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This is a big deal. When I moved into my current apartment, the thermostat had two settings, "Heat" and "EM Heat". I didn't know what they meant, or what the di
by astawertwe 6y ago
This is a big deal. When I moved into my current apartment, the thermostat had two settings, "Heat" and "EM Heat". I didn't know what they meant, or what the difference was, and I never bothered to ask. But then one month by mistake I set the thermostat to "EM Heat" instead of "Heat". And I got a $300 electric bill instead of my usual $80. "Heat" means heat pump, and "EM Heat" means emergency heat, which means direct heating, which as the article explains requires several times more energy. I won't forget that again.
- rathel 6y agoYay for another descriptively named controls on an appliance. What did people designing this think? I know it's probably in the manual. But there are people from whom you can't expect reading the instructions - not because of "fuck the manual" attitude - like guests who live only temporarily. Would a more descriptive label save them $0.01 on ink or what?