Quote Originally Posted by brainman1000
... My opinion on thermostats is that they are nice if you have the money, but a dimmer switch with a good thermometer works just as well. It just requires a little more monitoring and tweaking. I plugged it in last night and it took me about a half hour to tweak it to the right temps and it maintainded the temps well after that. ...
I agree with this...so long as you know you have a room who's temperature remains relatively constant. If temps in the room fluctuate more than a few degrees throughout the day, using a dimmer switch will not work nearly so well.