Keep Your Home Comfortable During the Winter, Use these tips.

Although there is never an abundance of snow in Rogers, AR during the winter months, that doesn’t mean it’s still hot and balmy like in the summer. In fact, it is possible for temperatures to drop to the freezing point and beyond at night, so it’s important to make sure your furnace is running at full capacity, but you don’t want to overdo it.

There is a sweet spot when it comes to the best heating temperature for your home, but it’s not going to be the same for everyone.

Finding the Best Temperature

You can find a variety of different opinions from HVAC experts when it comes to the ideal temperature to set your thermostat.

Different people and different lifestyles will demand different thermostat settings, but generally, 72F during the day if people are home is good, or around 68F if the house is going to be empty.

At night, you can take down even farther to 66F, and everyone should be more than comfortable. The US Department of Energy suggests easing into the lower temperatures by finding a temperature you really want and reducing it by one degree each day until you reach the suggested ideal temperatures.

They say that even 8-hours with that one-degree reduction can lower your energy bill by one percent. And by lowering your thermostat slowly, you and your family won’t even notice the difference.

What Type of Thermostat Do You Have?

Once upon a time, the only type of thermostat was a mechanical, non-programmable kind that contained mercury and was as basic as you could get.

Then came a digital, non-programmable thermostat with a nice digital display and then a programmable thermostat to make everyone’s lives easier. Today, virtually all new thermostats are programmable, but they have gone even further than that.

There are wireless and learning thermostats and even thermostats that communicate with you and your HVAC system by issuing warnings and offering troubleshooting help.

Different Factors That Affect Your Electric Bill

Even in Arizona, your electric bill is going to rise during the winter. To combat those chilly overnight temperatures, your furnace will need to be on much more often, and the fact that so many others are doing the same, the cost of electricity can be impacted.

It’s easy to forget that electricity is actually a commodity that costs money, and as demand goes up, so does the cost to use it. Luckily, following the steps to lower your thermostat and other tips like closing drapes at night and letting in the sun during the day can help you save even more.

If you have any tips you’d like to share for staying warm in winter weather, feel free to leave a comment, and if you’d like any professional help with your thermostat, get in touch with us today at (479) 250-3080.

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