As a fuel saving device, the Chronotherm was among the first “green machines.” Using electricity, it saved energy automatically, by turning the heat down at night and up in the morning.
G. Leslie Oliver, Mark Dorlandt Photography.
Ron Shuker, Nigel Heseltine
c. 1935
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The Chronotherm would introduce complex, high tech, mechanical/electric controls into the Canadian home in the late 1930s.
G. Leslie Oliver, Mark Dorlandt Photography.
Ron Shuker, Nigel Heseltine
c. 1935
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G. Leslie Oliver, Mark Dorlandt Photography.
Ron Shuker, Nigel Heseltine
c. 1935
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The Chronotherm employed mechanical/electric switching, long before electronic and digital switching devices were available.
G. Leslie Oliver, Mark Dorlandt Photography.
Ron Shuker, Nigel Heseltine
c. 1935
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