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Anyone have a heat pump in their home?
Our previous home had one and we always turned the thermostat down in the evening and when we weren't home. When we did the walk-through on our new home, the builder recommended that we find a temperature in the home that we are comfortable at and leave it there. He said it would helps us save electricity and in turn, money.
I'm just curious what other's do since in the past we turned the thermostat up and down daily.
I'm just curious what other's do since in the past we turned the thermostat up and down daily.
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Re: Anyone have a heat pump in their home?
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We're electric only, with a heat pump. We also have a programmable thermostat that's set to 4 different temps daily -- cool overnight, warmer in the morning when we're up and getting ready, cool during the day when we're gone, then warmer in the evening before we go to bed.
I don't know why anyone would be expected to pick one temp and stick to it. It defintely saves energy and money to use a programmable thermostat.
ETA: You can buy a programmable thermostat for like $60 and install it yourself.
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Shauna I will let you know what DH finds out when he starts researching over the weekend. We also thought it would be better if we turned it down when we weren't home, but the builder said it loses it efficiency when you change the temps? I have no clue!
The only thing that makes this make sense to me is that if you were to set the temp at say 70 when you are awake and home and have it drop to 62 or 65 while you are gone, that the heat pump is going to have to work harder to get back to the higher temp then to maintain the higher temp all day long. Just a guess???
But the flipside is that it wouldn't have to work as hard all day long to keep the place at 70. Plus, isn't that's what a heat pump (or furnace) is supposed to do in the first place? Push warm air and heat the house? And why would it be different with a heat pump than a furnace? I don't see why this would be bad.
Our home inspector actually recommended a programmable thermostat when we were purchasing our home (it used to just have a normal single-temp one), to save energy and money. ::shrug::
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2012 Races:
1/28 - Planet Adventure night trail 1/4-marathon - 1:25:47
3/24 - Sam Costa half marathon - 2:02:47
4/14 - Hoosier 10 miler - 1:25:21 (8:32) PR!
7/8 - XTERRA Freedom Fest Hawaii 10K
9/1 - Indianapolis Women's Half Marathon
10/20 - Indianapolis Marathon Relay
11/4 - Monumental Marathon (full marathon #2)
11/22 - Drumstick Dash 4.5mi
We are electric only with a heat pump. I had a heating/cooling guy (2 of them actually, on separate occasions and from diffrent places) tell me the same thing. They said it's a heat pump thing (programable with different temps work well with regular furnaces). I didn't understand the whole explaination, but we tried it and have not had any more issues with our heat pump. And it actually is a bit cheaper on our electric bill.
One other word of caution - make sure you have the right filter. The one we had was too dense for a heat pump (it was in there when we bought the house) and the kind we needed we were unable to buy at Menard's/Lowe's. If the filter is too dense the pump will have issues with pulling air in and freeze up. It's not pretty!
Jeff designs (or did - his current job is more research based) furnaces, so he knows a lot. His current job works with making houses as energy efficient as possible, specifically w/ HVAC equipment.
Anyway, that said - he says that using a programmable thermostat and having the temp adjusted is more efficient and a cost savings vs. keeping it at one temp. He explained it all to me once but it went one ear and out the other. We do not have a heat pump currently, but when we lived in Carmel we did and we used a programmable thermostat.