I would relly like to find a thermostat that I could program on the P.C., upload with a USP cable. I find the programing on mine to be cumbersome.
BTW: I have a heat pump. Given the price of oil NOW, I've been told that the "Pivot Point" is 35 degrees. Pete On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:20:16 -0600, you wrote: >Craig McCluskey wrote: >> I got a Honeywell at Home Depot. It wants to stop running the forced-air, >> gas furnace in the morning about 3 degrees below the set point. It also >> has a very narrow hysteresis band and wants to run the furnace frequently >> for only a short time. >> >> Where does one get a good thermostat? > >http://www.alpinehomeair.com/viewproduct.cfm?productID=453055819 >http://www.alpinehomeair.com/related/Honeywel%20VisionPro%208000%20Install%20Instructions.pdf > >Check out the install instructions. You can tell the PID controller how >aggressive its gains need to be, you can set the cycles per hour (not >perfectly enforce I'm sure, but will give you better control of how >short the run-time is), and it has the "adaptive intelligent recovery" >which learns your house's heat/cool times. It also has seven day >programs... you can have unique "sleep,wake,away,return" >temperatures/times for every day. The thermostat is removable so you >can program it in your lap, and then stick it back on the wall. The >thermostat will also run off the furnace's 24VAC (batteries as well). >Also, the thermostat will guarantee that the compressor has five minutes >of off time between cycles to prevent damage to the compressor (say >there is a power outage or something). > >Total overkill, but I'm a gadget freak... > >I have a dual fuel setup... heat pump and 93% gas furnace. Totally >overkill for my mild climate, but there is a long and complicated story >behind it. Would just do a heat pump next time around. Anyway, I >installed the outdoor temp sensor for the thermostat, and it uses the >heat pump down to 40F, and the gas furnace after that. I can change >that temperature to whatever I want (could do it based on gas vs. >electric costs).... > >The thermostat may not be worth the $200 price tag in my area, but as >cold as it gets up there you might recover it in fairly short order. >Maybe there are some of these hidden settings in your thermostat? All >of those settings I talked about are in the hidden "install menu". > >HTH >John the blabbering gadget freak > >John > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Fraternal Regards Pete Arnold Washington Lodge #70, P.M. S.W., Hartford Evergreen Lodge #88 P.M. x2 Past Associated Grand Marshal District 6B Grand Lodge of Connecticut A.F. & A.M. Temple Chapter O.E.S. P.P. x3 _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
