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[lexin]

Someone else mecurtin? was talking about what temperature people have their heating on in winter.

I have control-gizmo on my phone which controls my heating, it's called Hive. It allows me to set the temperature on the heating to change up to six times a day.

So, it's at 21°C from 06:30 to 08:30, 18°C from 08:30 to 12:00, 7°C from 12:00 to 16:30, 21°C from 16:30 to 21:30, and 7°C from 21:30 to 06:30. I'm not sure if that's wise or if I'd do better to have it the same temperature all day.

I'm in two minds. What do people think?

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[lyorn]

Hm, how fast is your heating? I have floor heating, which is very slow, and good isoloation. Turn the heat to max (26°C) six hours before I want the room to be comfy, turn it down to 20°C four hours later. At 0°C outside, room will stay comfy for 12 hours. ("Comfy" for me is 22-24°C. After decades of hardly ever being cold, living in unheated rooms and being smug about it, poetic justice got me at 40 and now I'm cold all the time.)

With two phases of 7°C I would expect your heating to come up fast and the temperature going down slowly? Are you comfortable with the results?

Energy-wise, I do not see how it would make more sense to keep the place at, say, 18°C around the clock. I know people say that same temp=saved energy, but everything that is warmer than the environment will lose heat continously and lose more the higher the temperature difference is.

However, not going too low *can* be useful for several reasons. First, damp. Second, time to get back to "comfortable". Third, avoid the temptation to overheat, especially with a slow system.

[lexin]

Mine is radiators and so it's quite fast, and the temperature goes down slowly. I'm comfortable with the results.