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Looks obvious to me: turn according the arrow. The argument "lower number = colder" doesn't make more sense than "higher number = cool faster" (which is actual
by xeyownt 3y ago
Looks obvious to me: turn according the arrow.
The argument "lower number = colder" doesn't make more sense than "higher number = cool faster" (which is actually how it works), so saying it's not intuitive is arbitrary.
- jstanley 3y agoBut the arrow is on the knob, which means if you turn the knob in the direction of the arrow then the reference point is moving opposite to the arrow. If the arrow were on the panel next to the knob, then you'd turn the knob in the direction of the arrow. It follows that if the arrow is on the knob, then you instead turn the panel in the direction of the arrow.
- piva00 3y agoI really don't follow, the arrow is static on the knob, wherever you turn the knob the arrow will keep pointing the same direction with the same meaning "turn clockwise for colder".
- jstanley 3y agoIf the arrow is on the knob then from the perspective of the panel you're moving in the opposite direction. I'm sure you agree that if the arrow was on the panel then you'd turn the knob in the direction of the arrow.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago> "higher number = cool faster" (which is actually how it works), Nope. Simple thermostats have no effect on the rate of temperature change, as the compressor (or furnace) does not have intermediate settings. They're either on or off. What thermostats do is keep the compressor/furnace running until the set temperature is reached (modulo hysteresis), which is a very different thing. In other words, setting the thermostat to 90 degrees F won't make the room get warm any faster. It'll just keep the furnace running until the room is 90 degrees. Probably not what you want.
- Izkata 3y agoBecause of the location of the sensor it can cool faster as a side effect, just by having the compressor run longer before it cycles.