root@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat temperature do you keep your thermostat at?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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Title. We keep ours at 75F, parents do 77F, and in laws 68F. It made me curious what everyone else keeps theirs at?
minus-squareDirigibleProtein@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe electronic thing on the wall that controls the temperature of your heater or air conditioner.
minus-squarejuliebean@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoolder ones are often electrical, but not really electronic. they use a bimetal strip that bends due to changing temperatures, to complete a circuit at the point you set the slider. it’s actually a really fascinatingly simple bit of tech.
minus-squarePsychedSy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMine growing up used a bit of mercury in a sealed vial mounted to that bimetallic strip.
The electronic thing on the wall that controls the temperature of your heater or air conditioner.
older ones are often electrical, but not really electronic. they use a bimetal strip that bends due to changing temperatures, to complete a circuit at the point you set the slider. it’s actually a really fascinatingly simple bit of tech.
Mine growing up used a bit of mercury in a sealed vial mounted to that bimetallic strip.