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You need to get a PO Box or have it delivered to:
Grandmother
c/o Whoever
PO Box Whatever (Whoever’s PO box)
Camp Connell, CA.PO Boxes are free if you own a place up here.
As for the Camp Connell store deliveries, check your tracking number and if it says signed for by D Manning, that’s Donna at the CC store.
I think UPS and FedEx have some temporary drivers for the holiday season. They’ve never driven in snow or ice. Our regular UPS or FedEx delivery guy almost never misses a delivery to our house.
mtndad – we don’t have a PObox, thus the potential issue if Amazon sends via USPS.
Joe – when comcast mailed our first bills to CampConnell, Paula simply sent them back as undeliverable, which was fine with us – we’d told comcast to ebill us, anyway 🙂
Maybe Gramma needs to shop somewhere where she can pick shipping method… or should turn back time and plan ahead a little better 🙂 bah humbug
ebaker:
The RTH8580WF does require a battery but cannot say how long it lasts….sort of depends on whether the power is out and for how long. I have had ours in since June and have not changed the battery. I don’t know what the minimum temp setting is but you can contact Honeywell or check their website http://yourhome.honeywell.com/home/Products/Thermostats/7-Day-Programmable/RTH8580WF.htmI have has no trouble with any of the delivery companies. I get a package at least once a week.
My Amazon label Shows
My name
My PO Box
My street address
Camp Connell, CA
And my 9 digit zip.I’ve used the Filtrete unit for 2 years now and it works very well. It’s basically a rebranded Radiothermostat unit (CT30?). (And note that Radiothermostat appears to have been acquired by yet another company.)
This thermostat runs on batteries, but the WiFi portion runs on 24VAC from the furnace. The unit will continue to run its program if it loses the Internet connection. It can be set to around 36 degrees for the low point. I do set it quite low. It doesn’t affect the defrost cycle of the fridge since that is on a timer, but the refrigeration will be off most of the time which does indeed let the freezer warm above freezing. If you have things that must stay frozen (we don’t leave anything in the freezer), then you need to keep the cabin warmer than this.
The user interface on the thermostat is okay, not great, but it doesn’t matter much as we almost always use a phone app or the web interface. It’s basically a standard 7 day programmable thermostat with a WiFi addition. The way this unit works is by periodically (every few minutes) contacting the Radiothermostat servers for an update. The phone app or web interface connects to these servers remotely. Locally your phone app or PC can talk to it directly. It’s fantastic to warm up and monitor the temperature before you arrive.
And now for the more esoteric information: It is possible to get this unit to talk to a Vera (zwave) for home automation. And that means that you can program this unit more creatively. This thermostat has a numeric display that isn’t much used. With the Vera, I was able to reuse that field as the current temperature from another source. I use the weather station data from Bear Valley or Arnold so that I can see from the thermostat what is happening in one of those locations. The Vera is not for everyone as it is too complicated and finicky, but it does open up a whole new world. I use it to turn on lights before we arrive and to light up the deck where we have camera so I can see the weather at night if I want. Vera can also work with door locks.
Tortuga,
I would suggest having it sent somewhere that you can get reliable delivery. I wouldn’t count on the Arnold post office holding anything for you. You might want to talk to Paula at the Camp Connell PO and find out if it would even make it up here at all.I’ve got a question – Gramma wants to order some stuff from amazon for us, and they use UPS, USPS, or fedEx depending on what the item is… We don’t have a USPS box in Camp Connell, will the package get sent back if Amazon uses USPS instead of another carrier? Or will it get held for pickup?
We have an Ecobee. It’s been great. Min temp, though, is 45 f. I was originally unhappy that it didn’t go colder, but then I was told that forced air heaters (gas) don’t like to run very cold air for a long time. You should check your heater spec to see what the min temperature setting it can be continuously run at. Besides, running the house at 45 vs. 40 probably does not use much more gas.
Ours is hooked up to our internet WiFi. If the net goes down, it stays at the last programmed temp. If the power goes out, well…. you’re sort of out of luck since the heater isn’t going to run anyways.
I’m pretty sure the Ecobee is powered directly from the 5V source from the heater unit (i.e. wired).
If you have UPS or FedEx deliveries in the Camp Connell or Dorrington area that are shown as delivered but you haven’t received them, you might want to call down to Camp Connell and check with Donna. Apparently both FedEx and UPS have been dropping off packages at the store when the neighborhood roads are icy.
The joys of mountain living 🙂
joeThat’s very true, it can mess up the fridge if set too low. We try to keep the fridge at ~38, and would like to set the house temp to 40.
I remember hearing something about the minimum temp in your cabin had to be at or slightly avove the refrigerator settings so that the defrosts cycles, etc would function properly.
Not sure hoe much there is to that view but perhaps others have more to add to that topic.
