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From: sommers@topaz.ARPA (Liz Sommers)
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Subject: Re: Want info on smart house thermostats
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Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 17:06:24 EST
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> Well, I smashed into my furnace/AC thermostat one too many times, and now I
> have to be ridiculously careful when adjusting it to keep it from coming
> off in my hand.  So I am considering some sort of smart thermostat to
> replace it.  I know next to nothing about them, except that they seem to
> come in a wide range of prices.  I seem to remember reading about one a
> year or two ago that would actually "learn" about your house -- you would
> program it to have the house warm by 7 a.m., and it would figure out how
> early to turn on the furnace in order to achieve this.  Does anybody know
> about this?


We have onethat cost about 50 dollars at Kmart, an "Energy Saver Thermo" 
according to what is on the wall.  I am about ready to take a hammer to
the micro-processor.  This thing is just too stupid.  You have to reprogram
the entire day in order to get ten warm minutes for your shower.

I hate them.  I am not saving on heat because I just keep it at one 
comfortable temperature now in order to not have to program the mother.

liz