I'm looking for recommendations for an easy to install digital programmable thermostat.

5/5/2008 11:17:43 AM

Lounge.


My parents installed one a few years back. They got it from Lowes.

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 11:20 AM. Reason : .]

5/5/2008 11:19:00 AM

i think honeywell makes good residential ones.

johnson controls/york, siemens, trane, and rockwell all make them for commerical / industrial use and id imagine they make residential ones too.

Obviously there are other brands but these are all top notch manufacturers of controls products.

5/5/2008 11:21:12 AM

any from lowe's are going to be fine

for $60ish you can get one with a nice remotes and enough programming ability to do anything you'd want to do

5/5/2008 11:22:35 AM

i've got one

never used the programming though

and it cant keep time for shit

it loses ~0.3 minutes/day

5/5/2008 11:22:44 AM

oooo

$129.99
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2126060&cp=2568443.2568453.2627949.1260927

5/5/2008 11:22:48 AM

thats the one i have

5/5/2008 11:32:49 AM

This is the one I have. I just liked the aesthetics of it more than the Honeywell stuff.

5/5/2008 11:41:36 AM

^that's the one i have at the beach actually

5/5/2008 11:47:49 AM

Do these allow you to schedule the circulating fan separate from the AC/Heat handling? We like to run the fan constant in the evening to help even the upstairs/downstairs.

5/5/2008 11:30:38 PM

i've got the 7-day honeywell...got it on sale for $80

i like it

5/5/2008 11:43:36 PM

they make a big difference fo sho

5/5/2008 11:48:14 PM

i've got a $40 honeywell 5+2 that i installed myself, piece of cake to do so

saved me mad scrilla over the past year

5/6/2008 12:33:34 AM

I'm assuming you are going on time-of-day rates? Otherwise, this wouldn't make much of a difference.

5/6/2008 2:18:51 AM

^yes it would, when you're at work you don't need as much AC - granted it costs money to bring your house back to the temperature you'd like it at upon your return, but it costs less than keeping your house at that temperature all day

5/6/2008 5:14:53 AM

i use the 7 day honeywell, it's pretty nice. i've got no complaints, yet.

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : i don't have the time of day power price structure though.]

5/6/2008 3:46:22 PM