Apartment Thermostat?

Question

Guys and Gals,

My apartment complex folks have the thermostat set to 72. I cant change it. i can only turn it on or off. However, room temperature is 65 F. it is never 72. The heaters feel cold too.

Anyway, to rig it?

Answer 1

]take a small screw driver and take the cover of the t/stat off the wall plate,once there look for R and W.take a piece of small speaker wire and jumper them two together.there is going to be voltage there so be very careful when doing it,most of the time it is 24 volts ,but in some case you have line.depending what kind of heating system they have.but i would ask the landlord to fix that problem first.and if he didn't,i call a hvac tech get the problem out of my pocket,then take it out of the rent with an receipt.good luck landlords are a pain in my ___ .

Answer 2

If your paying the rent they have no right to "fix" the heat this way unless there's something in the contract and they're paying the heat as before mentioned. If it's yours and they won't change it or let you, go to the codes division of the county courthouse and file a complaint. There should be a "renter" union in the city your from also, check and see in the phone book also, ask around the units and see what they do, if anything. Good luck P.S. yes, I could fix this but i can't morally tell you, it would be illegal, unless you had a boyfriend that knew a little about it.