Which one do you think saves more money?

I always leave mine on a certain temperature. I thought that would be saving money but I'm not sure either.

hello jenintn when that my family and myself have the central heat and air conditioning unit on, it is set to one temperature all of the time. i heard or read somewhere the other day that if you set your therometer on sixty-eight degrees and leave it there, then that will reduce your electricity bill, when that the thermostat is set to over sixty-eight degrees, that increases your electricity bill by a high percent and i do not remember what that percentage was. lol it was like by a fourth of the electricity bill. so i think that it does make sense to keep the thermostat set to one temperature all of the time to save on the electricity bill. take care and have a beautiful evening.

Hi Jenn sure some electrician or technician can reply it better but i believe that setting it at certain temprature is best than turning it on and off Take care

We have ours on a timer and when we're not home it's set colder in the winter and warmer in the summer to conserve energy. My mother-in-law turns hers on and off as needed. I don't honestly know which one saves more money.

Leaving it on when no one is there is not good. It is actually better to have a thermostat that is programmable. It saves more money. Mine lowers the heat when we are not home, an hour after we go to bed, an hour before we wake up and it does save us more money that way. We also have a room we only use for guests so that has the heat turned off and we have a thing under the door to prevent drafts from that room. We only use CFC bulbs and not incandescent, we have all new, Energy-star appliances, we use the dishwasher rather than washing dishes by hand as it saves water and electric. Each time we run water, we use the well pump which takes electricity, more than using the recycled water in the dishwasher. We will be getting a tankless water heater this summer and next year are planning to get solar panels for our roof and a wind turbine. Since we get plenty of sun and wind, we will most likely not have an electric bill. Your friend who turns it up and down is saving more money. It is not hard to prove as we kept records to see if it made a difference. You can see your usage on your bills and if you are not convinced, can see how fast or slow your meter is turning. It is a fallacy that you use a lot of energy for the room to reheat. My husband worked for the electric company, too, and this is something that he said many people believe but it is not true.

I would think keeping the temperature at lower setting in the winter and a higher one in the summer. Not to mention my husband uses this method.

I can't really be sure. I think the latter is what is better, as per the temperature outside. Even more, making sure the unit is turned off altogether and windows are open or fans are on, lol, would probably save more money. Not quite sure about that though!

i had an electrician tell me one time if it's not running it will not cost you when i ask him about this. i turn mine way down at night because i can't sleep where it's hot. thankfully my house doesn't take but a few minutes to warm up.

a lot cheaper if we stop eating well what ever we do not much difference anyway.

We do better turning if off at night. It gets really cold here during the night and warms in the day. If it stayed cold longer in the day this might not be a good idea.

Even though I've never experimented with the other options I've always just turned mine on and off as needed. That has always saved me money. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

It depends on how long you need to have in turned on. If it needs to be tunred on for a long time then setting it up for a certain temparature would save money. For a small period, turning it off might surf as a good idea.

What works for us is leaving it set at a certain temperature. We keep it so the air is slightly cool, but not cold. Just enough to be comfortable, barely. I won't even turn it on till it's at least 85 outside.

I think the first one should save more money because it does not require more power to heat up.

I think we can save a lot of money on unwanted and unneccessary shoppings and spendings..try to save money even its a single penny...

Turn off it at night...and i want to say that.....what i want to say has been said by upstairs lol, may be you can saves some money use some methods. and use it when you need it .don't care about money!!! thanks for your responded on my discussions!