My Spectrum wi-fi modem was replaced Friday the 17th by a Spectrum tech. No big deal, right? Well, I didn’t realize what replacing a wi-fi modem meant. Anything that used a wi-fi connection had to be updated.

It was fairly easy to get my Alexias to work again, but I had problems updating my garage door opener, my thermostat and my printer. Oh, yes, and my Alexia controlled lights no longer work. I spent four hours Friday and didn’t get any of them working as they worked before the modem was replaced.

I finally got my thermostat to work through my phone on Saturday (yesterday). Somehow, when I was working on my thermostat it got stuck on HEAT!!! It was 81 outside but 90+ inside.

It never got below 85 in here. Although I went to bed, I just couldn’t sleep. At 3:00 a.m. I got up and went to the great room because it had better outside air flow. With all the windows open it finally cooled down. I went back to bed about 6:00 and did sleep about an hour. By then it was a comfortable temperature inside.

I checked and still had no A/C. Before it heated up too much, I called KPW (Kings Point Warranty) which covers all my appliances including my A/C. The guy came almost immediately. He worked on the thermostat and said the “heat” setting was all that worked so it never would have cooled. It did cool quickly and I was happy but about an hour after he left, the heat came back on. (I’d opened the thermostat to make a copy of the settings and apparently that messed things up.) The installer guy said I may need to replace the thermostat. I am careful not to touch any settings.

I was exhausted from the heat and it took a while to cool the place down. I actually took kind of a nap.

It’s working now. I can change the setting with my phone. Temperature is 74 and I’m happy!!

Still no printer, no garage door when controlled by my phone, no lights except manually. I can get by. I may call the computer guy but I’ll keep trying.

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Tuesday – The lights are now working through my phone. Yea!! Only took about five hours! Now I can turn them on/off from bed. (When I turn in fairly early, I always leave at least one great room light on for Sophie. Later I turn it off. Now I can go back to that routine.)