30 years ago, most houses had a thermostat with two settings:
There were two slider adjustments to limit "how warm" and "how cool" the house would get before the A/C or Heater turns on to bring you back into the selected range.. These slider switches could not overlap.
EXAMPLE: Many people (especially in SoCal) were comfortable from 68-72 degrees. They felt no need to run an expensive A/C or Heater between this range.
Year 2021 - PROGRAMMING FOR AUTOMATION...
Today's automation is anything but automation. Sure, we can set a temperature, and the car will hold that value. But let's admit the truth... we set the temperature (auto) to 69º because it's hot, but then we start feeling chilled from the A/C blasting cold air around, so we move the setting to 70º and a few minutes later we notice that the heater has kicked on and its blowing hot air around making it uncomfortable, so we set it lower again and move the vents. This goes on all day. This is not automation! And it's wasting energy!
My Model-3 gives me only two options: AUTO vs MANUAL. You set a temperature, and you HEAT and COOL to exactly that temperature. In a one hour drive, you could be heating for 20 minutes and cooling for 20 minutes, with only minor changes in weather conditions. What a waste!
How about learning something from the engineers of the 60's and 70's. A Comfort range. A temperature range, that when you are within that range, you only get air circulation (absent of A/C and Heat). When outside of the range, your A/C or Heat turns on appropriately to bring you back the selected temperature range.
PS: Just kidding about the "over 50". Just suggesting that you might have to a bit older to remember how the old thermostats for houses and cars worked in the 70s and 80s. Kinda' like knowing where the term "dial the phone number" comes from - haha.
- How LOW the room temperature will go before the HEATER kicks on.
- How HIGH the room temperature will go before the A/C kicks on.
There were two slider adjustments to limit "how warm" and "how cool" the house would get before the A/C or Heater turns on to bring you back into the selected range.. These slider switches could not overlap.
EXAMPLE: Many people (especially in SoCal) were comfortable from 68-72 degrees. They felt no need to run an expensive A/C or Heater between this range.
Year 2021 - PROGRAMMING FOR AUTOMATION...
Today's automation is anything but automation. Sure, we can set a temperature, and the car will hold that value. But let's admit the truth... we set the temperature (auto) to 69º because it's hot, but then we start feeling chilled from the A/C blasting cold air around, so we move the setting to 70º and a few minutes later we notice that the heater has kicked on and its blowing hot air around making it uncomfortable, so we set it lower again and move the vents. This goes on all day. This is not automation! And it's wasting energy!
My Model-3 gives me only two options: AUTO vs MANUAL. You set a temperature, and you HEAT and COOL to exactly that temperature. In a one hour drive, you could be heating for 20 minutes and cooling for 20 minutes, with only minor changes in weather conditions. What a waste!
How about learning something from the engineers of the 60's and 70's. A Comfort range. A temperature range, that when you are within that range, you only get air circulation (absent of A/C and Heat). When outside of the range, your A/C or Heat turns on appropriately to bring you back the selected temperature range.
PS: Just kidding about the "over 50". Just suggesting that you might have to a bit older to remember how the old thermostats for houses and cars worked in the 70s and 80s. Kinda' like knowing where the term "dial the phone number" comes from - haha.