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I'm wanting to get an idea on how hard it would be to change that out. We do need ours changed. It's an old fashioned one, not a digital one. You know the kind you have to adjust by turning the visible top half of a wheel and the little red indicator moves? Yes, that old fashioned LOL. I just know it's costing us money. It can't be accurate, as old as it is and it would be good to get it done before the real hot days begin.
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I signed up for a program that our local utility company began about 10 years ago. The utility company will install a programmable thermostat at no cost if you (me) agrees to let them turn off our AC during peak use hours (I think it's for about 15 minutes at a time). I have never noticed when or if they have cut off our A/C in all the time that we have had it. Come to think of it, I believe that the utility company only "controls" your A/C for a 2 year period under the original agreement.
Last year I had a new A/C system installed and the goofs that installed it shorted out my free thermostat! They installed a free (better?) one the next day and I also convinced them to give me a free semi-annual Spring/Fall tune up.
Nice deal you got there, both the first and the second time! I wouldn't know how to replace one at all. I wonder whether that program's a common thing to be offered by utility companies? That's interesting. Thanks for the info.
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Wall thermostats are much less expensive than I thought they'd be. The billeater store has them, frazzledmom. They start at less than twenty bucks. You'd save that in one or two bills if your current one's even slightly out of step with your AC system. I would need to call an electrician for a job like that.
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My brother in law said that it's not a hard job. According to him there's only a couple of wires you need to change over to the new one. He said with older wiring it could be more. Your property is older, isn't it? I think you would be better getting an electrician in.
micharch, that was a very neat arrangement. How do you coax all the extras out of companies? You must be filled with charm. :)
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Charm? No I'm pretty charmless.
I can pull off the PO'd consumer with great aplomb though.
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Charm? No I'm pretty charmless.
I can pull off the PO'd consumer with great aplomb though.
LOL, that sounds like a real talent. Hell hath no fury like a customer scorned. :)
Frazzledmom, this might give you a better idea of what's involved in doing that job.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4885594_replace-home-thermostat.html
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Charm? No I'm pretty charmless.
I can pull off the PO'd consumer with great aplomb though.
Next time you plan to do that, let us know when and when please, micharch. :D I love a good show LOL.
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Charm? No I'm pretty charmless.
I can pull off the PO'd consumer with great aplomb though.
Next time you plan to do that, let us know when and when please, micharch. :D I love a good show LOL.
I'll supply the folding chairs if you bring the popcorn, purplerain! :) I want to learn from the master.
That was a genuine compliment btw on how you get things done to your satisfaction, micharch. :)
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I have an old thermostat too that's not working, but if we're renting should I replace it, or the landlord?
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I have an old thermostat too that's not working, but if we're renting should I replace it, or the landlord?
Normally it's the responsibility of the property owner to make all repairs unless your rent/lease agreement says otherwise. I'd ask the landlord to get it repaired/replaced ASAP if I were you.
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I kept my old thermostat for 12 years. I was praying for it to stop working so I can have a good excuse to get a new one and that finally happened last year. I called somebody to install it, the old thermostat had a special place on the wall and we had to adjust that place for the dimensions of the new thermostat without having to move the ezsaver.
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Did you write that ez saver review ronnan? I see sharedreview participants get paid to drive traffic to their reviews.
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My family lives in an apartment, but we go through a big-name companies for utilities.
During the summer, we had a RIDICIOUS bill, almost $800 for cooling costs, which I thought must have been a mistake but the cause was a broken coil and some other things having to do with the thermostat.
I let the landlord know, and they replaced it and since then heating and cooling bills have reduced significantly. It's not electronic, but it quite obviously a much newer model than the one that was there originally.
So, I'd say YES, look into replacing your thermostat if your heating/cooling costs are through the roof.
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My family lives in an apartment, but we go through a big-name companies for utilities.
During the summer, we had a RIDICIOUS bill, almost $800 for cooling costs, which I thought must have been a mistake but the cause was a broken coil and some other things having to do with the thermostat.
I let the landlord know, and they replaced it and since then heating and cooling bills have reduced significantly. It's not electronic, but it quite obviously a much newer model than the one that was there originally.
So, I'd say YES, look into replacing your thermostat if your heating/cooling costs are through the roof.
Carly!!! I'd have fainted if that had dropped in my mailbox. Did your landlord pay it or anything towards it? Surely that would be his responsibility if it's because the internal workings were damaged. I feel sick just thinking about that...
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I signed up for a program that our local utility company began about 10 years ago. The utility company will install a programmable thermostat at no cost if you (me) agrees to let them turn off our AC during peak use hours (I think it's for about 15 minutes at a time). I have never noticed when or if they have cut off our A/C in all the time that we have had it. Come to think of it, I believe that the utility company only "controls" your A/C for a 2 year period under the original agreement.
Last year I had a new A/C system installed and the goofs that installed it shorted out my free thermostat! They installed a free (better?) one the next day and I also convinced them to give me a free semi-annual Spring/Fall tune up.