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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
