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   rich1 | Nov 08, 2007 06:51pm | #1

   Just turn the power off before you hook it up.  

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   larryscabnuts | Nov 08, 2007 09:52pm | #4

   I hear ya on "turn off the power" ... Thanx.

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   Dave45 | Nov 08, 2007 08:14pm | #2

   I've used programmable thermostats for years and think that they're great.  Back when DW and I had "real" jobs, and the kids were still here, I had mine programmed to come on around 5:00 am and warm the place up to ~68* before everyone got out of bed.  It backed off to ~60* thru the day, and ramped back up to 68* from late afternoon until bedtime when it backed down to 55*.  Weekends skipped the daytime cooldown.

   I'm not familiar with your model, but White Rodgers is a good brand.  If you don't have an Owners Manual with programming instructions, their website will probably have one you can download.

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   larryscabnuts | Nov 08, 2007 09:49pm | #3

   Thanx Dave. Mine is new and in the box with an instruction book. Now that I have more time to think about it I do recall that White -Rodgers is a well known and competent company.

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   jimmiem | Nov 08, 2007 11:01pm | #5

   Bought that brand for my Central A/C.  Works fine.  Very easy to install.  Fairly easy to program. Most of the programmable stuff is not really intuitive, but if you read it,  it will eventually make sense. Bought it at an electrical supply store did not want what HD had to offer. Replaced the manual thermostat...could never get it to work accurately...love the programmable.

   
   

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   Edited 11/8/2007 3:03 pm ET by JIMMIEM

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   CapnMac | Nov 08, 2007 11:55pm | #6

   Put a pad of paper near the stat.

   Write down the settings you start with.

   After a couple weeks, see what you've changed the settings "to."  Record that info.

   Also, if you find you are coming home (or waking up, or stopping tooth brushing, whatever) and changing the "run," write that down.

   Why?

   Because you clean won't remember all that this time next year.  I know I never did, not until I started writing it down.  So, once I got the data middling-well squared away, it's on a big post-it note in two columns for heating & cooling (start & finish of the seasons).  Mostly, it makes for a "D'Oh!" reminder next to the stat, to up and take the 30-40 seconds to change the programming so you don't waste a minuet every day <sigh>.

   Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
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   JDRHI | Nov 09, 2007 12:04am | #7

   You lost me with your advice to larry.....why would you have to reset the thermo next year?

   Does yours not have seperate programs for heating and cooling?

   J. D. ReynoldsHome Improvements

    

    

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   CapnMac | Nov 09, 2007 12:43am | #8

   why would you have to reset the thermo next year?

   Ah, well, by the laborious route of writing things down, I have determined that I "adjust" to the seasons as thery wear on, and the setting shift as a result.  So, there's less cooling needed later than in the beginning, and similarly for heating.  That's me; others will vary.

   Does yours not have seperate programs for heating and cooling?

   Nope, cheapo one is in my house; the 'spensive ones went to paying clients (ain't that the way of it?)

   That, and there's about 20º difference in what I want/need/afford for heating versus cooling.  Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

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   JDRHI | Nov 09, 2007 07:42am | #9

   LOL!

   So true brotha....so true.

   J. D. ReynoldsHome Improvements