4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
So right now my new house I am moving into next summer, is my weekend getaway. I am there pretty much every weekend. The questions I have about having the weekend getaway is, do you turn off the electric hot water heater every time you leave, then turn it back on when you get back the next weekend? In the winter how low do you turn your heat down to?
So far I have been shutting off my hot water heater when I leave on Sunday, then turning it back on on Friday nights. But is it harder on the heater to heat it back up from cold, or doesnt it matter? Also does it cost more to heat it back up, rather then keeping it hot? The water has been warm when I get back there on Friday nights, so I am not sure which way is better?
Heating the place, I am in Zone 3, so temps do get cold in the winter, when you go their every weekend, how far do you turn it down to? I have been turning mine down to 55, then I turn it back up to 65 remotely Friday morning, and it is back up to 65 when I get there. I have infloor radiant heat, so it runs pretty much all day to get it back up to temp. Would it be better to just turn it down to 60? Or what do others do?
So far I have been shutting off my hot water heater when I leave on Sunday, then turning it back on on Friday nights. But is it harder on the heater to heat it back up from cold, or doesnt it matter? Also does it cost more to heat it back up, rather then keeping it hot? The water has been warm when I get back there on Friday nights, so I am not sure which way is better?
Heating the place, I am in Zone 3, so temps do get cold in the winter, when you go their every weekend, how far do you turn it down to? I have been turning mine down to 55, then I turn it back up to 65 remotely Friday morning, and it is back up to 65 when I get there. I have infloor radiant heat, so it runs pretty much all day to get it back up to temp. Would it be better to just turn it down to 60? Or what do others do?