Please don't tell my utility company. My cost have been down 35%. Pete
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Reames" <jwrea...@comcast.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 10:20:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: programmable thermostats Umm, from a thermodynamic POV, a heat pump is kinda useless with any level of humidity outside wehn its below about 50-55 degrees.... The outside coil would be the evaporator, which usually runs about 20-30 below ambient.... -j. -- John Reames Home: +1-410-664-6986 Cel: +1-443-791-5905 On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Peter Arnold wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090206/5cfb5595/attachment.html> _______________________________________ 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
