2003-01-26 I wasn't sure if you got the TX500 or TX1500. The 1500 does mention it is 24 h and �C selectable. But, that must be with the switches shown on the front instead of with hidden jumpers. I guess the jumpers are meant to easily select the mode for the different markets. When those units are sold in Canada or elsewhere, they can pre-select the degree Celsius and/or 24 h mode.
Or they can leave it in Fahrenheit mode and hope Fahrenheit catches on world-wide. People will not know how to change Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius or 12 h to 24 h, so they leave it like it is and get use to the FFU. A subtle way of introducing FFU to the metric world. http://www.luxproducts.com/thermostats/tx500.htm http://www.luxproducts.com/thermostats/tx1500.htm John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2003-01-26 01:36 Subject: [USMA:24633] Re: Programmable Thermostat > $33.97 plus $2.46 sales tax (7.25%). > > They're slide jumpers. There's a third one to set the minimum on/off time, > with a default of 5 minutes (jumper on) and an option (jumper off) of 2 > minutes. > > Interestingly, in spite of the 24-hour and Celsius options, there's nothing > about it on the package. The options are listed on the instruction sheet, > under "Advanced Features." All of the illustrated operating examples use > am/pm times and degrees Fahrenheit. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >Behalf Of kilopascal > >Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 21:10 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:24632] Re: Programmable Thermostat > > > > > >2003-01-25 > > > >How much did you pay for this unit? What type of jumpers does it have, > >solder, switch or slide on? > > > >John > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, 2003-01-25 20:46 > >Subject: [USMA:24630] Programmable Thermostat > > > > > >> The programmable thermostat for my heating and air conditioning > >just died. > >> In diagnosing that it was indeed dead, I unclipped it from its > >base on the > >> wall and discovered, to my chagrin, that I could have set it for 24-hour > >> clock and Celsius. (The previous owner of the house had told me that it > >was > >> 12-hour clock/Fahrenheit only.) > >> > >> I replaced it with the current equivalent model and set the jumpers as I > >> should have done on the old one. > >> > >> It's a Lux TX500, available at Home Depot. The old one was a Lux > >TX1000. I > >> noticed that the other Lux models don't have the dual unit capability. A > >> Google search (using Lux and thermostats as the keywords) didn't reveal > >the > >> manufacturer's web site, but I now know it's http://www.luxproducts.com. > >(I > >> suspect they haven't bothered to submit their URL to any of the search > >> engines. They do have a good range of keywords on their home page.) > >> > >> Bill Potts, CMS > >> Roseville, CA > >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > >> > >> > > > >
