I set the thermostat to 60 degrees, then place a security camera in a position that the exterior doors can be monitored. Right in front of the camera is a large thermometer so anytime I check the camera remotely I can also confirm the furnace is working. I do not have one of those wifi thermostats that can be monitored remotely. I turn off the hot water heater (electric) and shut off the water where it comes into the house, then open a tap in the basement to insure there is no water pressure. I pour some water into the basement floor drains and I also add RV antifreeze into bowl and tanks in all toilets. I don't worry about the basement flooding as it has never flooded, the sump pumps don't run in the winter as the ground outside is frozen. I leave a key for the neighbor if there would be a problem. I can't stop my cable as I need the Wi-Fi to keep working so the security camera can be monitored. I have a mechanical timer set up on our modem so that it gets automatically rebooted every 24 hours. Once in a while there is some sort of hiccup with our cable connection that requires manually rebooting the modem.
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