When the temperature is low, you want to be warm in your home - and as quickly as possible.
But does it really help to turn the radiator on all the way?
Are you starting to shiver in your apartment?
In order to heat up the rooms as quickly as possible, some people turn the radiator * to the highest level.
The warmer it is set, the faster the desired temperature is reached, so the motto.
But is that really true?
Turn up the thermostat fully when it is cold: Does the heating really warm up faster?
In fact, you are doing yourself - and especially your wallet - a disservice by turning the radiator on.
With this you only set the
final temperature the room should have, but not how quickly it takes place
.
This means that if you actually want 20 degrees - for which level three is sufficient - but set the thermostat to level five, it will take just as long to reach the desired temperature in the end as if you set level three straight away.
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On top of that, you have the disadvantage that you are
wasting money unnecessarily
.
Because it will be heated longer if you do not turn back in time - at the highest level up to 28 degrees Celsius.
Since they usually do not need such temperatures in the apartment, it does not make sense to turn up the heating that far.
It only ensures that you generate unnecessarily high heating costs and does not even give you the time advantage you want.
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What temperatures do the numbers on the thermostat represent?
Level three on the thermostat is usually around
20 degrees Celsius
.
There are differences of around four degrees between the levels.
This means that at level two you heat to around 16 degrees, at level four to around 24 degrees.
Each
division
between the numbers represents one degree more or less.
The optimal room temperature for the living area is around 20 to 22 degrees.
The bathroom should be between 23 and 24 degrees, while the bedrooms are always a bit cooler - between 16 and 19 degrees.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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