"Lurch" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:43:28 GMT, "Phillip Brown"
strung together this:

Forgot to mention, the thermostat had been behaving strangely for a week
beforehand. E.g. the required temperature was set at 24-degress, the room
temperature was 25, yet the thermostat had not clicked 'off'.

Christ! How accurate do you want it? I'd call that reasonable, look at
the instructions and you'll see what the olerances are. I'd allow it
to be more than 1degC out. Did you measure the exact temperature on
the exact point on the stat that measures temperature, or did you
think it would measure the temperature on the other side of the room?

Thanks for the compliment however my name's not Christ, but that aside
there's another misunderstanding. Normally I set the stat to 24. When the
temperature display *ON THE STAT* reaches 24, the stat turns itself off --
it knows it has achieved its goal.

Lately however, the display *on the stat* was showing 25+, even though the
desired temperature was set to only 24. It was continuing to heat the house
beyond what it was set to do. This had never happened in over a year I had
it, so I understandably diagnosed a problem with the stat.

I did not measure the actual air temperature separately!

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SJW
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