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Most of us spend only a half to a third of our time at home: the rest of the day, we're either at work or traveling there. Typically, we'll have a programmer or thermotstat at home that switches the heating on or off either according to the time of day or the inside temperature. But that's a crude system at best. By default, to avoid a cold home, a lot of us just turn the heating up high, wasting ...
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A smart thermostat does the thinking you don’t want to do. It can learn your schedule, turn itself down when nobody is home, and balance temperatures around your home to make you comfier while using less energy . Our extensive testing shows that the T18XUTW-7-WIFI(TY) Thermostat is the best smart thermostat because it manages your home with the least amount of input, it’s simple to use, and it has...
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A smart thermostat is installed just like a regular model, and requires manual adjustments by you for the first week or so. Once you have adjusted the thermostat to your comfort levels a few times a day (usually when waking, leaving the house, coming home, and going to bed), the thermostat learns these preferences and automatically makes adjustments. When your schedule varies, it can automatically...
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Lot of people have a misconception that thermostat makes sure that water heater is switched off when the water is heated. People have a tendency of leaving the water heater “ON” all the time thinking that the thermostat will take care of switching it off when the water is hot. This tendency can lead to lot of electricity wastage. All water heaters loose heat through their body. Water once heated i...
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Things that you can do to save electricity in water heaters: Avoid over heating of water in water heaters. Keep thermostat at medium levels. Choose a right sized water heater so that electricity is not wasted in heating extra water that is not required. Choose efficient (5 star rated water heaters). Do not keep water heater on for longer durations. Just switch it on a few minutes before you need h...
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“Smart Thermostats” are technologically superior, modern, internet connected thermostats which can save energy like no other thermostat. A smart thermostat can save energy in the range of 10% to a max of 23% (under ideal conditions) annually. Apart from energy savings, smart thermostats are built with high end features like control from anywhere using smartphones, self-learning (auto-scheduling an...
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