Talk:Programmable thermostat

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Any of you engineers out there I am curious: What is the mean, mode, or median temperature to put a programmable thermostat on during the night in the winter? I know, I know it depends on where you live.Okay, I live in southwest Pennsylvania. My idea is that the lower I put the temperature at night the more I am wasting in the morning when the thermostat warms the house to optimum temperature. For example, I have the temperature set at 62 degrees at night and then 67 briefly in the morning when the household wakes up. The natural gas furnace continually runs during this time when the temperature outside goes below 40 degrees F. Should I reset it higher during the night on average? Does it matter? Am I wasting my time asking this question because the savings is nil?

                                                 Thanks, 
                                                 P831

[edit] Wikipedia is not a how-to manual

I've removed a good deal of information from this because it was an instruction manual and tips for people looking at getting a programmable thermostat. Such material is inappropriate on Wikipedia. It did seem to be fairly good advice though, I would recommend the author follow the advice on the page I linked to and post it on Wikihow or Wikibooks.--Nonpareility 19:15, 19 November 2006 (UTC)