The best setting is the lowest temperature at which your family is comfortable. Most people are comfortable at a setting of 20-22 degrees C (68-70 F).You can save up 3% for each degree you lower your thermostat temperature.

The recommended setting is 60 – 75 °C when with domestic hot water production and 50 –55 °C without. Do not set below these settings, as condensation may form within the main body that with time, may damage the exchanger.

Find a comfortable automatic setting for your home thermostat and try to leave it there. Turning your thermostat off when you leave for work can be counter productive. You will spend more energy trying to re-cool your house than if you had not adjusted your thermostat in the first place.

Oil heat is, on average, 16% more efficient than gas. Basically, oil gives you more heat for less money.

All electric heaters except heat pumps are 100% efficient in converting electricity to heat. Heat pumps have an efficiency of 200% or more. However, different kinds of electric heaters are less effective in making the heat they product go to where it's wanted. Baseboard heaters are arguable the worst at distributing their heat, and floor type radiant systems are probably the best. For more information you may download our brochure entitled "Purchasing a Heat Pump".

This depends ont he type of furnace you have. If you have a furnace equipped with D.C. (E.C.M) variable speed motor, then yes. This is one benefit of the variable speed motor: you can affordably operate your blower 24 hours a day because it circulates the air in between demand cycles at a lower rate, and uses a lot less energy than a conventional blower motor. If, however, you have a furnace equipped with a conventional motor, you should operate the fan in Auto mode.

More than likely it would be the thermostat control. Price ranges between ($70.00 to $190.00 inc Gst in total). Possibly not defrosting correctly, there are a few components in which when they fail cause these faults including - wiring, defrost timer, fan motor, defrost termination thermostats, defrost heaters and fuses. Repairs range from $70.00 to $190.00 inc Gst, Parts and Labour.

If I said up to 500% efficient, would you believe me? Yes that's right. Depending on individual circumstances savings can be that high. On average, the operating costs of heat pumps are about 75% less than electric heating devices and 50% less than air source heat pumps. Cooling costs are 25% - 50% lower when compared to conventional air conditioners. In addition, when hot water is supplied by the heat pump at these efficiencies and higher, your overall savings are increased even more.

Because the thermal conductivity is so high - it is 23 x better than stainless steel or titanium and 1.6 times better than aluminum.

The Occupancy Key works almost like an on /off switch for the air-conditioning system. It enables the users to select between Comfort and Standby mode of operation. Pressing the Occupancy Key will see the symbol changes from and back. Brief description of each mode is as follows: this mode users are allowed to set the room temperature set point within a range of 19 to 29oC to suit individual needs. Please refer to "Changing room temperature set point".

months. One is that you get constant filtering of the air in your home. The other is that because the air is moving, you have a more even temperature throughout.

During the heating season, we recommend a setting that is comfortable for your household. Once your thermostat is set, the best policy is to leave it alone. Raising the thermostat as little as 2 ? F may cause the supplementary heat to come on, thereby increasing your energy usage.

Yes, Schwank offers the TruTemp setback thermostat. It delivers maximum fuel savings and comfort because it is the first product of its kind to measure both ambient and infrared heat. Competing thermostats give up a large percentage of possible fuel savings by only measuring the room air temperature.

Yes, in most cases the older thermostat will not accommodate the addition of a heat pump. There are basically two types available for a heat pump. One is a non-programmable thermostat and the other is a Seven-Day programmable thermostat. Foster's customer service representative can explain the benefits of either one.

AUX - Auxiliary Heat or the second stage of heat in the Heat mode. This is energized when the Heat Pump is not keeping up with the thermostat setting. It is normal operation with most pumps for the thermostat to call for auxiliary heat. If the auxiliary heat and emergency heat are using the same back-up heat source the thermostat may also show the Emergency Heat light whenever the Auxiliary heat is on. EMER - Emergency Heat.

F8X-XX Series Multi-stage and Heat Pump thermostats are designed to determine the optimum time to activate the second stage. Simply raising the temperature in heating or lowering it in cooling will not always force the thermostat to bring the second stage on quickly. There is a time delay from 0-25 minutes. The time element (0-25 minutes) of the delay varies depending on the performance of the first stage.