<p>I just want to point out that if the OP has recently arrived from another country, this might be cultural. For example, here in the UK nearly everyone has the heat on a timer so it turns itself off completely at night (believe me, you would do this too if you had to pay so much for gas). Foreign students in the UK usually find this unbearable. </p>
<p>I do agree that 52 is totally unreasonable though.</p>