Re: Controlling thermostat over the web

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:37:12 -0400, Don Wiss
> <donwiss@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I don't want any fancy home control system. I now have two Carrier
>> thermostats that ConEd supplied to me that have web control. In
>> return for getting these they are allowed to cycle off my
>> compressor. The problem is they cycle everybody off equally. I
>> purposedly put in an undersized unit on the roof. I'd rather it be
>> dry and not cold and clammy. But with ConEd cycling it off my
>> temperature stays in the mid-80s. So they have to go.
>>
>> Carrier has this model:
>> http://www.residential.carrier.com/products/controls/infinity.shtml
>>
>> Which states it has remote access for Internet. You can't get much
>> information on it from Carrier. It is new and the reps don't know
>> much. And they like to steer you to you dealer for any technical
>> questions.
>>
>> Are there any other options?
>>
>> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
>
> If you really want to be simple and inexpensive, You can make a
> servo based controller like below and control it over the
> internet.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/t-stat.htm

Well that certainly meets his criteria for not being "fancy!"