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Originally Posted by Tom52
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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We came from Northern Ohio and found out the hard way that sump Pumps do run in the winter. Our home was up for sale and the realtor had a Mid February showing, when went into the finished basement to put on the lights and walked in water. The sump pump broke and the basement was flooded all while the outside ground was frozen, another insurance claim while down here. Those pumps are well below the freeze line and there is water down there.