On Thu 01 Jan 2009 03:52:06p, Pete C. told us...

>
> 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.

Recognizing of course, that most people do not have changeover thermostats.
I don't know what the parameters are, but I wouldn't want one unless I
could keep the temperature within 1 degree, one way or the other. Ten
degrees would be totally unacceptable.

> 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.

I would think it would indeed be an odd case. I would think that very few
people have such systems in their home.



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