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California98Civic · 01-01-2014, 10:56 PM

To avoid on/off cycles of gas heater, use the thermostat to "pulse" to a temp higher than desired and then turn t-stat down to a temp much lower than desired. The goal would be average temps similar to the ideal temp you would have selected. Maybe it works? Maybe it wastes? But you would certainly spend more time fiddling with the thermostat!

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	P&W similar to P&G? To avoid on/off cycles of gas heater, use the thermostat to "pulse" to a temp higher than desired and then turn t-stat down to a temp much lower than desired. The goal would be average temps similar to the ideal temp you would have selected. Maybe it works? Maybe it wastes? But you would certainly spend more time fiddling with the thermostat! __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.