On Oct 11, 6:22*pm, allanc wrote:
A friend installed a Honeywell 5+2 Digital Thermostat last weekend.
The inside temperature reads 68 and I am trying to check its accuracy.
I compared it to two free standing digital thermometers which I
balanced on top of the thermostat (at the same time).
The thermometers readings range from *69 and 71; to 71 and 71.
Any suggestions on determining the *right* temperature are
appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Who cares what the numbers are? The *right* temperature is the one
that makes you comfortable. Somehow the numbers seem to have become
more important than the real goal.

Different places in your home will vary more than that.

On Oct 11, 6:22 pm, allanc wrote:
A friend installed a Honeywell 5+2 Digital Thermostat last weekend.
The inside temperature reads 68 and I am trying to check its accuracy.
I compared it to two free standing digital thermometers which I
balanced on top of the thermostat (at the same time).
The thermometers readings range from 69 and 71; to 71 and 71.
Any suggestions on determining the *right* temperature are
appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Best is to get a few more thermometers. Then go for five out of seven
matches.

Of course, the actual temperature of the 68 and 69 may be 67.9 and 68.6
rounded off.

On Oct 12, 6:47*am, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
On Oct 11, 6:22 pm, allanc wrote:

A friend installed a Honeywell 5+2 Digital Thermostat last weekend.
The inside temperature reads 68 and I am trying to check its accuracy.
I compared it to two free standing digital thermometers which I
balanced on top of the thermostat (at the same time).
The thermometers readings range from 69 and 71; to 71 and 71.
Any suggestions on determining the *right* temperature are
appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Best is to get a few more thermometers. Then go for five out of seven
matches.

Of course, the actual temperature of the 68 and 69 may be 67.9 and 68.6
rounded off.

That is how I used to shop for thermometers with red liquid years ago.

A normal topic of conversation here (southern Ontario) is 'what
setting are you using for your furnace (or air conditioner)?'
That seems kind of irrelevant now in terms of what we are all posting
about here.

On Oct 12, 6:24*am, wrote:
On Oct 11, 6:22*pm, allanc wrote:

A friend installed a Honeywell 5+2 Digital Thermostat last weekend.
The inside temperature reads 68 and I am trying to check its accuracy.
I compared it to two free standing digital thermometers which I
balanced on top of the thermostat (at the same time).
The thermometers readings range from *69 and 71; to 71 and 71.
Any suggestions on determining the *right* temperature are
appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

* Who cares what the numbers are? *The *right* temperature is the one
that makes you comfortable. *Somehow the numbers seem to have become
more important than the real goal.

* Different places in your home will vary more than that.

I think that the analytical side of me is taking over.
I thought (obviously incorrectly) that a digital thermostat (or
thermometer) manufacturered fairly recently should be 'calibrated' out
of the box to about +/- .5 or so.
As a result, I was unpleasantly surprised when the thermostat and 2
digital thermometers were so far apart.