lauralh | baseboard heaters

So what drives me crazy in every apartment I've lived in (in this state), is that the baseboard heaters don't exactly have thermostats that work. It was slightly better in Redmond, but this apartment's heaters don't actually work with the thermostat. It's more of an on-off switch than a "suggested temperature guide". It's not a big deal right now, but when it was getting to the 20s at night it was pretty aggravating. You turn on the heater (turning the dial till it clicks, about 60 degrees) and then it never turns off again. I mean literally, if you want the heater off, you have to turn the dial back down till it clicks again, then you'll hear the heater shutting down. So for the bedroom, generally I'll turn it up an hour or two before bed, then turn it off right before getting in bed, unless I forget. Usually Reg will flip it the opposite way when he comes to bed, and then I might wake up again if it's too hot, but probably not. Whereas I almost always wake up again when it's too cold.

Anyway, it's bloody inefficient and it's bloody annoying, although when the outside temp is above 40 it's not even an issue, since our apartment is so well insulated.