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RE: Heat question

To: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Heat question
From: "Mullen, Tim \(IIS\)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:07:57 -0500
Karl Vacek wrote:
>
> But you'll shiver for a longer time when you kick 
> the temperature up from 50 degrees than if you had 
> only set it back to 60 degrees.

Off subject:

Unless you have the stupid "smart" thermostat like the one on my
furnace.

It tracks how long it takes to warm up to a temperature at the time of
day.   So if you set it to 70 degrees at 7 AM, it figures out when it
needs to start heating so that it will be 70 at 7 AM.  Instead of
telling it when to start heating, you tell it what temperature to be at
what time.

Great, unless the weather changes.  If it's suddenly cold outside, it
takes longer, so it doesn't hit the temperature on time.  But worst,
when it's a warm spell, the furnace kicks in too early, and brings up
the temperature too soon, and if you're sleeping you start to get too
hot and kicking off the covers instead of sleeping snuggly under the
covers.  Progress....   :-(

Tim Mullen




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