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setbacks

Irv
Irv Member Posts: 95
in Strictly Steam
running without a setback, I used LESS fuel one year than using a 2/3  degree setback.

Does that make sense?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,518
    Too many variables...

    but yes, it does seem plausible.  Setbacks have bedeviled the Wall for years -- but there is a sort of growing feeling that, for steam heat at least, they don't save much, and don't save anything if they are much over two or three degrees.



    On the other hand, have you corrected for warmer/colder winters?  Differences in usage?  Other changes to the building?
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
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