You’ve heard the saying “they don’t make ‘em like they used to”. This is true with a lot of things in our modern disposable world. It is especially true when you look at home construction. There is just no comparison in the cheap modular building materials that are used today versus the hardwood construction and craftsmanship that went into home construction years ago.
However, there are some modern items that even an old home shouldn’t be without. One of these is a programmable thermostat for your air conditioning systems. With a programmable thermostat, you can save a ton of money by setting schedules for your heating and air conditioning needs which means that your home air conditioners will run only when they need to run and save you electricity by not running when they are not needed. Using the cost effective Honeywell TH6000 as an example, you can create four different time setting for cooling during the week, and a separate four time settings for the weekend. There is no need to fidget with the old dial thermostat again.
There are other benefits to using a programmable thermostat. You can set up a security code that must be entered before it will accept any changes. This is a great feature for those dads that constantly have to get on their kids for messing around with the thermostat. Another thing that it will do is monitor the lag between cycles and prevent the air conditioning unit from kicking in too soon after the completion of a previous cycle, which helps to prevent compressor burnout and extends the life of your air conditioning system. Some thermostats like the Honeywell TH6000 have what is known as an ‘adaptive learning feature’ which allows it to remember how long it takes you system to cool the home from one temperature to another. This is a great feature because if for example you have your thermostat programmed for 85 degrees during the weekdays when the home is mostly unoccupied, and then you want it at 78 degrees at 6pm when you get home, the thermostat will learn that it needs to start the air conditioner running at exactly 5:47pm to get your home to the desired 78 degrees by the time you walk in the door. Pretty cool, huh?
