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12 April 2012 | 1 reply
I would also lock the thermostat so that the tenants would be unable to alter the temperature.
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17 February 2013 | 13 replies
I am currently a programmer for a company.
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23 February 2013 | 10 replies
Also check the main water heater control valve, it's the valve with the thermostat on, that maybe what is malfunctioning causing it to shut down.
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27 January 2014 | 14 replies
I have come to another cross road in my career as a robot programmer.
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2 February 2014 | 20 replies
EBB tend to attract children who crawl... little fingers in hot places and little fingers that turn thermostat dials.
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2 September 2014 | 14 replies
One of the pipes burst over night from the batteries in the thermostat dying so the house got really cold.
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8 February 2014 | 11 replies
A pipe froze in the basement when the thermostat battery died and now water is frozen on the wall and floor..
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14 January 2009 | 8 replies
The tenants use the heat like CRAZY in this place....Can I legally put a lockbox around the thermostat and set it at a fixed temp?
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7 January 2010 | 16 replies
Even for a web programmer like me, I prefer something that I can throw and is guaranteed to stick.
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17 August 2018 | 3 replies
Same scenario, I invested in Chicago Controls auto set back thermostats.