In the process of changing the clocks back I had my last straw with the thermostat. I have been convinced that the thermostat has been reading the wrong temperature for over a year. In the summer it wasn't bugging me because I enjoy being warm. However, when the thermostat reads 70 and I'm convinced it is not even 65 in the house I am freezing. I went upstairs and got the indoor/outdoor thermometer and brought it downstairs. It read 64.4 in the bedroom. I placed it next to the thermostat downstairs that read 70. I waited about 20 minutes and the temperature only changed about .3 degrees. I then wanted to double check my findings, soooo because we are nerds, we have an infrared thermometer, I went around and checked the surface temperature of just about everything in the house. I then took the average temperature of all the surfaces and compared them with the thermometer that I had brought down from upstairs and they were about the same. I then started taking the thermostat apart trying to figure out how to reset the temperature. I then looked up the owners manual for our thermostat online (thank you google, don't know how I lived my life without you). I figured out it was real simple and did so. Now the house finally feels comfortable and warm. Wahoo go me!
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