Hey Tripod

[assateague]

I noticed something today. My furnace seems to run far less if I set the thermostat at 80 instead of 72. Is this even possible?

[JGUN]

Yep, set it at 85 and it works even better.

[assateague]

Stop it.

[huntall6]

You better hope your wife doesn't read that post. That sumumabitch will be set at 90 before you know it!

[jehler]

I noticed something today. My furnace seems to run far less if I set the thermostat at 80 instead of 72. Is this even possible?

your furnace is oversized, short cycling at the lower tempature

[assateague]

I noticed something today. My furnace seems to run far less if I set the thermostat at 80 instead of 72. Is this even possible?

your furnace is oversized, short cycling at the lower tempature

I don't know what this means, and am inclined to say you're full of shit, trying to stroke me out next month with an $800 propane bill.

[3legged_lab]

I noticed something today. My furnace seems to run far less if I set the thermostat at 80 instead of 72. Is this even possible?

This bottles the mind. I have been told by our local nat gas provider that they calculate for every degree lower you set your stat you should expect to save 3%.

OK, so why the hell are you setting it to 80*? Only my customers over the age of 80 set their stats that high.

[3legged_lab]

I noticed something today. My furnace seems to run far less if I set the thermostat at 80 instead of 72. Is this even possible?

your furnace is oversized, short cycling at the lower tempature

I don't know what this means, and am inclined to say you're full of shit, trying to stroke me out next month with an $800 propane bill.

Short cycling is when the furnace overheats internally and shuts off before the stat has been satisfied. Basically causing the burner to shut off (fan still running) til internal temp comes down then starting fire back up, repeats until stat is satisfied. Another version can be like John said and is when a furnace larger than needed for the square footage: furnace comes on, heats house up very quickly, then shuts off. Running frequent, short cycles.

The only thing that really comes to mind for the situation you described is maybe keeping the house at 80* may affect the heat anticipator inside the stat differently than it would at a lower temp. Here is a link that gives a great definition of the heat anticipator: http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-thermostat2.htm

[3legged_lab]

Now can we correct the original scenario: "Hey tripod, my heater seems to run less often when I have it set at 61* as compared to 54*. Whats going on?"
Now that sounds more realistic.

[assateague]

I'd set that bitch at 96 if it meant that it only ran for 8 minutes a day.

[assateague]

But the short answer is our power was out last night. Woke up at 5 to about a 51 degree house. Some substation went offline, and a shit ton of people were out, so they hurried up and fixed it. About 6:30, when the power came back on, I jacked up the thermostat to reheat the house, and then forgot about it. I realized it around 2, and turned it back down. That's when I noticed it was running a lot, and didn't recall hearing it earlier. So I turned it back up, and lo and behold, it doesn't run as much.

Don't know. If I had some dry firewood, I wouldn't even care, but I've already burned through what little seasoned I had. That's what I get for being a grasshopper instead of an ant all summer.

[obxbufflehead]

But the short answer is our power was out last night. Woke up at 5 to about a 51 degree house. Some substation went offline, and a shit ton of people were out, so they hurried up and fixed it. About 6:30, when the power came back on, I jacked up the thermostat to reheat the house, and then forgot about it. I realized it around 2, and turned it back down. That's when I noticed it was running a lot, and didn't recall hearing it earlier. So I turned it back up, and lo and behold, it doesn't run as much.

Don't know. If I had some dry firewood, I wouldn't even care, but I've already burned through what little seasoned I had. That's what I get for being a grasshopper instead of an ant all summer.

Same thing happened to use with the power thing. It was right after the election so I said someone got mad because dumbass got reelected and cut the power.

[3legged_lab]

I jacked up the thermostat to reheat the house,

This is funny when people do this. The furnace wont run "hotter" or heat the house up faster by turning it up past the point that you want it to get to, unless you have a heat pump or a 2-stage furnace.

