Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> >
> > Don't try to understand, it falls in the same category of women (not)
> > understanding how a thermostat works...
>
> You mean as in "turn it up higher so it will heat up faster"? Its a
> friggin switch, not a throttle.

Yes, as well as the "turn it down in the summer so you don't waste
energy", and similar insanity. Set heat set point at 68, cool set point
at 78 and assuming an auto changeover thermostat, never touch them
again.

Of course in the odd case that you have a sophisticated multistage
system, it may actually be a "throttle", but even then, the thermostat
will have the smarts to track the rate of change and throttle the system
appropriately.