Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site heurikon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!exodus!mhtsa!mh3bs!eagle!harpo!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff From: jeff@heurikon.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc,net.physics Subject: Re: Why don't thermostats work? Message-ID: <199@heurikon.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 03:43:29 EST Article-I.D.: heurikon.199 Posted: Wed Feb 8 03:43:29 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 02:33:49 EST References: <877@ihuxl.UUCP>, <194@heurikon.UUCP>, <164@cubsvax.UUCP> Organization: Heurikon Corp., Madison WI Lines: 27 I have found the information about the "smart" thermostat. It is (or was) sold by JS&A, Northbrook, Il. (800)-323-6400. Are they still in business? I'm looking at a 1982 catalog. Anyway, it's called the "Love/Hate Thermostat". Named, I guess, for its functionality and lack of, ah, beauty. It is microprocessor controlled, of course, and allows a whole bunch of setbacks settings per day. It even knows the difference between a weekday and the weekend. Some interesting features (editted): "You set most thermostats to the time you want the furnace to go on in the morning. But what if one morning it's bitter cold outside and the next morning it's much warmer? The Magic Stat senses and computes the drop in temperature and the time it will take to get your room to your exact wake up temperature. The system also computes the ideal length the furnace should stay on to keep the temperature within a range of plus or minus one and one-half degrees." The thing also has a "learn" mode. You operate it manualy for a day or two and it remembers your living pattern. Sounds like one of those Detroit robots, doesn't it? Anyway, I think it represents a perfect application of a microprocessor in a home. Price: $80.00, ceaper than some "dumb" varieties. -- /"""\ Jeffrey Mattox, Heurikon Corp, Madison, WI |O.O| {harpo, hao, philabs}!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff (news & mail) \_=_/ ihnp4!heurikon!jeff (mail - fast)