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Understanding Your Thermostat: The Basics of Temperature Control
When you approach your thermostat to increase the temperature, what happens behind the scenes is quite straightforward but fascinating. At its core, the thermostat's job is to communicate with your heating and cooling systems. In essence, it can do one of three things: command heat, instruct the fan of your forced air system to turn on, or in the summer months, activate the air conditioning along with the fan.