As I’ve mentioned before, my home is old. Definitely over 100 years old.
Probably even over 125 years old.
And while my furnace is only a few years old now, my thermostat is probably around 50 years old. That’s just an educated guess. In reality, I have no idea how old it is…
Oh, and you don’t have to email me to let me know that it looks like crap and that I should get a new one. I already know that.
But if you’d seen the room that surrounds it, well, the aesthetic appearance of the thermostat is the least of my problems…
And, hey, the old thing still works like a charm!
Anyway…
It looks like your standard round Honeywell thermostat, right? If you grew up in North America or western Europe, it should be pretty familiar. It may even drum up some warm fuzzy memories.
If you were born in the 1990’s, well, this is how we turned the heat on in the dark ages, you know, before everything went digital and became programmable.
My thermostat is a very early version of the T87 — a model that Honeywell released in 1953. If it were in better shape, it might even be worth something. Apparently one is even displayed in the Smithsonian.
But look closely… There’s a feature on there that isn’t on more modern versions…
See it?
I’ve lived in this house for over six years and I just noticed it earlier this week while researching my BFO post about turning the freakin’ heat down.
At the bottom, just above where it says “Honeywell”, they’ve highlighted a so-called “Comfort Range” between 72 and 78 degrees Fahrenheit.
Apparently, heating the home in the 1950’s didn’t cost so much…
It’s about as warm as it gets in here during the winter months and I’m still 4 degrees shy of the “comfort range”.
That’s startling! Everything is getting cheaper, except for power. I guess scarcity still matters! We keep our house at 64 now just to save money. Plus, it’s how I grew up (with sweats on all the time).
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Thought we were the only ones…
My daughter discovered the “comfort range” after we had lived in our house for 14 years. Seems the new wood stove heats cheaply enough to reach (and surpass) the desired range and allow that little red indicator to call attention to it. The look on her face was priceless. Thought she might call child services for negligence all those years, but it seems all is forgiven.
We discovered your blog when my husband was searching for a wiring diagram so we could hook the old Honeywell back up after renovations. Love that thing.
What a thing of beauty. I do hope you kept it after all and didn’t opt for a rubbish NEST lookalike.