It is a Trane that came with the installation and I don't know much about it. It is a very simple electronic thermostat. It has very limited programing ability, one speed fan. I can change its sensitivity and that is about it. I set it Winter and Summer on one temperature (72 Winter and 77 Summer) and leave it alone. We have a lot of leafy trees, shad for Summer and sun for Winter) so our electrick bills are not bad. If I get another, I will pay more attention to the visibility of the screen, I need a magnifying glass, literally, to see what I am doing with it and my eyes, that having looked at the world for seventy-four years, are still rather good.
It is a Trane that came with the installation and I don't know much about it. It is a very simple electronic thermostat. It has very limited programing ability, one speed fan. I can change its sensitivity and that is about it. I set it Winter and Summer on one temperature (72 Winter and 77 Summer) and leave it alone. We have a lot of leafy trees, shad for Summer and sun for Winter) so our electrick bills are not bad. If I get another, I will pay more attention to the visibility of the screen, I need a magnifying glass, literally, to see what I am doing with it and my eyes, that having looked at the world for seventy-four years, are still rather good.
this is what I'm looking at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044UYVFW/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
I paid $170 for my current one (that is wearing out my system). More expensive isn't always better.
I paid $170 for my current one (that is wearing out my system). More expensive isn't always better.
I'd do it but that's just me. I'm not one to whine about being momentarily removed from ideal. But some people are Also, there may be times when one setting makes more sense than others. For example, a day that is, say 80 degrees with high humidity. The AC wont crank on much because it's only 80 degrees yet your house gets uncomfortably humid. Days like that you might want that sucker to kick on more just to clear the humidity out. Might make more sense to have a 1-degree cycle instead of 2.
But yes, Bridget is right to be concerned about short cycles and putting unnecessary stress on HVAC equipment. Starting and stopping any electrical appliance puts stress on them. They're designed to take the stress but stress is still stress. It's the old, "Do I keep my computer on all the time or should I shut it down each night" thing. I keep mine on.
Good point as to humidity, I may make a summer and winter change in sensitivity. Kentucky is humid and we live in a valley with a lake; it is like a humidity bowl when the wind is down as it often is in the valley protected by high hills and trees.
Do you use the "sleep" function on your computer? I do, it is almost never off completely but it sleeps at two hours.
If it's 90+ degrees your AC will kick on/off more often and that alone will clear out the humidity. It's just those not-so-hot days where the AC wont kick on/off often when the humidity builds up. It would make more sense to use the 1 degree range on days like that. Typically those happen during the transition seasons instead of the June - August period.
I don't think this house is suitable for banking, honestly. It's a large brick house but it's elderly and not what I would consider well insulated.
Weekends are fine, the husband programmed it differently. It's weekday mornings I have a problem with, the husband has it going at 70 degrees. I hate getting up to the polar cold (I kind of like 78 degrees most of the time) and yoga at 6 am is like, even worse. Oh well. We'll see.
Golly my house is clean! It's SO ORGANIZED. Except for my room.... Which shall be kept firmly CLOSED for the dog.
I have my mods reorganized in the hopes that the dog won't knock them off the table. She is going too, probably, the second she sees me and jumps upon me on the couch, licking my face madly.
I can't wait . I'm going to offer the husband a "banking" and non banking month and we will just see what's what. Because frankly 78 degrees ALL the time seems like WAY less electricity overall (I don't mind if it drops overnight b/c it's colder, I just don't like all that cold air BLOWING on me.
Anna
Weekends are fine, the husband programmed it differently. It's weekday mornings I have a problem with, the husband has it going at 70 degrees. I hate getting up to the polar cold (I kind of like 78 degrees most of the time) and yoga at 6 am is like, even worse. Oh well. We'll see.
Golly my house is clean! It's SO ORGANIZED. Except for my room.... Which shall be kept firmly CLOSED for the dog.
I have my mods reorganized in the hopes that the dog won't knock them off the table. She is going too, probably, the second she sees me and jumps upon me on the couch, licking my face madly.
I can't wait . I'm going to offer the husband a "banking" and non banking month and we will just see what's what. Because frankly 78 degrees ALL the time seems like WAY less electricity overall (I don't mind if it drops overnight b/c it's colder, I just don't like all that cold air BLOWING on me.
Anna
Typically, the man wants it cooler and the woman wants it warmer. Those battles are as vicious as the toilet seat wars.
Except when women go thru the hot flash stages.
But then thermostat settings is the least of a man's problems during this stage.Except when women go thru the hot flash stages.
Aha, I always knew men were cold as ice and women are hotties. Confirmed!!
You all keep talking about AC's while I sit here for over a week with mine broken. 84 degrees with all fans going.
Not good! When is the dude supposed to come out?
