My wife does all of those things as well, except the wood stove thing. The other thing she does in the car is she’ll have the temp buried low, fan on high and when she starts to get cool, instead of adjusting the fan or the temperature ( because hood forbid she use “auto”) she will aggressively flick the vents away from her or slam the vents closed.
AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 14, 2023, at 10:11 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I wonder if there is something about women that defies the logic of the > thermostat. My wife starts a fire in the wood stove and then turns down the > oil burner thermostat "So the furnace won't come on" which it won't because > the room is warmer than the thermostat set point. > > I've explained it several times but can't get her to quit it. Then she lets > the fire go out and it's 55F in the house... > > -Curt > > > On Friday, April 14, 2023 at 09:43:48 AM PDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > You talk about binary throttle control, my wife does a form of binary > temperature control. E.g. on a winter day, she'll turn the heat all the way > up immediately, then when the car is warm she'll turn the fan all the way > down but leave the temp setting on Hi. > > Also on a hot day it's full low on the temp setting for AC, then when she > gets too cold she turns the fan down. > > I have tried to tell her "there's no heat until the engine warms up" and > "just set it at 72 and it will take care of itself" but whatever, I stopped > getting into arguments about this kind of stuff a long time ago. > > >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2023, at 15:32, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> I'm always concerned when I see a car in a hot climate like ours or >> AZBob’s and the ACC is turned to “LO”. >> >> -D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
