Thermostats aren't accelerators

[megaton]

I'm sure this has been discussed here before, but I am truly amazed by the percentage of the general public who think that a thermostat will "accelerate" heating and/or cooling.

[dschwab9]

Yep! If it's hot, better set it at 50 to make it cool faster!

[Edmund Forsthe]

next thing that going to be said is they create an artificial blackhole that sucks out the heat or cold and creates the oposite before returning it to the rooms.

[BaldLoonie]

Hey, our office is the same way. Between the office manager and the boss's son, if their zone starts to warm up because we cut the sizing a bit close, they start turning their stat down :D Junior knows we don't have 2 stage cooling, he was very vocal in making sure I didn't get it!

[dschwab9]

I think it partly goes back to car AC. Cars have some of the most complex controls out there. You've got multiple blower speeds, controls to keep the evap from freezing, hydronic reheat, and some even have variable displacement compressors.

For example, when you turn the temperature selector colder, it blow colder air! It should work the same way at your house, right?

[Diceman]

Yeah and adding freezone doesn't always make it work better either.

[hvac r us 2]

Originally posted by Diceman
Yeah and adding freezone doesn't always make it work better either.

Dont you have to flush and re-fill your freezone every few years? You know, due to viscosity breakdown and all...

[Diceman]

Yep.....

[Yuma]

Thermostats aren't accelerators

They can be when in the On Full Force ( O F F ) mode.

Or so may think.. :)

Yuma