Comments on: Frugal Anywhere http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/27/frugal-anywhere/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Darren R. Sussman http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/27/frugal-anywhere/#comment-579 Darren R. Sussman Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:16:05 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=364#comment-579 Huh. Okay. I guess I've been operating under mistaken assumptions, then. I'll have to give that a try. (Unfortunately, I do end up spending most of my time actually here in the house, what with working here and all.... :P) Huh. Okay. I guess I’ve been operating under mistaken assumptions, then. I’ll have to give that a try. (Unfortunately, I do end up spending most of my time actually here in the house, what with working here and all…. :P)

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/27/frugal-anywhere/#comment-578 Flexo Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:15:03 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=364#comment-578 From what I can tell from researching this, energy experts recommend either turning the central air off or setting the thermostat high enough to almost match the outside temperature. Both save the same amount of energy. Turning the air conditioner off when I'm out of the house for a long time definitely does not <i>increase</i> the energy used, even if the A/C has to work (slightly) harder when I return. Often, I also use a fan that drops the room temperature 10 degrees, allowing me to leave the thermostat high, anyway. I'm positive that these fators have saved me quite a bit of money in the summer. From what I can tell from researching this, energy experts recommend either turning the central air off or setting the thermostat high enough to almost match the outside temperature. Both save the same amount of energy. Turning the air conditioner off when I’m out of the house for a long time definitely does not increase the energy used, even if the A/C has to work (slightly) harder when I return.

Often, I also use a fan that drops the room temperature 10 degrees, allowing me to leave the thermostat high, anyway. I’m positive that these fators have saved me quite a bit of money in the summer.

]]> By: Darren R. Sussman http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/06/27/frugal-anywhere/#comment-577 Darren R. Sussman Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:08:05 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=364#comment-577 I'm not so sure that turning the air off when you leave the house is saving you money. In fact, in many cases, it probably costs you more since the house is heating up while you are out and then the AC has to work twice as hard to cool it back down. What would probably be better would be, perhaps, to turn the AC up a few degrees when you leave, and then put it back to where it's comfortable when you come back in. This way the heating up and cooling down are not as drastic. I’m not so sure that turning the air off when you leave the house is saving you money. In fact, in many cases, it probably costs you more since the house is heating up while you are out and then the AC has to work twice as hard to cool it back down. What would probably be better would be, perhaps, to turn the AC up a few degrees when you leave, and then put it back to where it’s comfortable when you come back in. This way the heating up and cooling down are not as drastic.

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