Posted 08 March 2009 - 12:40 AM
An update for anyone thinking about this thermostat it does have one serious flaw in my opinion (at end). For starters its nice that is has a clock and allows you to set the temp all the way down to 40deg. It does not allow setting the "temp swing" but I was hoping the "heat cycles per hour" setting would let you set the maximum number of times it would come on an hour (ie 3 would be it would only allow it to run once every 20min and such) however it appears this is a run time limiter setting not run amount limiter which is a bummer. With all those in mind it performed as expected with one PITA exception: Under 32deg F the thermostat reads "LO" as its out of its range, not a big deal to me, HOWEVER if you have the thermostat in the "off" (ie don't heat or cool) setting and it drops down in the range even when you turn it to "heat" it won't engage and start the furnace which is flat out ridiculous if you ask me. I realize they design these for houses and such but what if there was a power outage or such and the temp dipped that low, folks would have to heat the place up enough or jumper the thermostat to get things running OR do what I did which is take the face off and stuff it in my jacket for 30sec to warm it up a tad then put it back to get things rolling.
Even though I have that trick up my sleeve I still find this ridiculous. You other guys that have differing models out there, I assume this isn't a problem? That said I'd really like to find something that allows a large user input for temperature swing but this works for now.
2022 F350 7.3L; family trailer at the moment and some aluminum stuck together to eventually form another truck camper
