Period thermostats

[Penners]

it recommends living 10 years in the past

If I live twenty years in the past, does that make me twice as good?

 

[wobs]

it recommends living 10 years in the past

If I live twenty years in the past, does that make me twice as good?

Given how little e-waste you'd produce: yes.

 

[Flyfisher]

I think it would be quite expensive to replace the washing machine, vacuum cleaner and various other devices with full time maids and a butler.

Alas, quite true Milady, otherwise I'd have done it years ago.

A full complement of staff is right up there on my list of luxuries (or essentials as they'll then be called) when I win the Euro-millions lottery. Unfortunately, I need my butler to remind me to buy a ticket.

 

[skier-hughes]

That said, I read The Idle Parent recently, and it recommends living 10 years in the past from a technology point of view. That way you can live the life of luxury far more cheaply.

Live 100 years in the past, and live like kings!

I think it would be quite expensive to replace the washing machine, vacuum cleaner and various other devices with full time maids and a butler.

Too ture when all the staff do is break everything

 

[robgil]

Sale of goods act? 3 years isnt good enough.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

As a one-time father of a teenage boy

I hate to be a pedant Mr P, but don't you mean "As a father of a one-time teenage boy"? :wink:

On topic, we have 3 Honeywell 70-odd quid LCD wired thermostats, and they've been running fine for more than 3 years now. I see nothing inherently short-lived about LCD displays... my old digital watches would suggest longevity.

Too true when all the staff do is break everything

Graham, I understand the lady in question is far too busy with domestic chores to read this site any longer. That, and she is spending to much time on Facebook at work to do anything else... 8)

 

[Flyfisher]

we have 3 Honeywell 70-odd quid LCD wired thermostats, and they've been running fine for more than 3 years now. I see nothing inherently short-lived about LCD displays... my old digital watches would suggest longevity.

I suspect you're right about LCD longevity and that the key word above is "wired", which I assume means that they are not battery-powered.

 

[worms]

As a one-time father of a teenage boy

I hate to be a pedant Mr P, but don't you mean "As a father of a one-time teenage boy"? :wink:

But perhaps he was the father of a teenage boy only once!

 

[FamilyWiggs]

well the watches are certaainly battery powered... why does the thermostats being wired make them more robust (other than prising the cover off the thermostat to replace batteries strikes me as a weak point).

On the other point, I thought Penners always referred to his gene puddle as "Miss". Has he collected the full set?

 

[worms]

I don't think anyone is suggesting that the LCDs are broken, simply that without the facility to change the batteries, battery-powered thermostats have a finite design-life, unlike the mains-powered version.

 

[Flyfisher]

Precisely.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Oh I see... should learn to read the posts properly. :roll:

My wired ones also have a battery inside - big button type, presumably to maintain clock settings during power outtages.

Is there really no way to replace the batteries in the wireless ones? Seems somewhat shortsighted...

 

[Penners]

As a one-time father of a teenage boy

I hate to be a pedant Mr P, but don't you mean "As a father of a one-time teenage boy"?

No you don't hate it - you love it! And yes, I did mean that - I wondered whether anyone would spot it.

Ahem...