Is it true that most office thermostats are fake? Why am I just now learning about this 🤣
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Those coin return levers on vending machines are fake. Prevents the machine being vandalized.
It’s been too long since I’ve used one outside of Japan. They def work in Japan.
Umm… what? I mean, most commercial building have controls tied into the HVAC system. More likely it’s that an individual thermostat doesn’t control the call for heat or cooling. Ie. the majority of the thermostats in the area(hvac branch) need to call for cooling for it to kick in. Depends on the control system. I’ve never installed fake thermostats…
Yeah but are those controls publicly placed for employees to mess with or are they tucked away in a utility closet some place?
Would you give access to controls to everyone in a commercial building? The thermostats still work, but for them to actively change the temp in that room without affecting the temps in adjacent areas it would need to be serviced separately. That’s uncommon. Imagine the cost of that hvac.
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My old office thermostat worked exceptionally well. There were only a few across the building; the one for my corner of the building happened to be in my corner office.
We were advised to let HR/site staff handle them, but that advice never once stopped me from setting things right 😎
In my case it always dials 23ºC and it is scheduled for 18ºC