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argonautweakend posted...

Does it mean "HEY ITS SUMMER PICK SUMMER"

or

"HEY ITS COLD THE SUMMER SETTING TURNS THE HEAT ON"

fuck if i know, but after i choose a setting ill know im a minute

Well, that's what this topic is about. A thermostat with this labeling is stupid, because there's no clear right and wrong answer. If you want it colder, switching it to "Winter" makes sense, because you want it to feel like winter, i.e., colder. Equally, the thinking could be "It already feels like winter in here, I want it to be warmer", so you switch it to winter.

In a vacuum, either has a valid case for being right. That said, as explained above, normal thermostats work by "Cool"=cooler, "Heat"=warmer. And yet, the majority in the topic picked "Summer", despite it being less logical based on how "normal" thermostats work.

Why?
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