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Originally Posted by Xringer
In my case, the back-up heat is going to be much more expensive than using the primary (Sanyo).
Heating oil could cost us 4 to 5 times as much. Maybe more!
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But we're talking about 2% conditions.
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Originally Posted by Xringer
That 2% of the season, you are talking about could become a larger number when you start taking the age of the people being warmed into consideration. I'm getting so creaky, that I feel cold when it's actually warm in here.. Right now, I'm wearing my Old Navy hoodie, like it's winter time, and it's still 74.5F in this room!!
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From what you are saying, it sounds like you are exactly describing the way it feels to live in a poorly insulated house... like on a really cold winter day, to sit right next to a single pane window... that chill that you feel on your skin. It's the loss of radiant heat from your body that gives you the chill feeling. If you were to go to triple pane, there would be no chill feeling.
If your house is really well insulated, you can feel comfortable at a lower temperature.
Insulate, insulate, insulate.
-AC_Hacker