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down. Turning a programmable room thermostat to a lower
setting will result in the room being controlled at a lower
temperature, and saves energy.
The way to set and use your programmable room thermostat
is to find the lowest temperature settings that you are
comfortable with at the different times you have chosen, and
then leave it alone to do its job.
The way to set and use your programmable room thermostat is
to find the lowest temperature setting you are comfortable with,
and then leave it alone to do its job. The best way to do this
is to set the room thermostat to a low temperature – say 18°C
– and then turn it up by 1°C each day until you are comfortable
with the temperature. You won’t have to adjust the thermostat
further. Any adjustment above this setting will waste energy
and cost you more money.
If you heating system is a boiler with radiators, there will
usually be only one programmable room thermostat to control
the whole house. But you can have different temperatures
in individual rooms by installing thermostatic radiator valves