With the cold winter weather hard upon us in most of the country, many consumers are looking for ways to increase their comfort level while reducing their heating costs. An HVAC accessory that is perfect for the job is a programmable thermostat. Proper use of a programmable thermostat is one of the easiest ways to reduce your home heating costs while increasing your comfort level.
A standard manual thermostat is set to maintain a constant temperature in your home. You can save on heating costs by lowering the temperature at night and during the day while you and your family are away from home. The problem is that if you forget to lower the setting at night or in the morning when you leave home, your furnace will keep your home at the warmer temperature.
Another disadvantage of a manual thermostat is that you have to turn up the thermostat in the morning and your home does not really warm up until it is time to head off to work or school for the day. The same is true when you arrive at home in the evening.
A programmable thermostat takes care of these concerns. It can be set to automatically lower the temperature setting at bedtime, and to raise the temperature in the morning shortly before you wake. When you get up in the morning, your home is already warm! The programmable thermostat will later lower the temperature after everyone has left home for the day, and again increase the setting to warm up your home before your family returns.
With a programmable thermostat, you don’t have to remember to change the temperature settings. Once programmed, the thermostat takes care of it automatically.
