On Tue 09 Sep 2008 11:03:21p, Tony Hwang told us...

SteveB wrote:
You want two high quality ones the power company came and installed in
my house?

Unless you have an absolutely predictable life, your unit will always
run unnecessarily, or you will have to put it on manual sometime to
adjust the temp.

Programming them is next to learning html on the learning scale. And
if anyone messes with it, you will be a while before you notice
anything awry, and in the process lose a lot of energy. Translation:
cash.

I replaced them with two twenty dollar units. On - Off - Cool - Heat -
Fan - Auto.

So simple I can work it.

And if I go away for a few days, it isn't cooling or heating the whole
place with no one home. Or, I don't have to program and then reprogram
them.

At first, they sounded like a good thing, but I'd never ever own
another.

Steve


Hmmm,
Programming is so awful? It's so called armchair programming with copy
feature. You take the 'stat off the wall, program it sitting at the
kitchen chair or at the desk in your den and when it's done put it back
on the wall. I can put in vacantion mode with deisred temp. I can hold
at certain for couple hours, a day or two as I wish. When batteries need
replacing after about 1.5 year, just replace them. All the program is
still there
w/o being lost. Setting back/raising temp. defnitely saves energy.


What brand/model do you have, Tony?

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