root@lemmy.zipcake to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoWhat temperature do you keep your thermostat at?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat temperature do you keep your thermostat at?root@lemmy.zipcake to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
Title. We keep ours at 75F, parents do 77F, and in laws 68F. It made me curious what everyone else keeps theirs at?
minus-squareLegendsofanus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoNot American. What’s a thermostat?
minus-squareDirigibleProtein@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoThe electronic thing on the wall that controls the temperature of your heater or air conditioner.
minus-squarejuliebean@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months 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-up1·11 months agoMine growing up used a bit of mercury in a sealed vial mounted to that bimetallic strip.
Not American. What’s a thermostat?
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.