On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:14:20 +0000, John Hall wrote:

Thanks for all the info. Now that I'm retired, I'm at home most of the
time.

Being home most of the time you might not see much saving in fitting
a programmable stat but probably will have an improvement in comfort,
warm first thing, bit lower during the day when you are active, then
higher in the evening and drop back even lower overnight. I certainly
would not go back to a normal room stat and simple time switch now.

I got into the habit of keeping the house fairly warm for the
benefit of my elderly parents - my father in particular almost always
seemed to feel cold.

My Dad does, his feet feel like ice cubes all the time and his hands
feel cold but then he is 95. Don't know what his room stat is set to,
wouldn't be surprised if it was the mid 20's, I melt when I visit...

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.