I am only about 100 miles west of you in western MA. When I was working in the office and they'd have the air conditioning on ... I'd complain that they were putting me through a "second winter".We are on the opposite side. All winter long (near Boston) we barely have heat; the cleaners sometimes literally wear coats. I can’t sleep when the bedroom is hot, so all summer long we have it crazy frosty in the house. The “frugal” thing we did is install geothermal (ground source heat pump) so it is close to free after the initial outlay.However, on the other end I need heat. Even now my feet are on a foot warming pad. So while I keep telling myself I should shut off my mini-splits for heat purposes ......... I still have not. Last year I shut off the one in the living room in mid-March and the one in this bedroom in mid-April.
However, I do practice spot heating. The mini-split in the living room which heats the whole house except for this bedroom is set at the minimum 61. This one is set at 65. But I have heat from the heating pad at my feet and also a heating pad on the top of this table which my arms rest on. And, I'm bundled up quite well.
Statistics: Posted by vnatale — Sat May 04, 2024 8:40 pm — Replies 4645 — Views 671474