2 posts tagged “hot”
The boys are gone for the evening, and I'm making myself a boiled dinner with turkey ham. Then I'm going to relax and watch The Hot Rock with Robert Redford. It's a classic.
But that's a good thing :) It was only down to about 58 in the house, not that bad. I couldn't even tell while I was still under the covers.
Every April, I begin turning my oil burner off at night and then back on in the morning. It would work the same with a water heater, but the savings wouldn't be as great. As a matter of fact, you can get a timer for your hot water heater to turn it on at a certain time in the morning and back off again, and then back on at a certain time in the evening, like when you get home from work.
From April to September, I use less than 50 gallons of oil. So this year, with prices the way they are, I should save around $700. It saves a lot in electricity too, and the savings would be a lot greater for those with electric hot water heaters.
My oil burner heats the house and heats our water, which means it cycles on and off while it's on. I turn it off after doing the dishes at night or after the last shower. In the morning, I turn the oil burner on and turn up the thermostat to 65 to take the chill off the house. It was a bit of a shock this morning when I washed my hands in ice cold water, but it was only about 10 minutes before the water heated up. Once the weather hits 80 degrees and higher, I don't bother to turn it on at all.
It's a little thing to do with a big payoff.
