As mentioned it is a Wi-Fi connected thermostat and it has an app. It is like the Nest thermostat, a piece of hardware and an app to control it, just less expensive and from a different company. I Have had one of these at home and 2 at my retail business which has separate furnaces on the main floor and first floor and they've been working perfectly for 3 or 4 years now. I am not saying that Nest is no good, but just mentioned www.RadioThermostat.com as an alternative and one that was one of the first and I know that in the States you can buy the thermostats at Home Depot for around $100; at least I read this in some posts from list members who said so.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of englishride...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 5:00 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Thermostat confusion. I'll have to check out that other thermostat you mentioned. What makes it different from the ones I mentioned? Can it interface with my iPhone, like the Nest one, or is it just a standalone unit, like the one from Talking Thermostats? Thanks, Ari > On Jul 31, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Ari, > > You may also want to consider the Wi-Fi thermostat from > www.RadioThermostat.com. They are less expensive than the Nest ones and also > work very well. > As for what a thermostat does, it maintains whatever temperature you set it > to and if you have air conditioning this also means starting your air > conditioner when it gets too hot. Let's say you live in a place that gets > pretty hot in the summer and you have air conditioning, but it also may get > cold in the winter requiring you to heat. If you set your thermostat to 70 > Fahrenheit and it is super hot in the summer, the thermostat will cause your > air conditioner to kick in if it gets a degree or two above 670 degrees, once > the temperature in the house is back down to around 69 or 70 it will turn > off. The same happens with your furnace in the winter. If you set it to 70 > degrees and it's only 40 outside, the thermostat maintains the 70 degrees by > causing the furnace to start up if it gets too cold. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > englishride...@gmail.com > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 10:34 AM > To: VIPhone Email List <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Thermostat confusion. > > So, after we move, I'm thinking of getting either one of those thermostats > from talkingthermostats.com or a Nest thermostat. I tried googling this one, > but I don't seem to be getting a proper answer. I don't really understand how > thermostats work. Not mechanically, but practically. What does setting the > temperature of the thermostat to 70 degrees actually mean? 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