-Greg
Thursday, September 01, 2022
Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during 'energy emergency'
DENVER — During the dog days of summer, it's important to keep your home cool. But when thousands of Xcel customers in Colorado tried adjusting their thermostats Tuesday, they learned they had no control over the temperatures in their own homes.
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Yeah, no one could have seen that coming. Wait until they start to mandate their smart thermostats for all customers!
ReplyDeleteOr like electric stovetops, one in every new abode.
DeleteWhen I was in the people's republic of California, the electric company had a program you could sign up for that gave you a discount - - and they could control your thermostat in case of an "energy emergency". Without reading, I'm sure that is the case here. I politely declined their offer for fear of 115F and no coolers (desert living at its finest).
ReplyDeleteIf that's the case, these people have no one to blame but themselves.
Exactly. RTFC. Read The F****n' Contract.
DeleteI'll give you hundred bucks FOR FREE if you give up your soul.
ReplyDeleteOK.
Why can't I control my thermostat?
Whaaaaaaaaaaa!
“Smart” [sic] thermostat. Get $100 to sign up, then $25 annually. AYFKM? That’s peanuts in your pocket to allow some power company to define your level of comfort. By the way, CO has definitely been Californicated.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. That's peanuts to have to pry your sweaty stinking underware off your ass.
Deletethey signed up for it , and when they have to pay the piper , then it's Oh My God !! Those evil bastards . Read the fine print sunshine !
ReplyDeleteOnly 90? Bunch of Corolado pussies. It drops down to 90 here at night. If we're lucky.
ReplyDeleteGotta be a bunch of sniveling liberal idiots these people. They agreed to the terms to save a buck and when the chickens come home to roof they scream unfair. Typical libs.
ReplyDeleteYou gave away control for a few pennies a day. Are you really surprised Big Brother turned your access off when he decided it was necessary, Kulak?
ReplyDeleteIf your AC can't get the house below 78F at all resetting the thermostat to 68F will do absolutely nothing, so they really didn't lose any cooling ability. This event is one of the many reasons I will not put 'Smart' devices in my home.
Going back to the Internet of Things article from recent past. This is exactly why having "smart" devices in your home is the one of the stupidest idea's ever.
ReplyDeleteNemo
Ahahahhahahahahahahagagagagagahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha
ReplyDeleteWell isn't that just ironic?
Steve in KY
Well, they signed up for it.
ReplyDeleteTime to rip it off the wall and learn how a thermostat works and which two wires turn on the AC. According to the internet, that would involve turning off the breaker, and twisting the "R" and "W" wires together for heating; "R" with "Y" for air conditioning; "R" with "G" to turn on the fan.
I suppose that means tying R+Y+G together will turn on the AC + fan? Who knows, I use a window unit with the modem removed. I'm also not an electrician/HVAC tech and I don't recall ever wiring an outlet or thermostat so pardon me if I'm wrong. :P
Some might have more or less wires but the internet should have the knowledge of what to do.
- Arc
A properly place paper clip in older systems suffices fine. Taking the 'smart' thermostat off the net is more important.
DeleteYou can mechanically override the AC, but THEY can still monitor the house temp.
-hope it helps from NY.
Let's see now. How long will it take the script kiddies to figure out that if the company's computer can talk to the t-stat, said t-stat can talk to the company's computer?
ReplyDeleteNah, nobody would ever hack the system and mess with Xcel's office temps, I'm sure.
Xcel isn't dumb enough to have smart meters in their office.
DeleteThey bought their ticket. They signed up for it.
ReplyDeleteNow they fry in their virtue signaling worship of mother nature.
(Old Tech) Just wait until this winter everyone. Don't forget to keep your EV charged! Ha ha ha ha ha hahahahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteWe had something similar for Florida Power and light but the “reward” for having it was a pittance. So we got rid of it and I changed all light bulbs in our place to LED. $20 a bulb at the time but it paid off in a year. Now our electric bill is less than $100 a month in the hottest part of summer.
ReplyDeleteDon't they know which two wires to short out to kick that fucker back on?
ReplyDeleteDaryl
I live in the big sandy desert, there's a big dam and lake nearby but about half the year it is over 100 and fuck you degrees. My thermostat is set at 84° all summer, and that is about 2 - 10 degrees cooler than overnight temps. I grew up when Sears and the movie theater were the only places with a/c. These folks cry because it's like 90 something outside? Fuck, it will be 113° today, and right on into next week. The folks in Denver don't know what "hot" is.
ReplyDeleteYou out by Pleasant Lake?
DeleteWhen I lived in AF base housing my room-mate had a miniature Catholic alter with a candle just below the locked thermostat box. The Air Force had the AC set to 78 or 80 degrees (I can't remember which). The candle would have the thermostat in the upper 90's and the AC would be running non-stop.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea!!! It would probably work as well with a regular incandescent light bulb of 20W, assuming you can still find any those.
DeleteOn another note, Today is the first day since mid June that my A/C hasn't been running non stop since early morning. I live mid way between the 40th and 45th parallel. After a cold spring lasting until about the last week of May. It's been, for this region, screamin' hot and no appreciable amount of rain during that time either.
Nemo
Nemo
If man can limit, other men men can hack it...
DeleteComing to a super smart rechargeable battery powered vehicle near you.
ReplyDeleteNever worry about suddenly veering into path of big 18 wheeler or surging to 100 mph down that twisting cliff track. Just so long as you don't use hurty words about your trusty FBI.
Neighbor of my sister in Aurora had a smart stat many years ago. You can't get in it without them knowing.
ReplyDeleteHe switched it to fan, then ran a remote switch from the furnace to his office and controlled it manually. That way the board "thought the outside unit was off.
Wait until these same window lickers get into their electric carr and it tells them they have used all of their carbon allowance for that cycle. Just sheep being led to the slaughter. DAMF
ReplyDeleteI told people when "smart" technology was put in homes that this would happen. never let anyone have access to your home.
ReplyDeleteSimple solution... turn your WiFi router off to break the connection with the power company & then you can adjust you thermostate to the desired temperature.
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