Increasing heating/cooling efficiency
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Posted by Stryder Honeymonkey on February 6, 2006, 10:14 am
Please log in for more thread options This is only partially related to automation, but please bear with me... I had a friend tell me he cut his heating bill in half by installing filters on the back side of his return vents (as opposed to just before the blower cabinet) and installing an automatic thermostat to turn the heat down when no one is home. The automatic thermostat is a no-brainer, but I can't even find fliters designed to attach to the back of the return vents. Is this something anyone else is doing? Can there be significant advantages to this approach? It seems to me that if this was a better mousetrap, all forced-air systems would be designed that way. What am I missing? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks! | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Chub on February 6, 2006, 10:40 am
Please log in for more thread options there are vent covers made to put a filter in. You will have to replace the vent covers with these new fangled devices. Personally don't see how that will save on your bill though. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by rlsusenet@NOSPAMPUHLEEZschnapp on February 6, 2006, 7:08 pm
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Chub wrote: >
>>This is only partially related to automation, but please bear with
>>me... >>I had a friend tell me he cut his heating bill in half by installing >>filters on the back side of his return vents (as opposed to just >>before the blower cabinet) and installing an automatic thermostat to >>turn the heat down when no one is home. >> >>The automatic thermostat is a no-brainer, but I can't even find >>fliters designed to attach to the back of the return vents. Is this >>something anyone else is doing? Can there be significant advantages >>to this approach? It seems to me that if this was a better mousetrap, >>all forced-air systems would be designed that way. What am I missing? >> >>Any thoughts are appreciated. >>Thanks! >
> > there are vent covers made to put a filter in. You will have to replace the > vent covers with these new fangled devices. > Personally don't see how that will save on your bill though. It's not particularly new-fangled. My 22-year-old home in San Diego has its filters on the return vents. Frankly, I doubt it makes a lot of difference where the filters go. If you're getting less total drag on the fan, you're probably getting less filtering. You could get even less drag by removing the filters entirely -- but that's probably not a good idea. Most of his benefit is likely to have come from the programmable setback thermostat. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by D&SW on March 14, 2006, 9:19 pm
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Me thinks your friend doth stretch the truth a bit. > This is only partially related to automation, but please bear with
> me... > I had a friend tell me he cut his heating bill in half by installing > filters on the back side of his return vents (as opposed to just > before the blower cabinet) and installing an automatic thermostat to > turn the heat down when no one is home. > > The automatic thermostat is a no-brainer, but I can't even find > fliters designed to attach to the back of the return vents. Is this > something anyone else is doing? Can there be significant advantages > to this approach? It seems to me that if this was a better mousetrap, > all forced-air systems would be designed that way. What am I missing? > > Any thoughts are appreciated. > Thanks! | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Don on March 14, 2006, 11:15 pm
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Maybe they just needed changing and that caused the savings. -- Don www.k9soa.net Home of JEANNIE The House That Listens As appeared on HGTV and in Home Automation, Kentucky Living magazines Have some fun and come visit and turn my lights on and off. Over 10,000 visitors since January 2005 Over 25,000 since May 2003 > Me thinks your friend doth stretch the truth a bit.
> >> This is only partially related to automation, but please bear with
>> me... >> I had a friend tell me he cut his heating bill in half by installing >> filters on the back side of his return vents (as opposed to just >> before the blower cabinet) and installing an automatic thermostat to >> turn the heat down when no one is home. >> >> The automatic thermostat is a no-brainer, but I can't even find >> fliters designed to attach to the back of the return vents. Is this >> something anyone else is doing? Can there be significant advantages >> to this approach? It seems to me that if this was a better mousetrap, >> all forced-air systems would be designed that way. What am I missing? >> >> Any thoughts are appreciated. >> Thanks! >
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| Increasing heating/cooling efficiency | February 6, 2006, 10:14 am |
> me...
> I had a friend tell me he cut his heating bill in half by installing
> filters on the back side of his return vents (as opposed to just
> before the blower cabinet) and installing an automatic thermostat to
> turn the heat down when no one is home.
>
> The automatic thermostat is a no-brainer, but I can't even find
> fliters designed to attach to the back of the return vents. Is this
> something anyone else is doing? Can there be significant advantages
> to this approach? It seems to me that if this was a better mousetrap,
> all forced-air systems would be designed that way. What am I missing?
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
> Thanks!