That sucks. No A/c is probably worse than too cold.
The weird thing is like the husband is in Tucson, doing all this REALLY heavy duty work, and because Tucson peak hours are different, he's like working inside with 90 degrees. I have OFFERED to turn off the system COMPLETELY because it's not even that HOT here. But no he has to bank.
It's like this weird engineering obsession with him. I don't go through menopause for 10 more years based on my family history, but I plan to do it with great calmness and grace, because I figure I know how to handle mood swings.
Oh hell, probably NOT but at least I'm not going to wake up when I sweat through the bedding. I'm fairly sure. I mean fire alarms don't wake me I don't see why HORMONES should.
Anna
The weird thing is like the husband is in Tucson, doing all this REALLY heavy duty work, and because Tucson peak hours are different, he's like working inside with 90 degrees. I have OFFERED to turn off the system COMPLETELY because it's not even that HOT here. But no he has to bank.
It's like this weird engineering obsession with him. I don't go through menopause for 10 more years based on my family history, but I plan to do it with great calmness and grace, because I figure I know how to handle mood swings.
Oh hell, probably NOT but at least I'm not going to wake up when I sweat through the bedding. I'm fairly sure. I mean fire alarms don't wake me I don't see why HORMONES should.
Anna
Gutter nail update:
I have a stretch of gutter where three consecutive gutter nails popped out and were doing very little. Every time I'm up there I wack them back in but they're not really grabbing anything and they just pop back out. So I just got that 10-pack of nail screws off Amazon and tried them out this morning. They appear to work. Did not have to toothpick the holes or anything so how well they grabbed the wood remains to be seen but for now they grabbed and are working. Worst case scenario is they come loose again and I go back up and toothpick them. Suppose I could of just toothpicked them from the start but I didn't. Oh well. Begs the question why they don't use screws when they install the gutters. Likely answer: The installer saves $10 per house. As a rule, I always use screws over nails where I can regardless of project. Cost more but they hold. Especially on decks.
BTW, diameters:
Nail: .246"
Screw: .255"
Here is a photo of the old nail versus the new screw. Same length. Package also includes new spacers and a driver so you can use your drill to screw them in (they have a square drive screw head).
Link to where I bought the screws:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000DZBFXI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have a stretch of gutter where three consecutive gutter nails popped out and were doing very little. Every time I'm up there I wack them back in but they're not really grabbing anything and they just pop back out. So I just got that 10-pack of nail screws off Amazon and tried them out this morning. They appear to work. Did not have to toothpick the holes or anything so how well they grabbed the wood remains to be seen but for now they grabbed and are working. Worst case scenario is they come loose again and I go back up and toothpick them. Suppose I could of just toothpicked them from the start but I didn't. Oh well. Begs the question why they don't use screws when they install the gutters. Likely answer: The installer saves $10 per house.
As a rule, I always use screws over nails where I can regardless of project. Cost more but they hold. Especially on decks.BTW, diameters:
Nail: .246"
Screw: .255"
Here is a photo of the old nail versus the new screw. Same length. Package also includes new spacers and a driver so you can use your drill to screw them in (they have a square drive screw head).
Link to where I bought the screws:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000DZBFXI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I am with you, screws are the best, I have a drill and I find screws long lasting, easier and quicker.
I'm surprised they worked being a smaller diameter and the same length. I was hoping to find that they would be longer, for a new bite. Probably room to go into the house a little bit more, you think?Gutter nail update:
I have a stretch of gutter where three consecutive gutter nails popped out and were doing very little. Every time I'm up there I wack them back in but they're not really grabbing anything and they just pop back out. So I just got that 10-pack of nail screws off Amazon and tried them out this morning. They appear to work. Did not have to toothpick the holes or anything so how well they grabbed the wood remains to be seen but for now they grabbed and are working. Worst case scenario is they come loose again and I go back up and toothpick them. Suppose I could of just toothpicked them from the start but I didn't. Oh well. Begs the question why they don't use screws when they install the gutters. Likely answer: The installer saves $10 per house.
BTW, diameters:
Nail: .246"
Screw: .255"
Here is a photo of the old nail versus the new screw. Same length. Package also includes new spacers and a driver so you can use your drill to screw them in (they have a square drive screw head).
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Link to where I bought the screws:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000DZBFXI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They’re actually slightly larger in diameter but not by much. Can’t say I felt warm and fuzzy by the bite as I was drilling them in. But it holds. Like I say, if they work loose again then I’ll toothpick the holes. Not sure about going deeper. I think I could but not all eaves are the same. You’d have to study your eave closely.
Why couldn't you use some gorilla glue on the screws? That stuff holds forever. Make sure it is damp though.
Insomnia goes with it.. I'm not there yet but getting close.
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