The controlled thermostats will be programmed to regulate your home to a specific "power company" controlled temperature, likely 78-degrees.
Set up a small hair dryer, blowing at slow speed, high temperature directly onto the thermostat. The thermostat will record that you have 90-degree + temperature in the house... and will keep the A.C. on full blast, continually trying to cool your home to 78-degrees.
Keep a separate thermometer nearby so YOU can see what your actual temperature is in the house. When it reaches 72-degrees (or whatever you want), then turn off the hair dryer. :>)
A cheaper way to do it - use a small incandescent night light (2-7 watts) or a safe dehumidifying rod (10-20 watts). They make heat, don't make noise, and will get the thermostat reading a very high temperature.
Doesn’t this assume that one has a power outlet near enough to the actual thermostat? My thermostat is eye level on the wall. Nearest outlet is one wall away.
Poor electrical design. Every wall should have an outlet, as you never know where you will place things in the future. Some electricians fail to grasp this. I know of a school library that shall remain nameless that was constructed with a computer station area around a support in the middle of the reading area. There were plugs for the internet, but no electrical outlets. They had to run an extension cord across the floor. It was the same for the check-in desk. There was no power for the computer.
Easy way to combat the problem.
The controlled thermostats will be programmed to regulate your home to a specific "power company" controlled temperature, likely 78-degrees.
Set up a small hair dryer, blowing at slow speed, high temperature directly onto the thermostat. The thermostat will record that you have 90-degree + temperature in the house... and will keep the A.C. on full blast, continually trying to cool your home to 78-degrees.
Keep a separate thermometer nearby so YOU can see what your actual temperature is in the house. When it reaches 72-degrees (or whatever you want), then turn off the hair dryer. :>)
You're welcome.
This is the way. Winter time, throw some ice in a bag and clip it to a fan directed at thermostat.
A cheaper way to do it - use a small incandescent night light (2-7 watts) or a safe dehumidifying rod (10-20 watts). They make heat, don't make noise, and will get the thermostat reading a very high temperature.
None of this works if the Company disables them all together during "emergencies"
Doesn’t this assume that one has a power outlet near enough to the actual thermostat? My thermostat is eye level on the wall. Nearest outlet is one wall away.
Poor electrical design. Every wall should have an outlet, as you never know where you will place things in the future. Some electricians fail to grasp this. I know of a school library that shall remain nameless that was constructed with a computer station area around a support in the middle of the reading area. There were plugs for the internet, but no electrical outlets. They had to run an extension cord across the floor. It was the same for the check-in desk. There was no power for the computer.