"Bubba " wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:10:28 -0500, John wrote:

Are there any thermostats (any type) that are smart enough not to
turn on the heat at 10:55 when they are programmed to set back at
11:00? It seems wasteful and hard on the equipment to do so.

Also for heat pump thermostats, are there any out there that will
not activate stage 2 (electric aux heat) during normal setback
recovery. If it is 45 degrees outside, I don't want the aux heat
immediately coming on every morning just because the thermostat
is set to warm the house to the morning temp setting.

Plenty of them out there. Honeywell, White-Rogers, etc. You just have
to stop buying that cheapo stuff for $40. Get a real stat. Upwards of
$100 and a 5 yr warranty.


For question #2 (the heat pump question) the thermostat in place IS a
Honeywell, specifically model # 8611. Another unit in the same house has
a similar thermostat except that it is branded as Lennox. In either case
when the morning/evening recovery time begins, the Stage 2 (Aux electric
heat) comes on too, which sharply increases operating costs
unnecessarily. Perhaps Honeywell should be added to the cheapo stuff
list? I believe the 8611 cost well over 100, they were installed by the
contractor when the HP units (the whole business) were replaced.