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Re: The little box that controls half your home’s energy use

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> The little box that controls half your home?s energy use
>> http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/the-little-box-that-controls-half-your-homes-energy-use/
> 
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>> A thermostat can be such a simple device?so dumb a device if we?re
>> feeling 21st Century snobby?that a strip of metal coiled up with a
>> droplet of mercury at the end can do the job. The coil contracts as
>> it cools, the mercury shifts to touch two wires and close a circuit,
>> and on goes your furnace. Prefer a different temperature? Rotate the
>> coil.

Mercury tube thermostats fell out of favor decades ago with the rise
of the mercury scare.

What idiot wrote this nonsense?

>> Simple is great, but that dumb device is responsible for a huge
>> portion of your energy bill. That means constant adjustments are
>> necessary if you want to avoid wasting energy overheating your house
>> while you?re tucked into bed or away at work. This is the part of the

Most people are smart enough to turn down dumb thermostats when they
go to bed and turn them up when they get up.

What idiot wrote this nonsense?

>> story where the programmable thermostat walked in, offering
>> automation in exchange for up-front fiddling. But a surprisingly
>> large percentage of people with programmable thermostats don?t
>> actually program them. In fact, the US EPA stopped offering ?Energy
>> Star? certification for programmable thermostats entirely in 2009
>> because their real-world impact was so unpredictable.

Most people need three settings at most; sleep, awake, gone.

Most programmable thermostat are a pain in the ass overkill.

>> That's a problem, but the Nest Learning Thermostat has gained a
>> following in the last few years by offering a solution?it programs
>> itself as you turn it up or down throughout the week. The very same
>> smarts that allow the device to program itself open other doors to
>> efficiency as well. And at the company's Palo Alto offices, this
>> seems to be just the beginning. Today, Nest is still working on its
>> flagship device to make homes more energy-efficient.
 
The comfort range of temperature is not dependant on the day of the week.

What idiot wrote this nonsense?


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Jim Pennino

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The little box that controls half your home’s energy use Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 11:43 -0600
  Re: The little box that controls half your home's energy use "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 10:35 -0800
  Re: The little box that controls half your home’s energy use gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-14 13:11 -0600
  Re: The little box that controls half your home’s energy use jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-14 19:47 +0000

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