[visionrehabtherapist] Re: question about thermostats
- From: Leanne Ford <blindrehab2007@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: " Roberta \(DELEG\)McCall" <mccallr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, visionrehabtherapist <visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, UngerJ@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:39:09 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks everyone for the tips. I can't believe this never occurred to me
before! I usually have people that can see the pointer with good light.
Leanne
--- On Tue, 10/19/10, Unger, Jim (DELEG) <UngerJ@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Unger, Jim (DELEG) <UngerJ@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: question about thermostats
To: "McCall, Roberta (DELEG)" <mccallr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"'blindrehab2007@xxxxxxxxx'" <blindrehab2007@xxxxxxxxx>, "visionrehabtherapist"
<visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:22 AM
Leann, I got lucky when I moved into my new house as the thermostat has a
tactile large print ring both on the dial and on the unit itself that I can
turn and line up just like what Roberta was talking about in her post. I’m
still not sure who makes this unit but when I find out I’ll post the brand name.
Jim
From: visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McCall, Roberta
(DELEG)
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 10:16 PM
To: 'blindrehab2007@xxxxxxxxx'; visionrehabtherapist
Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: question about thermostats
This is always one that makes me (as a blind person) smile because, it isn’t
necessary to see the pointer, it is only necessary to have a system to tell
when the pointer is pointed at what you want. Place the pointer at the desired
temperature, say 72, make a mark with puff paint or HiMarks so you have two
marks that match and (voila!) you have the correct temp. If you want more than
one, use the line on the moving center ring as a pointer, set the temp where
you want the second mark (say 60 degrees) and make a second mark to line up
that with the line that’s on the center ring that is your pointer mark.
You can do this in a way that doesn’t interfere with a sighted person who might
be in the home and changing the thermostat setting if you make your lines
somewhere other than where the sighted person has to look, say on the bottom
half of the center ring that turns.
A suggestion: to remember which is the higher temp, make this line longer or
thicker by making a double line. Then to remember which is which—the bigger
one is the hotter one. I do the same system on oven dials, too.
Hope this helps.
Your friend, Roberta
Roberta McCall
Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist/Rehabilitation Teacher
517-335-7231
mccallr@xxxxxxxxxxxx
From: visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leanne Ford
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 9:57 PM
To: visionrehabtherapist
Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] question about thermostats
Hi,
First of all let me thank everyone who responded to my "test" email. I found
out some how I had set my email to vacation mode which is why I was not getting
emails.
Second, thermostats baffle me! What do you do for the thermostats that are the
round Honeywell's with the little red thing inside behind the plastic that no
one can ever see. I have conquered marking a temperature range, but that darn
little red thing inside baffles me. If one can't see the red thingy even using
a magnifier and or a flashlight, what can one do? I have advised some folks to
take the plastic cover off, but most people don't want to do that. I have
suggested switching to a push button, programmable thermostat, but that is not
always feasible. Keep in mind I am not asking about "seeing" the numbers, only
the red stick inside. Thanks in advance.
Leanne Ford, MA, CVRT
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