Question by Kelsey [Gone]:
Does it actually save electricity to leave the heat on all the time?
As opposed to having the heat come on and off periodically during the day, does it actually save the required start-up energy to leave the heat on all the time? Is it true that the energy required to begin up the heat several times a day is more than leaving it on all the time?
I’ve heard this, but I have never found any proof of this despite some searching. Does anyone have any information?
Speaking for a standard two-level, 1980′s- built home with attic and partially underground basement.


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Answer by KG
I do not know about the heat, but I do know that, with light bulbs, the starter energy is equivalent to something like a few hundredths of a second of just leaving it on, and I do not know why the heat would be much more.

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