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To maximize your energy savings without
sacrificing comfort, you can install an automatic setback
or programmable thermostat.
Thermostats with automatic temperature controls adjust the
temperature setting for you. While you might forget to turn
down the heat before you leave for work in the morning, a
programmable thermostat won't! By maintaining the highest
or lowest required temperatures for four or five hours a day
instead of 24 hours, a programmable thermostat can pay for
itself in energy saved within four years.
Programmable Thermostats
Programmable thermostats have features with which you may
be unfamiliar. The newest generation of residential thermostat
technologies is based on microprocessors and thermistor sensors.
Most of these programmable thermostats perform one or more
of the following energy control functions:
- They store and repeat multiple daily settings, which you
can manually override without affecting the rest of the
daily or weekly program.
- They store six or more temperature settings a day.
- They adjust heating or air conditioning turn-on times
as the outside temperature changes.
Most programmable thermostats have liquid crystal temperature
displays. Some have back-up battery packs that eliminate the
need to reprogram the time or clock in case of a power failure.
New programmable thermostats can be programmed to accommodate
life style and control heating and cooling systems as needed
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