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Telephone Controlled Thermostats for Vacation Homes

Jaishree Knauff — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:05:00 +0000

Say you have a vacation home or rental, and would like to control the temperature just before the arrival of yourself, family or guests. How is this possible? Call a neighbor and ask them to increase the temperature for your winter lodge so that it’s nice and comfortable for your arrival? Or say you’re renting our your beach condo for a week. Let your guests sweat it out for a few hours till it cools down, is that an option?

You could just leave the heat or air on at the desired temperature the whole time, but that would be very expensive not to mention environmentally irresponsible. So what’s the solution: Telephone Thermostat Controller. This innovative device will allow you to control the heat remotely through a touch tone phone. The controller works with existing phone lines and will even will work with answering machines.

So stay comfortable and do the environmentally responsible thing by hooking up a compatible programmable thermostat with a telephone controller.

Line Voltage Thermostat vs. Low Voltage Thermostat

Jaishree Knauff — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:07:00 +0000

You may have wondered what the are differences and more importantly, which one do you need? When it comes time to replace your thermostat , say with a smart programmable thermostat with energy saving features, you need to know whether to replace it with a line voltage thermostat or a low voltage thermostat.

Line Voltage thermostats are commonly found with electric heating such as with baseboard heaters, electric wall heaters and electric heaters. They use direct current, 120 or 240 volts instead of the usual 24V found in newer homes.
Low Voltage thermostats are the most prevalent thermostats for residential use. 24 Volts is most common voltage type available. If you have gas heating or forced air heating, you likely have a low voltage thermostat.

A Truly Smart Thermostat

Jaishree Knauff — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:07:00 +0000

In the market for a new energy efficient programmable thermostat? Take a look at the Globe enersaver Baseboard Thermostat 5911001. This programmable thermostat takes energy saving at a level never before reached. Its occupancy detector automatically senses when a room is no longer occupied. It will then lower the temperature by a few degrees. If no one returns for a few hours then a lower setting comes into play. This amazing system works alongside daily programmed settings giving even more savings in both energy and on your electricity bill. The Globe energsaver Baseboard Thermostat 5911001 can be set for a different program for each day of the week if necessary with up to 4 on/off changes per day, so what ever your plans this can save you money. The TRIAC control is solid state which means that it is silent in operation. You can check the levels by jus t a quick glance at the easy to read screen.
You will feel really good when you see the Power Usage Meter and realize how much power is being saved each day.
The temperature accuracy is a really amazing +/- 0.3 degrees. The fully programmable thermostat is compatible with any radiant heater, air convection heater or electric baseboard heater that uses 120V/240V and can take a load of from 2 to 12.5 amps.