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I recently bought a new house, which is of decent size, it's a tri-level. 4 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 Bathrooms, Kitchen, Dining Room, Living Room, and Family Room.
It had a 48 year old gas furnace which needed replaced, so I put in a Trane Electric Furnace and Heat Pump 13 Seer system. Soon as I get rid of the gas water heater I will be all electric. My gas bill has actually been -$37.00 the last couple months, that's negative... so I didn't have to pay anything. So I am actually just paying for electric now.
My cousin who works on heating and cooling told me just to set the temperature and leave it, which I now have it at 68 Degrees as of today and am just going to leave it at that.
I work pretty much 8 to 4, and I had the system set at 62 and then going up to 72 which is why I think I just got a $380.00 electric bill. I'm not even living in the house yet as I need appliances. So it's just the furnace, 2 fish tanks, and a computer running most of the time and some lights.
I also called my electric provider which is Duquesne Light in PA and they offer a pretty decent rate reduction if you are all electric... so that should help now as well for future billings.
I guess I just wanted to verify that this is correct, that I should pretty much leave the temperature alone to avoid activating the main furnace.
