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My pantry motion sensor lights come on when strong gusts of wind occur outside. I took a peek with FLIR this weekend and couldn't find the cold spot. I'll wait for a very cold and gusty day to see if I can locate the problem area.

I've got a flimsy yet large dog door in the basement that should probably be duct taped, since we don't have dogs yet.

I need to foam the holes I drilled from the attic between the walls to run cat6 cable. I figured between the walls, with fiberglass insulation over the holes would be fine, but it probably still creates drafts, especially since I didn't seal the wall penetrations for the 2-gang box I installed. Maybe I'll just buy a bunch of those foam seals for 1 and 2 gang boxes and install them when I paint the interior.

Very rough math, my highest heating month is January (switching to Aerohead mode)...
*My energy monitor says I average about 70 kWh running the HVAC blower in January
*The blower only comes on when the furnace is on (and gas furnaces are either on or off, no variable output)
*It consumes 700 watts while running
*70 kWh per month divided by 0.7 kW blower consumption = 100 hours of furnace operation in the month of January.
*100 hours divided by 31 days = about 3hrs 20min per day, or 13.4% of the time.
*120,000 BTU (furnace consumption) = 1.2 therms
*1.2 therms per hour times 100 hours = 120 therms
*120 therms times $1.33 per therm = $159 to heat a 3,600 sq/ft house in the month of January.
*Confounding factors include 2 NG fireplaces that have no method of measuring use, and are omitted from the heating calculation above.

The way for me to track efficiency improvements is to monitor HVAC blower energy consumption in the heating months (Oct-May)