Is There a Temperature That Is Easier to Maintain?

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Post by hotblast1357 » Wed. Dec. 09, 2015 7:30 am

Now I know this is kind of a loaded question, and has lots of variables, outside air temp, inside air temp, insulation, region, type of heat.

i am wondering about my 2 bay garage, at 880 sq ft. I have a coal boiler, and am heating it with a 52,000 BTU modine, the garage is attached to my basement. so right now the t'stat is set at 55, OAT has been high 20's to low 30's at night, and 40's during the day so far this winter, I do not work out there very often, usually only on the weekends, and then I usually bump up the t'stat to 60, would I save more coal by lowering the t'stat down to say 50, I don't think id want to go any lower than that, or should I put it up to 60? I would say that a higher temp for the most part will take more BTU's to keep set than a lower temp, but is there anything that says different? thanks.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Wed. Dec. 09, 2015 7:44 am

Lower average temperature = lower heat load.


 
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Post by EarthWindandFire » Wed. Dec. 09, 2015 8:12 am

We keep the temperature of our warehouse (around 10,000 sq ft) set at 50 degrees. Anything below that would require massive amounts of BTU's to warm up or recover from a sudden heat loss due to the garage door being left open for example.

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Wed. Dec. 09, 2015 8:25 am

alright thanks, im currently burning 38-40 lbs per day right now so ill prob just leave it at 55 till I see a noticeable increase. 55 feels cold in there this year versus the 55 from last year from the base-burner, lol big difference from radiant heat.

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