Re: Temperature control--why?

["Randy R" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Don" <kyham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have mine all connected to the security and home automation computer.
>Whenever I head out the door and trip the security system, the combination
>sets the thermostats to different settings.  If I am just away, it turns
>things a couple of degrees in some areas of the home.  It may go up during
>the summer or down in winter.  For longer terms, I just put in vacation
>mode and the amount of change is much greater.  It also turns the water
>heater off.  There are also different lighting sequences that are enabled
>based on the security system level settings.  For vacations, it even turns
>off the water supply to the house so it can't leak.

How do you control the water heater remotely? It would be nice to be able to
turn up the water heater before we use the jacuzzi tub. (Last time we tried
to use it, we ran out of hot water before it was half full.)

Randy R