2002-01-01 This thermostat is a subtle form of reintroducing Fahrenheit. How many others would change the default as you did? The installer should have done it. If it was in the US, and the situation was reversed, the installer for sure would switch it to Fahrenheit. Since the installer didn't change it and spoke to you in Fahrenheit and only Celsius after prodding, one would think he is subtly trying to help reintroduce Fahrenheit.
Shameful! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-12-31 19:19 Subject: [USMA:17040] Re: addtion to canada > > 2001-12-31 > > > > Well, did he answer your question? Were you able to get him to speak > > metric? > > Sure. When I pretended that I didn't understand degrees F, he said that > the room was around 20 Celsius. > > > But, what about the thermostat? Is it calibrated in degrees Celsius or > > Fahrenheit, or both? > > As it turned out, it was digital, and it defaulted to degrees F. > > > Did he set it to a degree Celsius value and then > > mentally convert it to Fahrenheit for your "understanding"? > > No, he read it directly from the display. Very few Canadians > these days would convert a Celsius value into Fahrenheit for the > understanding of another Canadian. > > > And, if he did > > give you a Fahrenheit thermostat, I'd call him back first chance and tell > > him to replace it with a thermostat that a person can understand, or you > > won't authorise payment of the bill. > > The majority of the thermostats in Canada are calibrated in Celsius. This > device's thermostat could be set to Celsius, although the factory default > was Fahrenheit. The first time I visited the facility, I changed the > setting to > display in Celsius. > > Stephen >
