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[Trinity11]

I usually like the house to be around 67 degrees in the winter. We just had a new heater installed and I am going to have to figure out how to program the thermostat. It has a book that came with it five pages long and it looks like Greek...lol

[Catiele]

About 66 degrees downstairs. Upstairs 62 or 63. We are getting older so the numbers may change. When I was a child my mother would turn the heat way down at night.I wouldn't get up until the heat came on. 

[Iwantcoffee]

When it gets in lower 50s inside, I turn the heat on.

[x Hedge]

I only turn on the furnace for the benefit of the house, specifically to prevent damage to the plumbing and the plaster walls. So I can wait till around Thanksgiving to start heating the house here in Wisconsin. I program the thermostat for heating for two hours in the AM to 57 degrees, setback temp is 50 after that, then I have another 90 minutes of heating to 57 degrees in the evening. Setback overnight is again 50 degrees.

For the comfort of myself and the Poodycat, I close off the back half the house and fire up the Duraflame in the morning at the same time the furnace is on. Working together they really cook! Once the furnace shuts off the Duraflame heater stays on and maintains a very warm comfy enclosed area for me for the rest of the day,while the unoccupied parts of the house slowly cool.

[Shorty2U]

In PA here. It was in the 40s here over night last night. We didn't turn on the heat yet. It warms up in the day. Tonight there may be frost, still not turning on the heat.

Another words if the nights are just cold, and the days are still in the 60s and 70s no heat.

When it stays colder all day and for days we will put the heat on. Then it will be set at 65 unless the temps go near zero or something this Winter, then the heat will be set higher.

[gidgetgh]

Wimpy Gidget here. We keep the heat at 67 at night and like 72 in the day in the winter.  Our great room is two stories and the heat goes right up to the ceiling so we have to turn it higher to keep it warm. 

But there is no way I could tolerate it at 60 or not turn it on at all or keep it in the 50's in our house like some of you guys. I couldn't stand it.  I don't tolerate cold well anymore and my husband, who has Parkinson's is always cold. 

It was in the 50's here last night and I had our heat on 67 and turned it to 70 this morning. By this afternoon it was almost 80 out and I flipped it back over to A/C. 

[DiAnne]

My heat is going on tomorrow.  I turned the furnace off in June.  Having it serviced and turned on tomorrow.  The highs have been in the low 60's lately and I am ready to be warmer.  I have the heat set for 68 during the day (if I am cold I will bump it up to 70 sometimes).  It goes off at 10 pm and comes back on at 6 am.  The only time I leave it on at night is if we get cold enough weather to worry about pipes.  

[bri20]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

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@coco14 wrote:

I am so pleased to see that I am in good company!  I live in the Northeast and love the cold weather - so, I am most comfortable with temps inside in the low 60's - but I have friends who think I am crazy and who set their temps in the high70's, day and night.

Thank you to those who feel as I do - 

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I'm with you, Coco!   I love the cold.  I absolutely abhor the heat.  If it is below 60 I'm happy.  If it is even colder, I'm way more happy.  

I visited my father and his wife one January.  They live in a fairly mild climate.  It was NOT at all cold while I was there. She kept the heat at 78-80 around the clock.  It was truly nauseating.   Needless to say, I was sick much of the time.   Nauseating is actually not an exaggeration.  I was literally nauseated most of the time I was in that house.

I felt like I was in a bacteria factory.

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@chickenbutt, I know exactly what you mean.

My MIL keeps the house during the winter at 78 degrees.  I can only take so much before I start to feel horrible - my hands start to swell, I get very sleepy, and just feel very uncomfortable.  They wonder why they get sick so much - LOL

[Annabellethecat66]

I live in a large all electric house.  Several years ago (the really big snow storm knocked out everything....I had no heat, no way to cook, nothing to do...I was alone with my cat for 4 full days.

Here's what I did.  I sat in my car during the day and kept warm.  I ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  I had a large battery I use for emergencies.  I used it for a few hours every night with the heating pad.

During the day, in the car with the cat we watched DVD's and music.  I had a DVD player that you could use in the car.  I couldn't get out because the roads were totally impassible where I live and the live wires were across my driveway.

So, to answer the OP's question, I can go pretty freaking low.  It kills my arthritis I have everywhere, but you do what you have to do.

There've been several times the electricity has gone out for a day.  I guess I'm just a tough old bird.

[Imadickens]

We usually keep it at 64 in the day and 60-62 at night! 

On very cold days we boil water on the stove! The humidity helps make it feel warmer! We also keep comfy blankets out so we can cuddle under them! A small space heater in the room we're in also is very helpful!

(p.s. Menopause is the best natural heater!😉)