[dougp23]

I was outside and kept hearing the boiler run, and I thought we are almost at the end of May, why is the boiler running so much? Go into my teen's room and it's a freakin sauna, he has it set to 80....snoozing away....

Any good residential style thermostat where I can set an upper limit?

 

[Nik333]

I was outside and kept hearing the boiler run, and I thought we are almost at the end of May, why is the boiler running so much? Go into my teen's room and it's a freakin sauna, he has it set to 80....snoozing away....

Any good residential style thermostat where I can set an upper limit?

How about just a very, very small, safe electric heater for him? Or an electric blanket that turns off after 6 hrs? :wink2:

 

[yuri]

Honeywell has one and it is on sale at Home Depot.

option 0600 in the program menu. you can lock it out from 40-89 deg F. Preset at 90 F.

However if Junior gets into the menu he or she/they can reset it.:biggrin2:

Have to press 2 buttons at the same time to get into the menu and I doubt they are that clever.

Hide the install manual and there is no visible model # except on back so they cannot easily go online and get a manual.

You can also buy plastic locking thermostat box covers.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Honeywell-7-Day-Programmable-Touchscreen-Thermostat-RTH7600D/203539463

 

[supers05]

However if Junior gets into the menu he or she/they can reset it.:biggrin2:

Have to press 2 buttons at the same time to get into the menu and I doubt they are that clever.

Hide the install manual and there is no visible model # except on back so they cannot easily go online and get a manual.
...

That was until you meet the new generation.... The software locks only work for most people.

Most simple stat would be the pro5000 series. No program schedule. 1 heat/ 1 cool. Pro6000 series is about 30% more, but has a schedule.

Cheers!

 

[yuri]

Well hopefully they don't google Honeywell thermostat manual and find it.

I am so damn old I remember when the first calculators came out in about 1970. It literally had 4 functions. +/-/x/divide and =. Then the deluxe model came out with a memory. yeehah we had M1 and M2 and could store results.

Also remember when the first microwave came out in about 1973.

The generation now learns 6 words when born;

NO, google, twitter, facebook, instagram, [email protected]:biggrin2:

Not sure if your choices have the lockout feature as the cheaper ones don't and the retail models have less features than the Pro ones we can get. The one I gave has the lockout in the retail version.

 

[supers05]

Not sure about the retail models verses the pro models, but i know the pro5 has temp range limits.

Cheers!

 

[jimn]

Have him/her pay the gas or oil bill. That should put an end to it. Probably what my father would have made be do after what ever other form o punishment was doled out.

 

[yuri]

Eh it's just life, having teenagers. One of my customers was complaining his teen son did no work, slept in and brought his friends over and they raided the fridge, plus jacked up the heat. I almost felt like telling him to give the bum the boot.

I had to pay the fuel and elec bill as soon as I got to be 18 and working instead of rent. No way I got to raise the thermostat before that.:vs_no_no_no:

 

[BayouRunner]

I used the Honeywell vision pro to lock my teens out when they were home. One would set it on 80, the other would set it on 65 to push the others buttons. Set up a program and left it like that for years. They are all gone now. Sure is sweet.

 

[user_12345a]

A lot of people crank it up or down thinking that it will heat/cool faster when it's just a switch.

The lock boxes, limits shouldn't be necessary in residential.

Has nothing to do with being a "teen" issue, people are stupid especially when someone else is footing the bill.

 

[supers05]

... especially when someone else is footing the bill.

IE. A teen? At least for the majority of households, teens fall into this category.

Cheers!

 

[bfletcher7]

Reading the OP it seems like a teen issue to me. And here at my house I do value limits and unique 4-digit access code offered on my stat

 

[user_12345a]

IE. A teen? At least for the majority of households, teens fall into this category.

Cheers!

Tenants with utilities included, office workers with an open t-stat without lock-box too.

It blows my mind how wasteful people are even when paying for utilities. finite energy is treated as if it's free.

 

[how]

Ah teens....

You could also consider installing an el cheapo simple lever mechanical thermostat and just use a judicially placed screw to physically prevent the operating lever from being raised above what ever temp you decide on.

Of course my fathers use of secret switches to prevent this latch key kid from watching TV all the time....
was what originally got me into electrical experimentation,
but
If he had any idea of the amount of times I shocked myself silly, I'm sure he would have left that TV circuit alone.