• rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    25·
    10 天前

    Stayed at an AirBnB a while back, they had the digital thermostat locked in at 62 degrees, it was winter in a beach town.

    I google the stat, found the maintenance code and moved the max up to 72 for our stay :)

    Was about as effective as this label :)

    • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      9 天前

      If the event that doesn’t work, buy a can of compressed air and turn it upside down.

      Spray the thermostat.

      The air that comes out is very cold and will fool the t-stat into turning on.

      Conversely, if it’s took hot, microwave some wet paper towels and put them underneath.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        9 天前

        I think I would probably try ice cubes in a Ziploc baggy, taped to the thermostat. It should last a hell of a long time.

        Of course, the problem there is regulation. You just need the heater to come on a few extra minutes an hour.

  • Zachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    10 天前

    Don’t ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever—no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you’ve been—ever, for any reason whatsoever…

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 天前

    Did you travel back in time to 1982 and vacation at my parent’s house?

    I haven’t seen that thermostat in decades.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 天前

    That’s the one I grew up with! Those things are so stupid simple they just about can’t break.

    • MeatPilot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 天前

      I had one these bad boys in my first house I bought, built in 1940’s. Replaced it, regretted it because than you have to mess with batteries (no electrical wire - just signal). Also felt like the old one was just more accurate. But you can’t program them.

      Careful lot of them contain mercury. Think even more modern ones do before digital.