Comments on: Battery operated web-controlled door locks http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/03/battery-operated-web-controlled-door-locks/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:25:27 -0500 hourly 1 By: nick http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/03/battery-operated-web-controlled-door-locks/comment-page-1/#comment-867121 nick Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:48:11 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=39246#comment-867121 devrim, thanks for reply. Understood, risky for it to be off; i am actually just looking at whether this can be done or not; since feasible, I could leave thermostat on, etc, etc. problem, oil tank in rural area is about 600.00 to fill, in an old energy inefficient house, that is not occupied a lot. consideration to have electric heaters in basement, near water system, to keep from freezing, and have hte upstairs thermostat off, unless subfreezing, etc. again, just investigating the options : - ) devrim,
thanks for reply.
Understood, risky for it to be off; i am actually just looking at whether this can be done or not; since feasible, I could leave thermostat on, etc, etc.
problem, oil tank in rural area is about 600.00 to fill, in an old energy inefficient house, that is not occupied a lot.

consideration to have electric heaters in basement, near water system, to keep from freezing, and have hte upstairs thermostat off, unless subfreezing, etc.

again, just investigating the options : – )

]]> By: Devrim http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/03/battery-operated-web-controlled-door-locks/comment-page-1/#comment-867061 Devrim Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:18:44 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=39246#comment-867061 Yes you can do all that, but... you're taking a risk by turning off thermostat entirely, in case you forgot or too busy and then temperature falls deep freeze then the pipes burst. There will be marginal difference in savings when setting the thermostat to 60 OR keeping it off all the time except when it's below freezing. Yes you can do all that, but…
you’re taking a risk by turning off thermostat entirely, in case you forgot or too busy and then temperature falls deep freeze then the pipes burst.

There will be marginal difference in savings when setting the thermostat to 60 OR keeping it off all the time except when it’s below freezing.

]]> By: nick http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/03/battery-operated-web-controlled-door-locks/comment-page-1/#comment-866796 nick Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:24:21 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=39246#comment-866796 OK, scenario I live in one area, have a small vacation house in another area. can I control the thermostat (wintertime, want to keep it off if above freezing, but turn it on if below freezing), turn on/off lights (security), read temperature, through the compputer/internet? thansk OK, scenario
I live in one area, have a small vacation house in another area.
can I control the thermostat (wintertime, want to keep it off if above freezing, but turn it on if below freezing), turn on/off lights (security), read temperature, through the compputer/internet?
thansk

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