S. Barker wrote:

then you go PAST the 'target' temp.

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Overshoot a bit and then let the
system relax. You might reach a stable point quicker that way than
approaching it asymptotically from below, which is what he said.

Google "critically damped."



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"Ann" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:14:39 -0600, dpb wrote:


Ann wrote:
...


Yes, but ... there is more to heat than the air for the temp in a room
to
be relatively stable. (Which is why I used "stay warm".) Setting the
thermostat higher than the target temperature does expedite the process.

...

How, precisely, in the absence of the higher input rate previous poster
mentioned do you propose this piece of magic happens???

Duration of input.






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