"Steve@carolinabreezehvac" wrote
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"Barry" wrote in message
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:11:59 -0500, "Steve@carolinabreezehvac"
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Ok! Thanks!

Dean


First of all, Decentcy Advocate is Dave, a fool who would love you to
believe he knows what he is talking about.

Second, Home Depot carries the consumer line of Honeywell heat pump
thermostat.

Third, with a heat pump, you do not want a set back, or a programmable
style
thermostat. You want to pick a temp, and LEAVE it.

When you turn the heat back, and them back up more than 4F on most
stats,
2
on others, you will automatically tell the unit to go into stage 1 and
stage
2 heat.....giving up any supposed savings you have thought you had.



Steve my honeywell digital thermostat has smart recovery. I have
it set at 64 at night and the wake period is 68. Emergency heat never
comes on.

Barry

Depending on the model you have, (notice I said most stats) it will have a
delay that you can program in, and more features that unless you have the
master catalog for repair, you cant, but anyway,if thats the case, you
either have a short recovery time, and the stat never reaches the limit on
time to start the strips, or, you have done like we do, and installed an
outdoor stat that controls the strips..either way, nice to know, but we do
tell everyone that buys a standard, no frills, setback stat, that
information so that they are aware that its possible.
With the outdoor stat, its not an issue unless the temps are below
setpoint
anyway.


I added a enable / disable switch at the air handler--( this is that Lennox
POS, not the Luxaire )....so in the rare event I want to 'allow' a
thermostat or heatpump ( during defrost ) call for auxillary heat to
activate the heat strips, I can always set that switch to the 'enabled'
position....

Actually its a spst switch, and when it's in the 'disabled' position, *any*
call for auxillary heat instead activates a relay that turns on separate
water source heat pump--but that's a different story altogether and I probly
shouldnt elaborate further on it here, being something thats probly beyond
the scope of the vast majority of homeowners.

--

SVL