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Lowes has the Nest Learning Thermostat 1st Generation (T100577) for $198 with free shipping. Learns your schedule to keep your home a comfortable temperature without wasting energy. Can be controlled via Wi-Fi from your smartphone or laptop. Former Apple and Google engineers are involved at Nest.
$198
Amazon: $235
Retail: $249
I say again:
Well, my average monthly natural gas bill over the last 12 months was
$106.8133. The months of Nov. Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr average $142.51 while
the other 6 months average 71.1167. Since I use NatGas for cooking, water
heater, clothes dryer, I think it is fair to say the home heating usage is
142.51-71.1167= $71.39333/mo. for 6 months or $428.36 a year.
So, using 1% savings, that's $4.28 a year savings. Hummmm.
Oh, did I mention that I live near Buffalo NY? Pretty cold here.
I got one of these for Christmas. It sits here still in the shrink wrap.
this is a product for people too dumb to program their VCR or programmable thermostat. If your video recording device is flashing 12:00 all the time, this may be a good purchase for you.
Sometimes I wonder if all those people building green homes with thousands of dollars worth of solar panels on the roof, would've had a better long term investment if their primary AC wall power during prime hours came from a natural gas generator instead. That would also come in handy charging your electric car during power outages from mishaps which seldom interrupt natural gas lines.