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Originally Posted by masraum
If you want to set the thermostat, start paying the electric bill.
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Exactly. That is what I tell my 83 y/o MIL who lives with me. I bought a locking thermostat because she'd run it up and the Winter and down in the Summer the minute we left for work and re-adjust before we got home. I guess she didn't think we looked at the electric and gas bills.
I run 66-68 in the Winter, down so low it won't kick in when we sleep. It may get to mid-50's in the middle of the night in the Winter, but the timer turns on 15 minutes before we get up in the AM. Summer 74-76 during the day, and off and the windows open at night. It may get to 102 during the day in the Summer but it almost always cools down outside to the low 70s at night.