Here is a Money Saving Luxury Idea for You

**EnergyBoomer** · 12-16-2007, 11:58 AM

If everyone in your home gets up and leaves for the day, you can save by keeping your home thermostat set low until after the workday. Pre-heat just the bathroom and kitchen with a pair of electric space heaters using 15 amp appliance timers.

Set the timers to have the heaters come on an hour before your alarm goes off. Think about the pleasure of a warm bathroom for showering and shaving and a warm kitchen for a quick breakfast.

Plan ahead and put tomorrow’s clothes in the bathroom to preheat.

Set the appliance timers so the two electric heaters go off before you go out the door.

Set your digital house thermostat to pre-heat the house an hour before your return from work. You will know where the savings comes from when you count the hours that your central heat thermostat is at the low temperature setting. Overnight plus the workday equals 16 hours or more.

What creative ways do you use appliance timers?

For more information on saving money using electric space heaters check this post.
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**nodmicks** · 12-16-2007, 12:21 PM

Great idea!
Energy boomer I have a ? for you! Our upstairs is without heat ducts (old farm). What portable heaters are most energy efficient. Dh was looking at the oil filled radiators. Any help would be appreciated!

**McD** · 12-16-2007, 12:40 PM

We have a programmable thermosat. Anytime we aren't at home, (like the work day) it gets bumped down to 62. Even at night, it bumps down to 62 and we use a small space heater in my son's room.

**PrairieRose** · 12-16-2007, 03:28 PM

We have a programmable thermostat too and it turns down and night about the time we go to bed and comes back up just before we rise in the morning. I'm home most days and can always turn it down a couple of degrees when noone is here but me. I hear all kinds of complaints if I'm not home alone though....

**acidcookie** · 12-16-2007, 03:42 PM

I thought we all turned down our heat while we're away? Mine gets turned off completely when I leave the house.

The space heater idea is nice though

**banana** · 12-16-2007, 03:49 PM

We started using 2 oil filled electric space heaters. We are keeping the thermostat for the furance on 62-63. Oil prices are ridiculous and I refuse to pay over $3 a gallon for home heating oil!

**PAVallygrl** · 12-16-2007, 04:19 PM

Ok for those of you with animals what temp do you set the programable thermo for when your out at work and the animals are home. I have 1 dog and 2 kittys.

At night we all climb into the heated bed and the programable thermo is set at 62 then goes up to 70 at 4am before I get up. When I'm home it between 68 and 70.

Thank you.

**banana** · 12-16-2007, 07:19 PM

I would think 62 would be fine for your pets.

**EnergyBoomer** · 12-16-2007, 08:01 PM

To answer nodmicks question

They are all the same. All Electric Space Heaters convert 100% of the power it uses into heat and puts it where you want it. Oil filled or other heavy heaters are popular because the coast longer between on cycles and are quite.

Look for a space heater that is Cheap, quite, low priced, has a tip over safety switch, has a small purchase price, has its own thermostat, doesn't cost much to buy, is easy to clean, is inexpensive.

**nodmicks** · 12-17-2007, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by EnergyBoomer

To answer nodmicks question

They are all the same. All Electric Space Heaters convert 100% of the power it uses into heat and puts it where you want it. Oil filled or other heavy heaters are popular because the coast longer between on cycles and are quite.

Look for a space heater that is Cheap, quite, low priced, has a tip over safety switch, has a small purchase price, has its own thermostat, doesn't cost much to buy, is easy to clean, is inexpensive.

Thanks EnergyBoomer! I do have a little one with temp setting but it sure takes forever to heat up so it runs non stop.