This may or may not apply to your situation but thought I'd share incase it might benefit someone. I live in a small apartment and my heating is electric, which is crazy expensive. But I've found a work around that works for me that I don't think I've seen anyone suggest. I keep the heating thermostat to the lowest setting just to protect pipes from freezing. During the daytime I keep my blinds open to let the sun warm the apartment. Then at sun down I close the blinds. Then I pull out my dehumidifier and run it all evening and night. The dehumidifier works by both pulling moisture out of the air (mold prevention) AND also generates enough heat to keep the temperature stable (it will raise the temperature about 2 degrees during a warmer evening and only drop 2 degrees during a bitter cold below zero night). Before I started implementing my dehumidifier, the temperature would easily drop 5-10 degrees overnight and make the electric heaters kick in. Without the dehumidifier I was using about 20-30Kwh per day, and by using the dehumidifier I have reduced it to 10Kwh per day!
January 13, 2018 at 09:25AM
