Central Heating - on yet?

[lazybloke]

I've just turned off the 3 of my 4 radiators I had on for 3 hours last night. It's been fairly mild outside tonight and I have noticed since buying a dehumidifier 2 weeks ago that I don't have my heating on as long as before, after reading that drier air takes less to heat than humid air.

Oh, had never thought of that.
On the face of it, yes, water takes thousands of times more energy to heat than air, so there might be a measurable cost difference between heating dry and humid air... but heating isn't just about the air itself but all the surfaces, possessions, furnishings, carpets and the fabric of the building too; so I shouldn't think a bit of humidity makes little cost difference overall.

Controlling humidity is much more important if you're suffering from condensation & mould, at which point comfort may also be impacted.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Its on now for drying - theres no wind here at all so I can't even have some things out to flap dry.

In the evenings its on for a bit to get my living room above 18c, then with doors shut it'll stay that way with no heating on.

 

[Exlaser2]

Am I the only who’s central heating system is always turned on and everything is controlling by the thermostat (and the timer ) 😂😀
In summer it’s turned down and in the winter it’s turned up.
At the moment it’s set at 17degrees and is on for 3 hours in the morning and 18 degrees for 4 hours in the evening . 😀

 

[tyred]

Am I the only who’s central heating system is always turned on and everything is controlling by the thermostat (and the timer ) 😂😀
In summer it’s turned down and in the winter it’s turned up.
At the moment it’s set at 17degrees and is on for 3 hours in the morning and 18 degrees for 4 hours in the evening . 😀

Mine is set to 18 degrees for the winter months and I just leave it to do its thing.

 

[presta]

Am I the only who’s central heating system is always turned on and everything is controlling by the thermostat (and the timer ) 😂😀
In summer it’s turned down and in the winter it’s turned up.
At the moment it’s set at 17degrees and is on for 3 hours in the morning and 18 degrees for 4 hours in the evening . 😀

Mine's been on 24/7 for just over a year.

 

[Drago]

Mine's been on 24/7 for just over a year.

No wonder we're having such hot summers of late.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just turned off the 3 of my 4 radiators I had on for 3 hours last night. It's been fairly mild outside tonight and I have noticed since buying a dehumidifier 2 weeks ago that I don't have my heating on as long as before, after reading that drier air takes less to heat than humid air.

The same as last night, for me.

 

[Asa Post]

Still no CH on, but I have got my fleece-lined dressing gown out of the wardrobe, and I'm wearing it over my normal indoor clothes.
Really cosy, even though the temperature in the living room has fallen to 56F (13.3C).

 

[Drago]

Central heating still not mn, although I'm occasionally running the AC in reverse if its cold during the day

I find that once everyone is home and Mini D has her tv on and is gaming, Mrs D puts the oven on, etc, the place heats up well and being so well insulated holds onto the heat nicely.

 

[mjr]

Am I the only who’s central heating system is always turned on and everything is controlling by the thermostat (and the timer ) 😂😀
In summer it’s turned down and in the winter it’s turned up.
At the moment it’s set at 17degrees and is on for 3 hours in the morning and 18 degrees for 4 hours in the evening . 😀

You're not the only one who's system is left turned on (not least because it heats the hot water, even in summer), but everything on mine is controlled by the controller, not a thermostat or timer. I just noticed this thread and wait "oh, is that still a thing?" thinking that the cost increase a few years ago would have made everyone invest the 50-100 quid to replace their dumb thermostats and timers with proper controllers but, no, it seems not! Is there something particularly British that makes people use dumb controls?

Anyway, I have to go back into the history view to see when the heating system turned on. It seems it came on for the first time this autumn in the early hours of 25 September for about an hour. It seems that the last warm day was 21 Sep and temperatures had been slowly cooling since then and once it gets below 12 degrees for a sustained period, our home's position exposed on the NE edge of the fens means it cools off too. Temperatures then improved for a few days before dipping to 4 degrees overnight on the 28th and the heating started doing proper work then until the weather improved on 7 October and it took another week off.

 

[presta]

My stat is set to 20C, and the timer to 24/7, so you can see that the heating comes on everywhere that the room temperature's not dropping below 20:

 

[simongt]

Since it has become colder recently, ours is on for an hour or two in the evening set @ 20 C but not the mornings, so reasonable.
But as we've only just started keeping the back door closed; ( feline royalty requirement ) think we're happy with that.

 

[presta]

 

[SpokeyDokey]

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I'm just glad that I know whether our heating is turned on or off.

Maybe youngsters living with parents etc?

 

[MrGrumpy]

Mine is on full pelt . ££££