In my 1999 Saab 9-5 bought used, there are three settings for the display system (outside thermometer, heat/AC settings, trip computer).
1. US - all wombat. 2. UK - temperature in whole degrees C, time 24 hr, but distances in miles. 3. Metric - everything right. Whole degrees C only. Stupid speedometer in miles, but km is backlit also and easily visible, unlike in many other cars where it's almost invisible. Saabs sold in Canada do not have miles on the speedometer at all. cm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian White Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 16:54 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:27943] Re: Residential thermostats In my Audi, you can switch the climate control and outside temp gauge to Celsius. When I do this, the temps which were even F temps are indeed now in 0.5 increment C temps. ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Chimpsarecute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:46:24 -0500 Subject: [USMA:27942] Re: Residential thermostats > http://content.honeywell.com/yourhome/ptc-thermostats/Therm_Think.htm > > >From the Honeywell website is the following excerpt: > > Why is it important to have accuracy within 1�? > Most people sense a temperature change around 1.8�. Honeywell > thermostats are more accurate than some electronic thermostats which > can vary up to 9�. Most thermostat manufacturers use some of our > thermostat technology - none are as accurate as Honeywell. > > The 1.8� is 1.8�F. Note that this is EXACTLY 1.0�C. Someone must > have done research and found that the human body can only > distinguish a 1�C change. Thus a 1�F resolution or "accuracy" is > ficticious. > > I wonder if people in metric countries rely on thermometers as much > as people in the US do. Maybe with people in metric countries using > the same system as their body's own thermostat and can get a more > accurate idea as to the ambient temperature without the use of a > thermometer. Fahrenheit is out of sync with the human body and thus > using the body to obtain a Fahreheit temperature is almost > impossible, thus the need for thermometers. > > Euric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2003-12-23 16:23 > Subject: [USMA:27941] Re: Residential thermostats > > > 'Most certainly noticeable'??? Hmm... I'm sorry, Norm, but I don't think so! At least I can't tell, even between say 17 or 18 degrees. > > > > Perhaps you're overreacting. In any case, I'd say that 2 degrees seems reasonable to use as a benchmark. I.e., your 'most certainly noticeable' should read 2 degrees instead (and, BTW, that's in *Celsius*!...) > > > > Marcus > > > > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:24:02 > > Norman & Nancy Werling wrote: > > > > > > > > >My White-Rodgers programable thermostat instructs me to program it in Fahrenheit before switching it over to Celsius. I may understand why that is required. It may be because there are 9 0F to each 5 0C. Thus if one wants to change it up or down, usually one has to punch the up or down arrows twice. This may be because at most times 1 0C is equal to 2 0F (or you could say that usually each punch equals aproximately 0.5 0C. > > > > > >I have to insist that, to me, changing by 1 0F in the house is very truly and most certainly noticeable. This leads me to think that thermostats designed for Celsius may need to be calibrated in 0.5 0C increments. What is done in Europe? > > > > > >Norm > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! > > Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus > > > > ------- End of Original Message -------
