Oops, I sent
this to Curtis by mistake, but wanted it to go to the list for Carl and
anyone else interested.
Steve KW3A
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Curtis Delzer" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:42 AM
Subje
ct: Re: accessible thermostat
>
> Carl,
>
> I went with the Kelvin a few years ago since I wanted 7 day individual
> settings. As for your problem:
>
> Since you have no need for them, you should turn off the "clapper" and
> voice activation features.
> With the clapper active, some kinds of household noise, barking dog,
> chiming clock, etc. can activate the thermostat and the setting can
> change. Even at 2 A.M. I turned mine off since sometimes clanging
> dishes at the dinner table would activate it.
>
> I recently found that running 600 watts cw on 160 or 80 meters would
> activate the thermostat, although the setting never changed. The
> thermostat would just announce the time and temp. I found that shutting
> off the voice recognition feature solved the problem.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carl Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: accessible thermostat
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have had a Kelvin talking thermostat for several years. It works
>> pretty
>> well but sometimes seems to have a mind of it's own. At night it is set
>> to
>> turn the furnace on at 55 degrees as we don't like the heater on at
>> night. From time to time it comes on anyway and when I check the setting
>> it has changed to 62 degrees. When I check the program it is still set
>> at
>> 55 degrees. I have noticed this change in set temperature at other times
>> also. If I were to do it again I would try the other brand. I don't
>> need
>> the voice activation feature anyway.
>>
>> Carl, W6RGH
>>
>>
>>
>> At 11:51 AM 1/17/2008, you wrote:
>>
>>>Two of them, in fact.
>>>
>>>The Kelvin is a talking thermostat that is also voice-controlled. You
>>>can
>>>program I think four different times for each day of the week.
>>>
>>>The Talking Thermostat from VIP Solutions, http://talkingthermostat.com
>>>is
>>>a
>>>programmable thermostat that allows you to set four diffferent events for
>>>a
>>>Monday-Friday period and a different four for weekends. It does not have
>>>voice
>>>activation, and considering sojme of the problems with the Kelvins in
>>>that
>>>sense, maybe that's a good thing.
>>>
>>>Steve, K8SP
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:54 AM
>>>Subject: OT: accessible thermostat
>>>
>>>
>>>this is pretty off topic, but much of the list traffic is so i don't mind
>>>posting it here.
>>>
>>>does anyone know of a talking home heating thermostat? or perhaps one
>>>that
>>>is programmable and usable without sighted assistance?
>>>Most of the automatic programmable ones ive seen have LCD displays and
>>>buttons to set them.
>>>This isn't much of a problem, but i would like to find one that is less
>>>complex and that one can consistently set and program without depending
>>>on
>>>eyes.
>>>Also, since i know next to nothing about these things, can I simply hook
>>>a
>>>new unit up to my existing system, bypassing the existing single slider
>>>controlled old style thermostat?
>>>Can i simply take the old one off the wall, hook the wires up to the new
>>>one
>>>and have a programmable thermostat?
>>>
>>>thanks for any thoughts on this
>>>
>>>73
>>>Colin, V A6BKX
>>>
>>>
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