Not really. Like I said, weather reporting and room temperatures, in Canada, is one place where metric is the norm. I don't think that he was trying to reintroduce Fahrenheit.
----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [USMA:17040] Re: addtion to canada > 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 > > > >
