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Ryan P.

On 5/10/2016 11:04 AM, wrote:
I just pulled out my solid state programmable thermostat and put in a
good old Honeywell T-87. We never used the programming function, the
display was hard to read and the thing ate batteries.
Anyone want a SS thermostat?

How old is your furnace? Anything less than 10-15 years and you
should have a common wire to power your thermostat and the batteries
should just be a backup.

I have a Hunter (discontinued) thermostat installed... Its a pain in
the ass to read unless you are staring straight at it with the backlight
on, but I haven't found another thermostat with a "refresh" option that
cycles the fan for 15 minutes if the furnace/AC hasn't kicked in for
over an hour. Not very useful in the winter, but its great in the
summer to keep the electric bill down.