SETBACK THERMOSTAT
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And for those occasions when you want to stay up a little
later than usual—and thus want the house to stay warm
for an hour or so more—a manual override switch is
helpful. Your timer may already be equipped with such a
feature . . . but if not, just wire a toggle switch into
one of the 115V lines. (If you include a pilot light in
this circuit loop, you'll be able to tell at a glance
whether you're on the auxiliary thermostat or not.)
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As you can see, there's next to nothing involved in
building this thermostat control. A couple of off-the-shelf
parts and a little wire and solder are all that go into it.
In fact, the only thing about MOTHER'S setback thermostat
that takes less effort than building the device is using
it.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thermostats do differ in their
specifications. In particular, electric baseboard controls
often operate on 115V current and can be wired directly to
a timer of suitable load capability. Also, when you
purchase an auxiliary thermostat, check to be sure that the
unit has a load rating similar to that of your main
controller.
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