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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?

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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.

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On Tue, 10 May 2016 11:12:16 -0500, "Ryan P."
wrote:

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 hooked up the common wire but it still eats batteries


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.

If the A/C is on around here, it is seldom that it does not run in 15
minutes. That would usually indicate that the system was sized too
big.
Winter? I have not heard of this thing ;-)
My heating season is a few days a year and usually my wife deals with
it using the 1440w heater in the electric fireplace.
She just knocks the chill off the living room in the morning.
I have not used the toaster wire heat in the air handler since we
bought it (2014). I assume it works but I didn't test it with the new
thermostat.

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On 5/10/2016 11:33 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2016 11:12:16 -0500, "Ryan P."
wrote:

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 hooked up the common wire but it still eats batteries


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.

If the A/C is on around here, it is seldom that it does not run in 15
minutes. That would usually indicate that the system was sized too
big.

It depends on the weather... I usually have the thermostat set at 76
unless its really humid. When its 90 degrees outside, yeah, it runs a
couple times an hour. But if its 80, the A/C won't check in that often.
The refresh feature redistributes the cooler/dryer air collecting in
the basement back through the house, keeping it comfortable a bit longer
and possibly a few compressor cycles throughout the day.

I'm sure some of it is a placebo effect by just having the air moving.


Winter? I have not heard of this thing ;-)
My heating season is a few days a year and usually my wife deals with
it using the 1440w heater in the electric fireplace.
She just knocks the chill off the living room in the morning.
I have not used the toaster wire heat in the air handler since we
bought it (2014). I assume it works but I didn't test it with the new
thermostat.

Winter is great the few times a year I want to snowmobile... Otherwise
its a pain. :)

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On Tue, 10 May 2016 11:42:06 -0500, "Ryan P."
wrote:

On 5/10/2016 11:33 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2016 11:12:16 -0500, "Ryan P."
wrote:

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 hooked up the common wire but it still eats batteries


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.

If the A/C is on around here, it is seldom that it does not run in 15
minutes. That would usually indicate that the system was sized too
big.

It depends on the weather... I usually have the thermostat set at 76
unless its really humid. When its 90 degrees outside, yeah, it runs a
couple times an hour. But if its 80, the A/C won't check in that often.
The refresh feature redistributes the cooler/dryer air collecting in
the basement back through the house, keeping it comfortable a bit longer
and possibly a few compressor cycles throughout the day.

I'm sure some of it is a placebo effect by just having the air moving.

This is a single story and the ceiling fans move the air around.


Winter? I have not heard of this thing ;-)
My heating season is a few days a year and usually my wife deals with
it using the 1440w heater in the electric fireplace.
She just knocks the chill off the living room in the morning.
I have not used the toaster wire heat in the air handler since we
bought it (2014). I assume it works but I didn't test it with the new
thermostat.

Winter is great the few times a year I want to snowmobile... Otherwise
its a pain. :)

I hop on a plane when I want to ski. Now that my kids live up in the
frozen north it is easier to convince my wife I am not wasting my
money ;-)