17. The thermostat of claim 1 , wherein the thermostat is further configured to distribute a reset instruction to the at least one appliance in response to a received reset instruction from the remote maintenance server.
17. The thermostat of claim 1 , wherein the thermostat is further configured to distribute a reset instruction to the at least one appliance in response to a received reset instruction from the remote maintenance server. 18. The thermostat of claim 17 , wherein the thermostat is further configured to delay the distribution of the reset instruction by a predetermined amount of time.