Yesterday we had the power company come and install new thermostats. They're the fancy programmable kind, they were free, and they allow for setting the temperature by time of day. Oh, and they also allow the power company to cyclically override their settings in the summer during peak power usage periods when necessary.
My husband was home when the guy came to do the installations, and he randomly decided on the temperature settings for Wake Up (75), Away (70), Evening (75) and Night (70). What?!? I never turn the heat above 70 under any circumstances. Most of the time I keep it at between 68 and 70 when I'm up and around, and 65 or below when I'm gone or sleeping.
Fortunately, it's possible to go online and make the adjustments (pretty neat, huh?), but that would require me to look up our account number, which I haven't gotten around to yet. Thus, the heat is cranked up to 75 right now and I'm sweltering.
I guess that should be my major morning initiative before I head out for Coffee Morning. Have a great Friday, everyone!
Talk about an over reliance on technology. You'll come home one night and find that for the good of the planet, they've defrosted your freezer and blown the door off your microwave. Mark my words.
Posted by: Keith | April 04, 2008 at 06:41 AM
When we moved into our house, I just bought a programmable one and installed it myself. It was pretty easy and I had no prior experience. It was worth it to be able to control my house temp at all times.
The heat never goes above 65 degrees in our house. 59 when we are gone or asleep.
Posted by: Chimpo | April 04, 2008 at 08:22 AM
Ah man, I wanna go to Coffee Morning...
Posted by: Kennon | April 04, 2008 at 08:24 AM
Posted by: A Librarian | April 04, 2008 at 08:52 AM
my husband and i are never on the same page when it comes to the temp in the house. coffee morning sounds nice.
Posted by: mad madge | April 04, 2008 at 10:11 AM
That's a weird system. I am a total control freak when it comes to temperature, so I couldn't handle it.
Posted by: super des | April 04, 2008 at 12:07 PM
I've never heard of thermostats you can program online, but that's very cool. But 75? That would cost a fortune here!
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Posted by: Elizabeth | April 04, 2008 at 01:31 PM
75 is sweltering!
But it's very cool that you can adjust the temp from anywhere. You could freak your husband out when he's home and you're not, by going online and changing the temp up and down. :-)
Posted by: Jennifer H | April 04, 2008 at 05:53 PM
Yeah, 75 is too freaking hot. In the colder months - okay, the colder DAYS - I'll set the thermostat to 65 at night.
In the day, when it's hot outside, I have the air set up to come on at 76.
Posted by: Karl | April 04, 2008 at 07:13 PM