"Ken" wrote in message
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I agree with the other posters- teach the kid or other offender, or buy
one
of those clear lock-boxes with the vents, to install around the
thermostat.
Any wall-mount lock-box could be adapted, just drill enough holes for
venting, but the clear ones are slightly less ugly. Might have to go to a
real supply house, not the big-box, to find one. Or maybe if there is a
cover over the buttons, just devise some sort of lockout or seal for
that.
If you are handy, you could even build a recessed cabinet into the stud
space, mount the 'stat in that, and put a locking glass door on the
front,
like an old-time office fire alarm. Again, be sure to vent it, so the
thing
gets a true reading of air temp.

aem sends...

Reminds me of a story I heard where the tenants kept an ice pack on the
locked thermostat in the winter time to get the house to heat up more.

Of course in time the condensation will ruin the lock and thermostat.


I suppose you could do the reverse with a small space heater blowing on
the thermostat in the summer to get the A/C to go colder.

Ken