Pastor Dave's Highlights

[RollingAcres]

During the winter we keep out thermostat at 68 or 69. For fall we keep it at 64 or 65.

 

[Latestarter]

I do ~74 in the summer with AC but only when outside temp is above say 80 or if it's real humid/raining. In spring/fall, I try to leave both heat and AC off completely. If it's going to be warm days, I'll open windows at night to let cool air in and close them during the day. If going to be cool evenings I'll open windows during the day to heat the house and close them at night. Once again, rain kinda makes me alter that some. In the winter I try to use the wood stove with the ceiling fans. Don't use the heat pump until the outside temp dips well below freezing.

 

[Bruce]

In the winter I try to use the wood stove with the ceiling fans. Don't use the heat pump until the outside temp dips well below freezing.

I would think you would want to use the wood stove when it is "really" cold and use the heat pump when it is milder. They work less efficiently the colder the outside air is.

We keep our thermometer at 69 or 70 during the winter and 72 or 73 during summer.

@Bruce what do you keep yours at during winter??

We set the low mark to 55° at night, 65° during the day though DW thinks the bedroom should be 50° BRRRRRRRR
The woodstove in the living/dining room keeps it warmer though it can go below 60° on cold nights after the wood burns out. We do have floor heat in the downstairs bathroom that keeps it at 68°. Just have to remember to keep the door shut. I do NOT want to heat the house with electricity!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I would think you would want to use the wood stove when it is "really" cold and use the heat pump when it is milder. They work less efficiently the colder the outside air is.


We set the low mark to 55° at night, 65° during the day though DW thinks the bedroom should be 50° BRRRRRRRR
The woodstove in the living/dining room keeps it warmer though it can go below 60° on cold nights after the wood burns out. We do have floor heat in the downstairs bathroom that keeps it at 68°. Just have to remember to keep the door shut. I do NOT want to heat the house with electricity!

I can only imagine with living that far north. Don’t even want to think about Alaska!

We have central air with a heat pump and a gas furnace backup. When the gas kicks on, the vents will almost burn you! We didn’t even use a full tank last year. Definitely saves on fuel cost!

ETA: DD2 still crawls most of the time in the house unless she has her braces on and she has poor nerve development in her lower extremities so she can’t tell when they are cold. Part of the reason for the more tolerable temps is for her sake!

 

[Latestarter]

The wood stove can keep the place warm until the outside temp drops to around zero (or below - heaven forbid). At that point, the stove can't keep up so using the heat pump in addition is the only real choice. I use the stove vice the heat pump before that point as it is sufficient & to save electricity.

 

[greybeard]

I do ~74 in the summer with AC but only when outside temp is above say 80 or if it's real humid/raining. In spring/fall, I try to leave both heat and AC off completely. If it's going to be warm days, I'll open windows at night to let cool air in and close them during the day. If going to be cool evenings I'll open windows during the day to heat the house and close them at night. Once again, rain kinda makes me alter that some. In the winter I try to use the wood stove with the ceiling fans. Don't use the heat pump until the outside temp dips well below freezing.

We can't leave windows open at night here very often. Too much humidity and mildew will start. Sometimes.. in the fall or a mild winter day when the barometric pressure is high and sky clear...maybe.

When I lived in San Angelo tho, a completely different story. All ya had to worry about was dust blowing in.

 

[Latestarter]

I hear ya GB... lots more humidity down where you are now, and further south near the coast than up here (for the most part). I mean I have the AC on right now because of the humidity. Even though it's 66° outside right now, the dew point is 65, it's foggy, and we've had T-storms nearby and rain off and on all day. The inside temp when I switched the AC on was 77/78°. I'll turn it back off here before I got to bed, but no open windows tonight.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Our highs today were in the 40's, and supposed to get down to 32degs tonight.

 

[goatgurl]

its wet and cold here and I already don't like winter 44* with misty rain. brrrrrr.
so how are things at TS?

 

[Pastor Dave]

Pretty good. They offer 401K to PTers, so may take advantage if that. They will match up to 6% of my own savings to come directly out of my earnings. I am mainly throwing feed bags and helping customers.