{"id":8696,"date":"2019-12-16T10:53:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T16:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/?p=8696"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:34:14","slug":"holiday-energy-saving-tips-2-heating-furnace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/holiday-energy-saving-tips-2-heating-furnace\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Energy Saving Tips 2: Heating &#038; Furnace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Holiday Energy Saving Tips 2: Heating &amp; Furnace<\/h2>\n<p>In today\u2019s blog, Holiday Energy Saving Tips 2: heating, furnace, I will share the idea of how to manage your furnace thermostat during the winter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8884\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8884\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8884\" src=\"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Holiday-Energy-Saving-Tips-2-heating-furnace-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday Energy Saving Tips 2: heating, furnace\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Save energy and money<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Heating our home use a lot of energy.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Holiday Energy Saving Tips: keeping our home cozy<\/span><\/h3>\n<a class=\"maxbutton-1 maxbutton maxbutton-call-wp-main-calls-plp\" href=\"tel:855-722-7199\"><span class='mb-text'>855-722-7199<\/span><\/a>\n<p>In fact, we use electricity for almost everything we do. Heating our home is no different, especially if your home, like mine, is 100 % electric. If we are not carefully managing our furnace thermostat, your electricity bill can get out of control. If you are with an electricity company that sends you a monthly statement, it can take up to 45 days to figure out what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Texas is a place where winter is not as drastic as most of the US. First, we don\u2019t have much snow like many other regions. With that said, here in the Dallas area, we may get 1 \u2013 3 days of snow per year. The worst winter can be 10 days under 40 degrees. I mean, we are lucky to have decent weather most of the year. Still, this does not mean that we just let the furnace work as it wants to.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Holiday Energy Saving Tips, How to use the thermostat.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In fact, we have control of the heating situation in our home. It can take some time to implement all we can do to save energy and money on our electric bills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I use this Trane thermostat. It is programmable and very easy to use.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8885\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8885\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8885\" src=\"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Programable-Thermostat-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Programable Thermostat\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Programmable Thermostat<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Usually, we have 4 sets or time frames on these thermostats; leave, wake, sleep and return. The main purpose of this is to know when you need the house at a certain temperature.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Act now. Save energy with these thermostat settings.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LEAVE: 62 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RETURN: 72 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SLEEP: 68 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>WAKE: 70 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This might not look like that will do much difference. Much less if you don\u2019t have a programmable thermostat. Let alone, proper thermostat management can save you 30-40% of your electric bill.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">The concept here is this; have the desired temperature when we need it, not when the house is empty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Being that, when we come back home from our daily routines, we do not want our home too cold. By the same token, saving energy does not mean turning off the furnace while no one is home. With the same concept, do not turn off the thermostat, otherwise, the house will get too cold and it will take a long time and energy to get it to the desired temperature.<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Save electricity with a well-maintained furnace<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>For one thing, just the service call from an HVAC expert can cost from $75 to $150, and that is just the service call.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, a well-maintained furnace unit can last more than 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/power-blog\/\">Power Blog<\/a> for more energy-saving ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, if your electric bill is getting out of control, give us a call and we will help you to get better options. Prepaid electricity or postpaid energy, we have all kinds of plans.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Electricity Express<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<a class=\"maxbutton-1 maxbutton maxbutton-call-wp-main-calls-plp\" href=\"tel:855-722-7199\"><span class='mb-text'>855-722-7199<\/span><\/a>\n<h3 id=\"6d5ro\" class=\"EKPz3 xT6G-\"><strong>Measure your efforts to save electricity with prepaid electricity.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2 id=\"7mfc2\" class=\"OeUlc xT6G-\"><strong>Call us at 8557-816-970<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"p4o3m2993\" class=\"cHqdA d7iTr\"><a class=\"LRfoS m-jE0\" href=\"https:\/\/paylesspower.com\/?affiliate=914477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><span data-hook=\"foreground-color\"><u>Energy plans and sign-ups, click here<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"881i\" class=\"cHqdA d7iTr\"><a class=\"LRfoS m-jE0\" href=\"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/power-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><span data-hook=\"foreground-color\"><u>More energy-saving ideas in our blog.<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday Energy Saving Tips 2: Heating &amp; Furnace In today\u2019s blog, Holiday Energy Saving Tips 2: heating, furnace, I will share the idea of how to manage your furnace thermostat during the winter. 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