points. It also samples the outside air temp & humidity and does anticipation correction based on this as well as occupied/unoccupied state. Humidity is always a concern for me not only for comfort but to keep the house and valuables stable.
Next house I’ll throw geothermal into the mix.

[Bunnny]

I crank it when it gets cold. In Canada, that's alot of the time.

[iminhell1]

when I'm on the street
inside your head
and the beats so loud

[///d]

In the summer my A/C is set to 70. In the winter my heat is set to 68 during the day and 65 at night, and I also sleep with the window cracked open in the winter to keep the bedroom colder. Drives the GF crazy and shes is usually completely under the covers snuggled with the dog and I'm half out of the covers and comfortable.

I'm also the one that when out backpacking in the mountains I'm half out of my sleeping bag with no shirt when it's 30deg at night, and shes wearing sweats and a hoodie and completely covered in her bag like a cocoon.

But it works out. She knows I'm uncomfortable if it's too warm, and she would rather wrap up in a blanket anyways.

[Chapperss]

further to my other post, the heating randomly came on last night! Apparantly we had it set to come on if the house goes below 16c, so I guess that is my answer

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by ///d

In the summer my A/C is set to 70. In the winter my heat is set to 68 during the day and 65 at night, and I also sleep with the window cracked open in the winter to keep the bedroom colder. Drives the GF crazy and shes is usually completely under the covers snuggled with the dog and I'm half out of the covers and comfortable.

I'm also the one that when out backpacking in the mountains I'm half out of my sleeping bag with no shirt when it's 30deg at night, and shes wearing sweats and a hoodie and completely covered in her bag like a cocoon.

But it works out. She knows I'm uncomfortable if it's too warm, and she would rather wrap up in a blanket anyways.

Yeah we have a fort going in the bed. So I am in say a sheet, and she has 2 blankets and the massive bed cover so there's this wall of bedding between us.

[vreihen16]

The answer to this question is 12:40 PM EDT on 10/24. I was shivering at 66F with the windows closed because ticker weak, and reached for the thermostat. Ran the heat for 45 minutes, until the chill was gone. Then, back to off mode before the DW came home from her errands.....

[Alfisti]

The head space is really interesting eh. At 72 the mrs was adamant it was cold enough but i held firm. I waited until it hit 66 inside then set the stat to 69 and now she says it feels great

[UncleWede]

It used to be dad's b-day (12/9) was when the heater could be turned on. As he has seen 82 of them 12/9s I notice the furnace gets lit a lot sooner now.

At home, the settings are 60/68, with time intervals to coincide roughly with occupancy. I have to take a look at inside temps periodically to determine if I need to fire up the pilot light and change the filter on the furnace.

Generally, it's mid to late December before I need to do anything.

[///d]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

The head space is really interesting eh. At 72 the mrs was adamant it was cold enough but i held firm. I waited until it hit 66 inside then set the stat to 69 and now she says it feels great

There is a difference in how the air feels when the heat is on tho. In our house 70 deg with A/C feels much colder than 70 deg with heat.

[bobowar135]

Never, I live in SE Queensland. Apart from a possible few freakish low temp weeks during July/August, totally unnecessary. I wish these cars had cooled seats. Leather seats are overrated.

[M5Rick]

When it gets cold and you start digging out those thin jumpers, have the Hive set on 18.5c and the heating comes on automatically.

[omasou]

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by bobowar135

Never, I live in SE Queensland. Apart from a possible few freakish low temp weeks during July/August, totally unnecessary. I wish these cars had cooled seats. Leather seats are overrated.

Yeah leather seats in queensland, not good...at .....allllllllllll. Where men are men and sheep are nervous.

[Dino GT]

Was 15 degrees in the house when I got home from work this afternoon. I changed the furnace filter and turned on the heat, set the thermostat at 20 so Polar bears don`t move in

[Murf993]

Still not on, this is a record for me. We get up in the morning and the inside temp has been 64F, sweater on, hot coffee and the house usually warms up a few degrees in the sun, I'm holding out until Nov. 1st.

[M5Rick]

Same here, if the sun is shining the heat from the orangery warms the whole house so no need for the gch.

[bobowar135]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Yeah leather seats in queensland, not good...at .....allllllllllll. Where men are men and sheep are nervous.

Nah mate, all the nervous sheep are across the pond in New Zealand.