[A/S] Thermostat - label maker

[Terry Tyler <tylerbears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Some home type thermostats are effected by the movement of the RV, 
> causing
> the appliance to cycle repeatedly.

Speaking of a thermostat cycling repeatedly on its own volition:

When I went for my daily walk about the house this morning, the 
Airstream's furnace was running. Say what?  How could that be?

Puzzled, I checked the thermostat located above the bedroom wardrobe. 
There are two switches, one for temperature. It protrudes from the top 
of the thermostat. The other switch is for turning on the furnace's 12 
volt power. It protrudes from beneath the thermostat.

The top switch was set for 65 degrees and the bottom switch was turned 
on. That explained why, but not, how come.

As far as I can recollect, the last time we used the furnace was last 
winter. Apparently, I did not turn down the temperature setting when we 
turned off the furnace. But that doesn't explain how come the furnace's 
power switch was "on".

Then, I remembered yesterday I stacked clothes and boxes on the 
wardrobe before putting everything away. Apparently, I inadvertently 
nudged the power switch into the "on" position. But, with the 
temperature in the 70s, the switch did not turn on the furnace, but 
this morning's temperatures in the 40-50s activated the thermostat.

The upper switch goes from "off" to "on" (left to right) and the lower 
switch goes from "on" to "off" (left to right). Quickly without 
rereading the last sentence, which is for which?

Sometimes my own stupidity surprises even me. The one good thing about 
this minor snafu is it prompted me to create 2 stick-on labels showing 
which direction each switch should be in - for "on" or - for "off."

Maybe the label above and the label below the thermostat will prompt me 
to pay more attention to the switches  every time I pile items on the 
top of the wardrobe.

Terry