Aube and The Art of Temperature Improvisation

We've been extolling the benefits of programmable thermostats for a while now.  They're really a great way to cut back on energy costs without sacrificing comfort or convenience.  Still, we're always wary of committing ourselves to an inflexible schedule - what if we end up taking a spur-of-the-moment romantic getaway, or coming home early from a long-planned romantic getaway?  This is, after all, the Postmodern Era.  Our schedules are dynamic, not mechanical.  Our thermostats need to reflect that reality.

Well, that's why an Aube Telephone Thermostat Controller lets you control your thermostat at any time, from any place, at your convenience.  It works through your existing land line, can be hooked up to any thermostat equipped to accept a telephone interface, it's compatible with an answering machine, and you can adjust how many rings before it picks up.  It has two outputs - an Aube output that will work for most Aube thermostats, and an auxiliary that will work with other thermostats.  As a bonus, if you have an Aube thermostat you can use the auxiliary output to control another electric load, like lighting, or a water heater.  It won't mess up your whole phone system; how it works is you call once and hang up after the first ring, then call back and the controller picks up.  You can also control each item it regulates independently - so you can call up a half hour from home to get the heat turned up, then call twenty minutes later to turn the lights on - perfect for a camp, lake house, ski condo or second home.  Our video-man Tim calls it the ultimate date machine, because you can call ahead to fire up the heat, and turn on mood lighting.  It also works in reverse: say you're leaving home for a week and realize on day two that you left the heat up.  Just call up and turn it down.  The Aube Telephone Controller gives you the power of temperature improvisation.  Just think of it as furnace jazz.