Doing a 'heating loss' experiment tonight--- turning my furnace down to 40 degrees, [View all]

(which is the minimum thermostat setting)
to see how cold my house will get tonight through all those night hours---
in order to make some estimate on what would happen here
in the event that I lost electricity due to winter conditions!)

I am accustomed to keeping my thermostat very low in the winter to save costs,
and making up for it with more clothing, and more blankets at night!)

Outside temps now are just below freezing...


If it isn't too bad by morning, I will continue the experiment
by turning my furnace completely OFF for a day!

(I have natural gas heat, but it is governed by electricity, to run the fan)

((Also, I have a lantern which I can run off kerosene, which can make a surprising
amount of heat in a small space, over time..))