Re: Heating — Air Blower

[Doug Kiekow]

In theory setting the fan to low speed and running it constantly  
should save you money. We have ours set to run full time when the  
thermostat is in its non-setback setting. The same applies to  
hydronic systems, they are more efficient when the circulation pump  
is running constantly and the fluid temperature is adjusted to meet  
the heating load.
dougy


On Nov 17, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Jerry wrote:

> Same here Rob.
>
> The furnace is slightly towards the North end of the house and  
> while the South side gets the Sun, it's also colder on cloudy days.
>
> I'd really like to know how much my electric bills are going to go  
> up by leaving that on... And will it burn the motor out leaving it  
> on continually for months??
>
> Jp
>
> On Nov 17, 2006, at 12:27 PM, Rob Lewis wrote:
>
>> My heat pump thermostat is in a hallway that gets a sort of  
>> average temp in the house. But the sunny end of the house is  
>> always warmer, and the sleeping end colder. To some extent this is  
>> OK, but if it gets too extreme I just leave the heat pump fan on  
>> to redistribute the air.
>>
>> All manual, but it works OK.
>
>