On Feb 22, 5:07*pm, Glenda Copeland gscopel...@Use-Author-Supplied-
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How do I adjust a thermostat so that the heat reaches the set temperature?

My Honeywell round thermostat has a bulb with mercury in it and a coil of
metal that seems to control when it makes electrical contact.

When I set the Honeywell bulb thermostat to 68°F, the heat only gets to
about 58°F. Likewise, when I set the thermostat to 85°F, the heat shuts off
when it reaches about 75°F.

This works fine except my husband keeps yelling at me for setting the
thermostat to 85°.

I know the simple answer is to change him but why do thermostats have
numbers on them if they're not even close to those numbers?

Is there a way to adjust the temperature? When I pull the round cover off,
I see a copper pointer on the bottom with etch marks on the plate below but
that pointer is already all the way to the left and moving it to the right
just seems to make the offset error worse.

What's the procedure to adjust a Honewell round thermostat to reach the set
point before turning off?

You have to turn the mounting of the coil spring that the mercury bulb
is connected to. I don't have that type of thermostat any more, so I
can't give you detailed instructions. But, I'm sure others here will,
give them a few hours.