One thing you can do yourself to check and see if its running too hot is check the delta t. This is the temp rise of the air passing through the furnace. For ease we read the temp at the register nearest the furnace and subtract the temp going into the return. Most gas furnaces are expected to raise the temp between 35-60 degrees. If delta t is higher than that range it is over firing and should be adjusted.

[jmitch]

But the short answer is our power was out last night. Woke up at 5 to about a 51 degree house. Some substation went offline, and a shit ton of people were out, so they hurried up and fixed it. About 6:30, when the power came back on, I jacked up the thermostat to reheat the house, and then forgot about it. I realized it around 2, and turned it back down. That's when I noticed it was running a lot, and didn't recall hearing it earlier. So I turned it back up, and lo and behold, it doesn't run as much.

Don't know. If I had some dry firewood, I wouldn't even care, but I've already burned through what little seasoned I had. That's what I get for being a grasshopper instead of an ant all summer.

So let me get this straight. You can shoot emus, stack deer like cord wood, and trap eagles but you can't find some dead wood to cut? Would have figured you had some ingenious but insanely cheap alternative to lp by now. I'm a little disappointed in the legend of Assa.

[capt1972]

But the short answer is our power was out last night. Woke up at 5 to about a 51 degree house. Some substation went offline, and a shit ton of people were out, so they hurried up and fixed it. About 6:30, when the power came back on, I jacked up the thermostat to reheat the house, and then forgot about it. I realized it around 2, and turned it back down. That's when I noticed it was running a lot, and didn't recall hearing it earlier. So I turned it back up, and lo and behold, it doesn't run as much.

Don't know. If I had some dry firewood, I wouldn't even care, but I've already burned through what little seasoned I had. That's what I get for being a grasshopper instead of an ant all summer.

So let me get this straight. You can shoot emus, stack deer like cord wood, and trap eagles but you can't find some dead wood to cut? Would have figured you had some ingenious but insanely cheap alternative to lp by now. I'm a little disappointed in the legend of Assa.

Or dried up cow patties.

[jehler]

You have a fancy thermo or an old mercury switch kind?

[assateague]

Old, about 1979 Honeywell mercury switch.

[BrewGUN]

Get one of these!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006ML9J4O

I want one but my regular programmable will have to do.

[assateague]

Surely you're joking.

[Olly]

Haha this topic is funny. My heat is controlled by using a furnace maybe 3 times as old as I am. It has a knob with the numbers 1-7 to turn it up and down. I like 4 or 5

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[BrewGUN]

Apparently Jehler likes it at 10 when we're up north. Ass$@@# kept turning the damn thing up, if it had an 11 he would have taken it there!

[jehler]

Apparently Jehler likes it at 10 when we're up north. Ass$@@# kept turning the damn thing up, if it had an 11 he would have taken it there!

Fuck you an your samsquantch brother, heater meddling fools!

[BrewGUN]

Apparently Jehler likes it at 10 when we're up north. Ass$@@# kept turning the damn thing up, if it had an 11 he would have taken it there!

Fark you an your samsquantch brother, heater meddling fools!

Better check that control knob, there's Ehlers fingerprints on there too!

[Mornin Beef]

I noticed something today. My furnace seems to run far less if I set the thermostat at 80 instead of 72. Is this even possible?

I really spent time researching this issue on the internet and have concluded AT is a troll.

[3legged_lab]

Get one of these!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006ML9J4O

I want one but my regular programmable will have to do.

Or this:

[3legged_lab]

Old, about 1979 Honeywell mercury switch.

Thought you had a buddy that was going to hook you up with a VisionPro 8000?

[assateague]

He was, and he's still riding around with it in his work truck. One of those "stop by when you're in the neighborhood" deals. A year later. But he's doing it for basically nothing, so I can't complain.

[3legged_lab]

I guess your whole heat question boils down to this: it will cost you more money to run it at 80* vs 72*.

[QH's Paw]

I guess your whole heat question boils down to this: it will cost you more money to run it at 80* vs 72*.

Now that's a reply that Assa gets.

[assateague]

Yes. Yes I do.