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The Thermostat Continues
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The 2019 Thermostat ReThink
Back in 2017 I wrote a blog entry called “A Thermostat Weekend” – some weekend that turned out to be. Well, to cut a...
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Regular reader will know about the script that Aidan Ruff and I originally developed to put Node-Red and several other packages onto the Raspberry...
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It may sound preposterous, but some people are afraid smart thermostats are bad for heating and air conditioning systems. Here’s the good news: You...
Build a Web Connected Thermostat with a Raspberry Pi and and an iPhone
Web connected thermostats are great, but they're expensive. If you want to make your own, blogger and engineer Nooganeer shows how to build one...
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Furnace maintenance tips to get you ahead of the heating season game.
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