[PLUG] Off Topic: Victor is looking for a silent "no light" programmable thermostat

Pete Lancashire pete at petelancashire.com
Fri Nov 4 19:35:04 UTC 2011


At least it does not have a pin point size blue super bright LED that
one can see
from 100' away <smile>

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> Victor,
>
> I suggest you go to your local ACE, Home Depot, or Lowes, and talk to the
> folks there about the type of thermostat you want. Honeywell makes lots of
> different models at different price points. I have two Honeywell digital
> thermostats, and they do not flash or click....they replaced my old manual
> thermostats. Replacing the thermostat is pretty easy - just three wires
> that should be color coded - all you need is a screw driver. Be sure to
> tell the sales guys you have gas heat.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Victor Soich <vsoich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am writing to this group because I figure there must be a subset of
>> linux people that are sensitive to extraneous noises and lights, like LEDs
>> on high tech equipment.  Furthermore, by virtue of the fact that you're
>> into
>> linux, you may be a bit of a hacker, or have figured out the solution to my
>> quandary, or know of the product I'm looking for.
>>
>> I recently switched from oil heat to gas heat.  I now have a fancy
>> shmantzy digital programmable thermostat.
>> It makes a popping and clicking sound whenever the heater changes
>> state.  It also lights up whenever the heater
>> changes state.  I don't want it to do these things.  My old analog
>> thermostat just sat there and never made
>> any noise or generated any light.  However, it is not programmable.
>>
>> I would like a programmable thermostat that is silent, and does not
>> light up, and does
>> not make any noise when the heater changes state.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Victor Soich
>>
>> The following goes into detail regarding my concerns and issues with
>> my current programmable thermostat.
>>
>> I wrote to technical support of Rheem describing two issues of the
>> Rheem thermostat.  It lights up at inappropriate times, and makes a
>> loud clicking noise.  Perhaps they will have a quick fix to
>> the problem.  The following is what I wrote....
>>
>>
>>
>> I am the consumer of the product, not the contractor.  I will be
>> registering my product very soon.  The product is a nice snazzy
>> digital thermostat with a decent liquid crystal display, but there are
>> two problems that I hope you can address.  Otherwise, I am really
>> going to miss my old analog thermostat because it didn't make noise or
>> light up at inappropriate times.
>>
>> The thermostat is within view of my sight while I watch TV in the
>> living room, and occasionally fall asleep on the couch in the living
>> room.  Unfortunately, the thermostat LCD screen lights up momentarily,
>> and the thermostat makes some sort of clicking sound when a change of
>> state occurs in the heating system.  I can't stand the light coming
>> on, and I can't stand the click sound sounding when I'm not the one
>> prompting it.  It startles me when I'm watching TV or falling asleep
>> on the couch in the dark.  I don't like the thermostat "announcing" to
>> the world that the heater is doing something by lighting up
>> momentarily and making a clicking sound.  That is why I like the old
>> analog thermostat.  It did its job without having to indicate to the
>> world at large that it was doing something.  Is there a way to disable
>> the light from coming on and the clicking sound from happening
>> automatically when the heating system changes state?  I hope so,
>> otherwise a snazzy new programmable 100 dollar plus thermostat is
>> worse than the old technology of an analog thermostat.
>>
>> I read the manual for the thermostat, and I figured out how to keep
>> the LCD thermostat from ever lighting up.  You do this by going into
>> the INSTALLER/CONFIGURATION MENU to MENU REF 10, and Select Display
>> Light to L OFF.  While this has the virtue of keeping the LCD light
>> from flashing on at inappropriate times, like when I'm watching TV in
>> the dark, or sleeping on the couch, it still does not prevent the
>> clicking sound from happening.  Another drawback of turning the
>> Display Light to L OFF is that when I do need it on, it won't come on
>> unless I go through the INSTALLER/CONFIGURATION MENU and set the
>> Display Light to L(On).  This is too much of a rigmarole.
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