Re: Thermostats - Landlord Forum thread 359700

Re: Thermostats by lpadave on September 9, 2019 @18:11

generally in middle market units and below i will replace as necessary thermostats with old fashioned sliders using bi-metalic coils that are manual with no clock or calendar controls. it makes it idiot proof. I have no real desire to educate tenants on the complexity of technology or the internet. its just a recipie for problems and late night phone calls.

on higher end units I use the basic / NON INTERNET CAPABLE Honeywell electronic units with a seven day repeat calendar and two or four set points per day. I give new tenants a copy of the honeywell user manual and they're on their own. I STILL GET CALLS. the honeywell units have proven to be pretty reliable, easy to use and well under 50 dollars each. change batteries with your periodic inspections. use lithium.

upper end tenants wishing the smart gizzmos may contact my hvac guy for products and install at the tenants expense. to interface with smart home / internet systems that the tenant wishes to install,...its their internet guy working with my hvac guy. at their expense. NOBODY BUT MY GUYS TOUCH MY HEATING OR AC SYSTEMS.

I recently had a new upper end tenant move in with a refrigerator that scanned, kept track of and actually automatically created a shopping list and ordered products
as they were used up.

gotta love this world we live in,......even as a luddite

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Re: Thermostats by Brendan on September 11, 2019 @14:35	[ Reply ]

thanks