Re: Setting a programmable thermostat


Smitty Two wrote:

In article <hr-dnbdp_vbWc_7XnZ2dnUVZ_t6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"benick" <benick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don't worry about it...Soon you will get a wireless stat from The Obamalord
and the government will decide how warm or cool your home is comrade...

Good grief. Do you have to use *every* thread as an excuse to espouse
your political views?

Actually, there is some validity to the concept of remote control of
thermostats, but not in the way that Kalifornis is trying.

Control of temperature setpoints isn't needed, but for air conditioning
and electric based heating (resistive or heat pump), distribution of
thermostats that listened to a central time source such as GPS or WWVB
and only operated heating or cooling cycles in certain 15 minute blocks
set so that the overall distribution had half the thermostats operating
in one block and half in the other could make a pretty significant
reduction in peak electrical loads on the grid and help provide grid
capacity without grid upgrades.
.

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