Re: Space heaters v/s whole house

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 "Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My house is about 2000 square feet and the downstairs gets cold. There are 2
> bedrooms and a large empty room there, the kitchen, great room and 2
> bedrooms are upstairs. Itsusually warmer. The thermostat is near the kitchen
> so that throws things off, the heat wont come on till its near freexing
> downstairs.
> ANYWAY
> There are 4 bedrooms, Ispose the cheapest thing would be to make the boys
> share a room downstairs and use one heater and make my daughter share mine.
> But that isnt going to happen
> AM I saving money by using a few small space heaters and not heating the
> entire house? Or do 3 small heaters use as much energy?
> I dont want to heat downstairs because to get it warm would require heating
> it to about 80 up here.

What about improving the insulation downstairs? You should really talk 
with your local utility company about this. Many utility companies have 
a service where they will try to help you use power most efficiently.