Thermostat

[MrsBlue]

<span style="color: #3333FF">Somebody please help. Is it possible that inside temperature and outside temperature feel differently? Like, if it's 75 degrees outside, it's nice and warm but 75 degrees inside doesn't feel as warm?

My thermostat keeps saying that it's in the 70s inside, but I feel like it's freezing. I don't think it's the thermostat because I had the same issue with the house in NY. The thermostat would say 74 degrees but I would be freezing. 74 degrees outside feels pretty warm, how can I be freezing if it's 74 or 75 degrees inside?

I don't think it's just me, my son asked me to turn on the heat. It was already on. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crybaby.gif[/img]

[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/helpsmilie.gif[/img] I'm [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cold.gif[/img] </span>

[CeaBee]

Re: Thermostat

put on a sweater [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bannana_purple.gif[/img]

when the thermostat says 75 degrees i am usually hot.

mine says 68 and i'm loving it [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bannana_purple.gif[/img]

[Gen]

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is it an older house Blue ? old and drafty and poorly insulated ? hate houses like that. used to live in one I was forever cold [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif[/img]

[MrsBlue]

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[MrsBlue]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Geneva</div><div class="ubbcode-body">is it an older house Blue ? old and drafty and poorly insulated ? hate houses like that. used to live in one I was forever cold [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif[/img] </div></div><span style="color: #3333FF">The other house was, but this one has been more updated. The floors are carpeted, and I think that was one of the reasons for the cold in NY, I ripped up all the carpet. I don't feel any heat coming from the vents, it's electric pump heat. But mostly, I don't understand how the thermostat can say that it's 75 degrees and I'm still freezing. The air doesn't feel like 75. </span>

[kia027]

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have u tried just checking by using a stand alone thermometer near the thermostat?

It may be 75 where the thermostat is measuring the temp but [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cold.gif[/img] everywhere else

[MrsBlue]

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<span style="color: #3333FF">Yeah, that's my next step, to buy some thermometers and place them around the house. I would hate to think of what my heat bill would be if I kept the thermostat at 78 degrees or higher. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif[/img] </span>

[Green_Biscuit]

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It does sound as though either your thermostat is going bad (not uncommon) or it is not properly located in your house. I strongly suggest you bring someone in to check now, before heating season kicks in fully.

[7777]

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usually if the house is cold on the inside there are some air leaks.
You need an energy audit dun on your house. Over here in nj, we can get one free from Pseg, our energy source, and they will tell u how to insulate and properly seal your house to save heat.
Have u tried your local energy dealer?

[MrsBlue]

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<span style="color: #3333FF">I'm going to try checking with the previous owner to see if there's something that I'm missing about turning on the heat or if there is something that is supposed to be done in the winter. I don't think so, though.

Next step is to figure out if there's a draft or leak. </span>