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Originally Posted by FlamesKickAss
Keep your thermostat at a constant temperature
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I think that refers to people who when they are home crank the thermostat until they feel warm, then crank it back down until they feel cold, and then crank it back up again. Not programmable thermostats.
I think I found some good info on BC Hydro site once about programmable thermostats, and they said that you should only adjust it a maximum of 1 degree C per 2 hours that it will be in the different temperature zone; and generally not more that 4 degrees between temperature swings. So in winter no sense in setting it to 10 while you are away and then 20 for when you get home, because the furnace has to work so hard to get not just the air warmed back up but the wall and floors too.