On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:41:06 -0800, "Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"
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"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"
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As a dad who has 50% custody of his two kids -- one week on, one week off -- I
find myself wishing someone made a programmable thermostat that could preheat
the house at 5:30 am during the weekday mornings I get up early so I can drive
the kids to school; yet was polite enough to preheat an hour later on the
weeks I don't have the kids. I get to sleep in longer those weeks. Every
thermostat I've looked at so far has a 7-day program. I asked the kid at Home
Depot about it and he went to ask the manager and I've not seen him since.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR

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Take a look at the home automation stuff, like X10 variants and the
like. I think the timing controllers are more flexible than the
typical 'stat, and I'll bet they make a control module that replaces
the 'stat. Might be too expensive for you, but worth a look.

One source is: http://www.smarthome.com/

HTH,

Paul