[bars] daylight saving time ..... hopefully this is an appropriate place for my comments W1LPG

[Leandra MacLennan]

If you are using a heat pump do not cycle the thermostat during the day. There is no need to do so.

Just set the temperature once and don’t touch it until the end of heating season or if you are away from the house for an extended period.

Heat pumps only generate a small amount of of heat and are most efficient when set to a constant temperature.

For the last 12 years my house has been entirely heated by two air source heat pumps. There is no fossil fuel in my house.

-Leandra AF1R 

> On Mar 11, 2024, at 11:41 AM, William Smith <w_smith at compusmiths.com> wrote:
> 
> Be wareful about how you turn off the battery-operated ones, (for some of them) if you disconnect them the batteries may run down faster as they like to steal phantom power off the thermostat circuit.
> 
> William Smith
> ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. 
> w_smith at compusmiths.com
> 
>> On Mar 11, 2024, at 11:36 AM, Welch, Brendan <Brendan_Welch at uml.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> just turn off the electronic one
> 
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