Documented research indicate that on Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:22:53 -0400, Bill
Stock wrote:

LOL, we keep the house at 60 at night, so the basement usually gets down to
55 or so, but can get lower on cool nights. It's cheaper to heat the fish.

Obviously this depends on the amount of heat you get from the sun, and how
high you have the day temp, but in many cases, lowering the temperature at
night does not save you much if any energy at all, since it means that
you'll just have to heat up the house that much more in the morning to get
it back to normal room temperature. The extra energy needed to reheat the
house usually far exceeds what you save by lowering the temp at night.

Not to mention that by letting the house get under 15 C/59 F you risk
humidity and moist problems that can result in bacterias that you do not
want living in your house.

Without a dehumidifier, lowering the temp that much is a health issue
waiting to happen.
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