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From: topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Want info on smart house thermostats
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 16:11:25 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 29 16:11:25 1985
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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?

	Specific recommendations and/or general advice are solicited.  Mail
them to me; I will sumarize to the net if response warrents.

Cheers,
Topher Eliot
Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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