Fuck...Thermostat just died

[lawnboy]

...24 hours after turning furnace on . Opened it up, the AA batteries in it were covered in acid. What's the hotness in thermostats these days? It will need to be avaialable at home depot, since i need to get this today.

 

[beddachedda]

Nest
Ecobee

Choose the shape you like

 

[michael]

literally any of them at home depot.

 

[whatever]

ecobee > nest

 

[michael]

ecobee > nest

i like my ecobee

 

[sp00n155]

have you tried cleaning the contact terminals with a wire brush and some electrical contact cleaner? might still work.

 

[FryingPan]

Ecobee here, no complaints.

 

[Cashishift]

I like my EcoBee.. though our energy costs have gone up because we are home all the time

 

[BStork]

Just go get a regular priced thermostat. It doesn't have to be fancy to work

 

[infinite97]

Make sure you check to see if your local utility has any energy rebates available.

PGE in Oregon was offering free Nest thermostat awhile back, for example.

 

[beddachedda]

Just go get a regular priced thermostat. It doesn't have to be fancy to work

shut the FUCK up

 

[RickylSmalls]

new energizers

 

[smithers]

Have you tried replacing the batteries? Crazy, I know.

 

[couchlock]

clean it out and put in new batteries?

 

[couchlock]

i throw my car away everytime the battery dies

 

[Wolf]

i throw my car away everytime the battery dies

Just not worth the hassle of trying to replace individual parts.

 

[TomDlgns]

...24 hours after turning furnace on . Opened it up, the AA batteries in it were covered in acid. What's the hotness in thermostats these days? It will need to be avaialable at home depot, since i need to get this today.

how do we know what's available at your home depot?

 

[BStork]

shut the FUCK up

Suck. My. MotherFUCKING. Dick.

 

[BStork]

(pls)

 

[Tommy]

have you tried cleaning the contact terminals with a wire brush and some electrical contact cleaner? might still work.

A pencil eraser tip will work if you are stuck.

 

[HipHopHead]

I change my batteries every fall religiously because that would be a disaster up here if they failed in the middle of winter and I was gone for a while.

Happened to a place my buddy was renting out. They moved out early (middle of winter) leaving the house empty and came back a couple weeks later to get the rest of their things. So much ice on the floor, water running out the door down the stairs and water was still running full blast. It was many thousands of dollars in damage. Probably 10's of thousands. It was so bad I was lol'ing.

 

[Mrfrosty]

i throw my car away everytime the battery dies

I throw away the ol lady anytime she cries

 

[Harry Caray]

Just take a bit of baking soda and water and a q-tip and clean the contacts...

Why throw away a totally good unit?

Besides, you're gonna fuck up the install on the new smart unit anyways.. You know how to re-wire them and provide constant power since your old one was battery powered??

If you can't handle cleaning some simple contacts... good luck with a new install

P.S. And NO.. the thermo didn't die.. the batteries did.

 

[moneyshot1311]

Ecobee

 

[Janson]

Hopefully you don't freeze to death before this is fixed.