Category: Gadget
This subject covers reviews of or a comment on a gadget or some technology
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A Day in the Life: New Furnace #5
I arrived home this evening and cast my eyes upon the new thermostat. With its 6cm high display and 2.5cm high characters I was able to read it from the front door. It reported 70F. While we do live in a metric country I chose to have the temperature set in Fahrenheit. Why? More precision,…
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A Day in the Life: New Furance #4
“Is it on?” “It must be, it’s getting warmer” “Wow, it’s quiet”
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A Day in the Life: New Furance #3
The homeowner’s guide for the thermostat has 31 pages and starts with: Your decision to choose the Carrier Infinity Control puts you in a select group of homeowners who understand the value of precise comfort control and appreciate the simplicity of an easy-to-use, intuitive, user interface. It astonishing to me that the manufacturer could so…
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A Day in the Life: New Furnace #2
in: GadgetAs previously noted we are having a new furnace installed. The labourers are still here, but they just installed the thermometer: it has a scroll button!!!
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A Day in the Life: New Furnace
The new furnace is scheduled to arrive Tuesday. The selection process actually started several months ago. At that time we expected that it was time to replace the equipment. My first step was to consult Consumer Reports. The degree of similarity between manufacturers’ offerings is one reason this report does not include Ratings of furnaces…