Years ago, our house had one of the first "smart" thermostats to control the central air and heat. It featured multiple settings for each day of the week, allowing for different temperatures while we slept, when we woke, when we were at work, etc. It even adjusted the time settings automatically for daylight saving time. About the only thing it could not do was switch automatically between air conditioning and heating. It was supposed to be highly efficient, saving lots of money on the light bill, and maybe it did.
When it finally died and went to thermostat heaven, I replaced it with a much simpler model - not "dumb" exactly - but one that just featured one temperature setting for cooling and one for heat. We had just retired, so all those additional settings just seemed superfluous.
It worked so well for so long that we had literally forgotten that it required two AAA batteries.
Not to seem ungrateful, but I wish it had lasted just a few hours longer. The thermostat quit working some time last night, and I was up at five a.m. going out to the camper in search of new batteries.
No comments:
Post a Comment