From: "Dan O." 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair
Subject: Re: Pissed off at th thermostat
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:26:17 -0500


Ignoramus28269 wrote in message ...
>
>My question is, are there replacement thermostats that are more
>reliable than that POS. Perhaps a thermostat with a solar battery
>built in (like my watch), or some such thing.

You mean one that will never, ever fail?

I doubt it. Even an old style totally mechanical one which uses no
power at all can fail.

>What if such a thing happened while we were on
>vacation? The house would freeze!

The water pipes could if it got cold enough which in turn could have
caused them to burst. But shit happens!

What would happen if the fan motor on your furnace failed while you
were away instead of the thermostat? Same thing.

JMO

Dan O.