Programmable Thermostats - Thoughts?

[suntan]

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I have never considered any of these things, I just know my house is 18 or 19 in the winter and 20 or 21 in the summer. That's as in-depth as I've ever been with my comfort. Can't say I've ever noticed window sweat but, its absence wasn't planned.

I suddenly feel like I'm not living properly.

For me it's the humidity control, resetting the temp when my wife decides that 26 is an acceptable temperature, and so I can turn on the vent fan remotely.

[schurchill39]

This would make sense as to why they were blowing the most recent model out at Home Depot for $150

[cidley69]

Going to buy Ecobee Premium, that can control humidifier on furnace (along with all the other features). Have to pull a new thermostat wire.

How many conductors do I need to have?

[rage2]

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Going to buy Ecobee Premium, that can control humidifier on furnace (along with all the other features). Have to pull a new thermostat wire.

How many conductors do I need to have?

Install ecobee beside furnace. Use remote temp sensors. Don't even bother with pulling wires.

[ExtraSlow]

Yeah, don't need the unit out in the rest of the house. Pretty sure 5 wires is all you need for ecobee with humidity, but if I ever pull wires for a thermostat again I'd find that 7-strand wire and pull that. I'd also leave large loops at each end and a 5 foot loop bolted to the wall of the furnace room.

Because you don't ever want to need to use wire with slightly different colors.....

But rage is right, don't need that thing put for any reason aside from enjoying the big screen of it. The app is better.

[cidley69]

One of the main reasons I want a fancy new thermostat is for humidity control. Reading earlier in this thread the only humidty sensor in this system is in the main control unit, would like to put it somewehre representative of the living space of the house.

Lucky for me, its an unfinished basement, and its literally a 10 ft piece of wire between the furnace location and the current thermostat. I can even use the old tstat wire to fish the new wire into place.

Future-proofing with a 7 strand wire sounds like a solid plan!

[ExtraSlow]

I don't know if HVAC wire is different than cat6, but it's a different price to be sure.

[suntan]

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/sou...own/1000663287

Jesus this used to be around $30.

[sabad66]

If you’re not in a rush, order from Amazon. $55 for 50’ of 18/7 wire:

Southwire 64170422 18/7 Solid Copper Class 2 Power-Limited Thermostat Wire, 50 feet, Brown https://a.co/d/79hLKju

[AndyL]

Is there a cost effective "smart" thermostat option when you have multiple baseboard heaters - each with its own thermostat?

I mean it'd be cool to use them properly as independent zones and all - but at 200$+ each, when you have 5 of them...

[killramos]

Probably something to be said for only putting smart thermostats on 1 or 2.

And leave the others “dumb”.

I would bet you get 80% of the benefits if you are smart about it.

But a lot of smart thermostats don’t play nice with baseboard heaters anyway.

[killramos]

Hey just looking for some HVAC chops to confirm what i believe to be true.

Trying to diagnose why my new ecobee won’t control my furnace fan. Basically turning the fan on or off in diagnostics doesn’t seem to do anything. Fan itself seems to always run but at a very very low speed.

Looking at the wiring on the furnace. It looks like this might be caused by the installer jumpering R to G the furnace itself?



Hard to see but that is R and G jumped.

My main question, is to let the ecobee control my furnace fan do I just remove that jumper? And the ecobee will then run “G” whenever it needs to / calls for it?

This is a pretty slick unit and I can choose the fan speed using those little blue knobs down below and the VFD basically sorts it out ( my system is pressure based not airflow based).

Last winter I would have liked a bit more airflow to even out some cool spots in the home, this is my first step in trying to dial that all in.

TIA

[Darell_n]

Yes.

[JfuckinC]

What's a good thermostat now? I used to like nest before it was google... Still have one at the office. Is wyze any good, i have a bunch of their other stuff so would be nice to have in that app.

The one connected to the alarm system at my rental always seems to be fucking delayed, either not turning on when it hits below temp, or not turning off when it hits above.. i wake up cold or sweating and have to bump it from my phone......

[ExtraSlow]

Still happy with my ecobee.

[Darell_n]

I dislike them all. If anybody finds one that can be set below 4 or 5°c for garage use, let me know. The only one I’ve found is my old junk piece that originally came with my Vivint house alarm. (it went down to 0°)

My poorly insulated 2x4” wall detached garage uses roughly double the natty gas at 5° as it does at 1° when really cold outside. It’s nice warming up the garage for work without having to run out there.

[ExtraSlow]

Dear ExtraSlow, you have an alert message from ecobee for thermostat: Main Floor (522663130260):

There may be a problem with your heating system which is causing your thermostat to frequently reboot. If your HVAC system uses an air filter, try cleaning or replacing it. If the problem persists you may want to contact ecobee support or a Pro to schedule an inspection.

Had this error in December, pulled furnace filter and replaced with the crappy summer one, alert went away, until today. So not thinking it's the furnace filter. Thoughts on alternatives? Problem with wiring between the furnace and the thermostat is my guess.

[birdman86]

Power glitch? I know I had that issue when my C wire wasn't getting proper voltage. But that was a Nest, it just kept rapidly power cycling.

[killramos]

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I dislike them all. If anybody finds one that can be set below 4 or 5°c for garage use, let me know. The only one I’ve found is my old junk piece that originally came with my Vivint house alarm. (it went down to 0°)

My poorly insulated 2x4” wall detached garage uses roughly double the natty gas at 5° as it does at 1° when really cold outside. It’s nice warming up the garage for work without having to run out there.

You are an HVAC pro? Get a pro settings code to unlock the thermostat from the pleb settings, could easily do this with temp correction offset.

[Darell_n]

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You are an HVAC pro? Get a pro settings code to unlock the thermostat from the pleb settings, could easily do this with temp correction offset.

Pro settings only allow the wire terminals to be reassigned for complicated installs, no additional access is given.