Before my husband left for work, he would adjust the thermostat to energy saving mode and then turn off all the lights.
- I had to be at work an hour before him, and I got home an hour and a half before him.
Last week, I left for work and knew when I got home, the house was going to be cool and comfortable. It was supposed to be ninety and humid. When I got home, it was ninety and humid in the house, and the air conditioning wasn’t working. When I looked at the thermostat, I thought my husband had turned it off. It wasn’t like him to turn the thermostat off, but as I said, he did put it into energy saving mode. The air conditioning would begin to ramp up half an hour before I got home, and the house would be cool when I walked in. The more closely I looked at the thermostat, I knew it was the problem and not my husband. I called him and asked if he would pick up a new thermostat on his way home from work? He promised to stop at the HVAC company and get a new programmable from them. That way, he could talk an HVAC technician into installing it for him. My husband was an excellent business man, but he knew nothing about electricity. He cringed if he had to change a light bulb. Two hours later, our new thermostat was installed, and refreshingly cool air was coming from the air vents. I’m glad all we needed was a thermostat to get the AC unit running again.