If the Power Company registers that you disconnected or bypassed your thermostat, they may immediately cancel your plan (turn off your electricity) or else add $Hundreds in extra fees for your violation.
Don't mess with their thermostat. Keep in mind that a thermostat is a dumb thermometer attached to electronic controls for your AC unit. A thermostat senses the temperature of the room (where it's located on the wall)... and then tries to regulate the house AC unit within pre-set limits.
It's easy to fool a thermometer into reading a bogus "house temperature", so it will keep running the heating or air conditioning while it keeps trying to achieve the pre-set temperature.
Simply taping a small incandescent night light with the bulb being next to the thermostat sensor (which is in a grilled vent area located on the bottom or side of the thermostat) can give you all the control you need. The night light bulb will heat the air around the temperature sensor by at least an extra 5 degrees. Find the right light bulb & distance from that sensor that works for you.
That way, if the power company tries to regulate your house to 78-degrees, the thermostat will regulate it to 78-degrees (which is what it's sensor will show)... but your house will actually be around 73-degrees. If the power company ever thinks about coming to check on it, just remove the night light. Let them check all they want.
People signed up for this. The get a break on their power cost if they give the power company the ability to shut off the AC during a critical electrical event. The Power company has their device attached to the AC Breaker, so they can shut off the AC and save some power so they don't lose the grid.
I can confirm that works. My parents have their thermostat right by their TV. The heat from the TV makes it seem warmer inside and keeps the AC going. Their power company regulates temps often in summer.
Recommend against doing that.
If the Power Company registers that you disconnected or bypassed your thermostat, they may immediately cancel your plan (turn off your electricity) or else add $Hundreds in extra fees for your violation.
Don't mess with their thermostat. Keep in mind that a thermostat is a dumb thermometer attached to electronic controls for your AC unit. A thermostat senses the temperature of the room (where it's located on the wall)... and then tries to regulate the house AC unit within pre-set limits.
It's easy to fool a thermometer into reading a bogus "house temperature", so it will keep running the heating or air conditioning while it keeps trying to achieve the pre-set temperature.
Simply taping a small incandescent night light with the bulb being next to the thermostat sensor (which is in a grilled vent area located on the bottom or side of the thermostat) can give you all the control you need. The night light bulb will heat the air around the temperature sensor by at least an extra 5 degrees. Find the right light bulb & distance from that sensor that works for you.
That way, if the power company tries to regulate your house to 78-degrees, the thermostat will regulate it to 78-degrees (which is what it's sensor will show)... but your house will actually be around 73-degrees. If the power company ever thinks about coming to check on it, just remove the night light. Let them check all they want.
I dunno about you but I'd just rather control my own air conditioning thanks.
Their thermostat should not be inside anyone's home period. It's bad enough they stuck smart 5g meters outside our homes, not happening inside.
those 5g meters piss me off. Those employees waltz onto the property and give me anxiety.
People signed up for this. The get a break on their power cost if they give the power company the ability to shut off the AC during a critical electrical event. The Power company has their device attached to the AC Breaker, so they can shut off the AC and save some power so they don't lose the grid.
I find it weird your energu companies can control what you powr in your house? We have nothing like that in aus
The clowns signed up for the service to gain a discount on their power bill then whine when it’s used.
Choices have consequences.
Fucking idiots.
I can confirm that works. My parents have their thermostat right by their TV. The heat from the TV makes it seem warmer inside and keeps the AC going. Their power company regulates temps often in summer.
I keep it at 80 anyway, but thanks for the tip!