For many years, heat was an insoluble mystery. The first step toward understanding the mystery came in the mid-1600s, when scientists began constructing the first thermometers. Once they began to realize that temperature was measureable, they...

A device incorporated into heating or cooling system to maintain a constant...

A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system so that the system's temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint temperature. The thermostat does this by controlling the flow of heat energy into or out of the system. That is,...

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-26-1992 INSTALLING A THERMOSTAT Date: 12-26-1992, Saturday Section: LIFESTYLE Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star Column: HOME CLINIC Thermostat manufacturers keep finding new and better ways to conserve the energy that...

It can now be officially reported that the 31st annual War of the Thermostat is about to conclude at our house. Dispatches from the front suggest that this was a particularly bloody winter, with notable battles being waged during the January blizzards and early...

The temperature in Lea Wait's home has been falling along with stock prices.Wait, 61, invested the early retirement buyout she took from AT&T Corp. in 1998. As stocks gyrated this winter and the heating bill at her Maine home climbed to $600 a month, she...

Imagine coming home and, with the push of a single button, turning on the lights, turning up the thermostat and flipping on the TV. Another button might shut off all the lights and turn down the thermostat when you leave.Starting next month, Best Buy Co....