Re: Increasing heating/cooling efficiency

["Don" <kyham@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe they just needed changing and that caused the savings.


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"D&SW" <dsweatherwax@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Me thinks your friend doth stretch the truth a bit.
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> "Stryder Honeymonkey" <IH@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> 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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