Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: Victor is looking for a silent "no light" programmable thermostat

2011-11-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
At least it does not have a pin point size blue super bright LED that one can see from 100' away On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Victor, > > I suggest you go to your local ACE, Home Depot, or Lowes, and talk to the > folks there about the type of thermostat you want. Hone

Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: Victor is looking for a silent "no light" programmable thermostat

2011-11-04 Thread Mark Phillips
Victor, I suggest you go to your local ACE, Home Depot, or Lowes, and talk to the folks there about the type of thermostat you want. Honeywell makes lots of different models at different price points. I have two Honeywell digital thermostats, and they do not flash or clickthey replaced my old

Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: Victor is looking for a silent "no light" programmable thermostat

2011-11-04 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Victor Soich wrote: > Hi, > > ... > I recently switched from oil heat to gas heat. I now have a fancy > shmantzy digital programmable thermostat. > It makes a popping and clicking sound whenever the heater changes > state. It also lights up whenever the heater >

[PLUG] Off Topic: Victor is looking for a silent "no light" programmable thermostat

2011-11-03 Thread Victor Soich
Hi, I am writing to this group because I figure there must be a subset of linux people that are sensitive to extraneous noises and lights, like LEDs on high tech equipment. Furthermore, by virtue of the fact that you're into linux, you may be a bit of a hacker, or have figured out the solution to