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brum Wrote:

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One morning I woke to find it had been so

> cold in my bedroom, my poor hamster went into

> hibernation! (We did manage to wake him up by

> putting him next to the fire though).


That must have been one seriously pissed off hamster.

giggirl Wrote:

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> brum Wrote:

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> One morning I woke to find it had been so

> > cold in my bedroom, my poor hamster went into

> > hibernation! (We did manage to wake him up by

> > putting him next to the fire though).

>

> That must have been one seriously pissed off

> hamster.


Come to think of it GG, yes, Peter was a bit grumpy afterwards.


At least he hadn't frozen to death, which was my first (very upsetting) thought...!

the answer is yes, leave on low. Lived in Alaska for 4 years and the first winter we had the heating on the timer and were cold every night. Spoke with a local who told me that they all leave their heating on and turn thermo to 20c - that way you have a constant background heat, and not fighting to warm up a freezing flat. Worked a treat and we spent less on our fuel, so that is what we have down this year in ED


so... now think I will leave it on all day v low, then turn the thermostats on the rads back up when I get home so that it does not take such a 'boiler push' to get it warm again in the evening... and hope that the over all use of energy may be the same or less... would like to be warm but am equally concerned about energy consumption (not for me but for the planet Huguenot!!!)


http://www.canada-photos.com/data/media/12/icebergs_146.jpg

me waiting for the kettle to boil...

I keep mine on.


17 degrees if I'm in and awake, 14 if I'm out and about for a few hours, or at night, and 10 if it's wintry and I'm away.

Otherwise the place takes around 36 hours to reheat to normality in depths of this winter. I work from home, and being unable to type from freezing hands (no I won't wear gloves when typing) costs me money as well as being no fun.

I confess that mine goes on in winter and does not get turned off again until spring. I turn it down if I'm away but I never turn it off. Even though, my house is cold at the moment because I'm having work done and it's interferred with the rads.

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