Comfort Zone
Jan. 21st, 2007 01:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisI was feeling rather chilled while watching the TV weather report this morning. At that particular time, I wrote it off as (a) after-effects from my recent cold, and (b) the fact I wasn't wearing a stitch of clothing. When I began losing sensation in my toes and fingers, however, I decided to look more deeply into the issue.
Sure enough, our digital thermostat suffered a stroke overnight. At first, it seemed it was merely misinformed about the date and, believing it was Monday, was true to its programming to lower the temperature setting while we're at work. After it resisted all our efforts to fix the date, override the default program and reset the device, we realized it was something more serious.
Ultimately, by disconnecting it from the wall panel and removing the batteries for a period of time, we were able to clear the memory and reset the beast. Now fully reprogrammed, it seems to be behaving itself again. For now.
Sure enough, our digital thermostat suffered a stroke overnight. At first, it seemed it was merely misinformed about the date and, believing it was Monday, was true to its programming to lower the temperature setting while we're at work. After it resisted all our efforts to fix the date, override the default program and reset the device, we realized it was something more serious.
Ultimately, by disconnecting it from the wall panel and removing the batteries for a period of time, we were able to clear the memory and reset the beast. Now fully reprogrammed, it seems to be behaving itself again. For now.
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Date: 2007-01-22 01:38 am (UTC)