Ivan the Butcher
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When I worked for the second largest slumlord in Columbus Ohio, I had a HVAC guy with some interesting ideas on customer satisfaction. Some clients complain about being hot or cold no matter how the equipment was working. We even had office staff that couldn't be satisfied.
His solution was a form of phycological warfare! In that some people just need to have control! So his solution for an otherwise working system was to install an inexpensive thermostat on the wall of the office or other "Cool Room". No wires, just a thermostat on the wall that they could "Adjust the heat any time they liked."
I thought he was nuts! But I watched as the complaints at the home office fell to near zero! For Thermostats in a locked box, his "solution" was to remove the lock so they could adjust 'til their heart was content. Then he would install a thermostat in the hallway on the opposite side of the wall (with a lock on it). No matter how many t-stats you have in series, (for heating) The lowest set one will control the kick on temperature! The reverse is true for cooling too.
I ordered in a case of 48 inexpensive t-states and made 48 people happy. Until the next guy to have that job figured out what we did and shot his mouth off!
Just keep this in the back of your mind, for when you need it.
Ivan
His solution was a form of phycological warfare! In that some people just need to have control! So his solution for an otherwise working system was to install an inexpensive thermostat on the wall of the office or other "Cool Room". No wires, just a thermostat on the wall that they could "Adjust the heat any time they liked."
I thought he was nuts! But I watched as the complaints at the home office fell to near zero! For Thermostats in a locked box, his "solution" was to remove the lock so they could adjust 'til their heart was content. Then he would install a thermostat in the hallway on the opposite side of the wall (with a lock on it). No matter how many t-stats you have in series, (for heating) The lowest set one will control the kick on temperature! The reverse is true for cooling too.
I ordered in a case of 48 inexpensive t-states and made 48 people happy. Until the next guy to have that job figured out what we did and shot his mouth off!
Just keep this in the back of your mind, for when you need it.
Ivan