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this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2026
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Just playing devil's advocate, but if the story is old enough then they could've been rotary style, and they pulled a wire to sell the effect (I've done the same thing with fake surveillance cameras).
Exactly...you don't need to supply 24vdc if there's no display to power, just a dial that does nothing but satisfies the user.
I covered that possible lie in my expansive bullshit call out. You either did not read or you do not understand.
Go check it out, you might come to believe that I've installed maybe a hundred of these and actually know what I'm talking about.
How old are you?
In the 80s and 90s, thermostats had physical dials and mechanical temperature metres that did not require power. They only had two terminals for sending a signal to the controller of the furnace.
This is one. They were everywhere until the mid to late 2000s.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/168792921855?_skw=vintage+thermostats&itmmeta=01M514T246XJDF5H4WFN95E4RC&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA8LMoA3ATICNpdlejoNWn7EezK5ZxAKW7tSATJgJx%2F6H0mD4oKHO1pSLMuM11igxCTPC1IUSE6bMW%2F8SYPHbRWdMjO4hY8Mlc4gX1Bk0TN9KJLNzmKRf32UREURMJwMgwoHapUGrCtpVJNXQDg%2BxS%2Blvqt2JzwANzqAclKOChcGTvtVA%2FN7YP22xreS5NtMmfzEMzE6OQnzhRQgG9b%2FQll4Uezp5J%2BX7zTKprWaj%2Bk6MhdkuM2590Cz6zryT7ZdSA2XWtzJLbx1W5E7WVhd5LKb9jvo2txTWAQyEGA7d5Eg8mZSVmML3%2FVW%2FmpWxoZyvRMQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7Si6KSoaA
I already covered that bullshit possibility in my calling out