What happens if you leave your thermostat at the same temperature for 8 hours?
If you leave for more than 8 hours at a time but your thermostat is set to the same temperature, you’ll be paying to heat or cool an empty house. Now take that 8-hour timeframe and multiply it by how many days you’re gone per month. For some people, that’s more than 20 days or 160 hours!
Why does my smart thermostat keep turning itself down?
If you’re home, but you spend most of your time in a room where your smart thermostat isn’t located, after a while the thermostat will think you’re not home and will automatically turn itself down until it detects motion.
Can you put an old thermostat in series with a new one?
If in any doubt, you can put the old thermostat, set at a max cut-off temp like 80, in series with the new one to prevent a “crashed” smart thermostat from running the heat all day. The heat would only come on if BOTH thermostats agreed it should. Since the older one will be on for anything under 80, it normally does nothing and stays “on”.
What should the thermostat be when your home is empty?
When your home will be empty for 8 hours or longer, set your thermostat 5°-8° higher in the summer and 10°-15° lower in the winter. When you get home, set the thermostat back to your comfortable setting. Doing so can save you 5-15% on your yearly energy costs, according to the U.S. Department of Energy .
If you leave for more than 8 hours at a time but your thermostat is set to the same temperature, you’ll be paying to heat or cool an empty house. Now take that 8-hour timeframe and multiply it by how many days you’re gone per month. For some people, that’s more than 20 days or 160 hours!
How do you turn the thermostat up or down?
Manually turn the temperature up, or down to the desired setting, then press the ‘Hold’ button once. The word ‘hold’, or ‘permanent hold’, or something similar should appear on the digital thermostat.
If you’re home, but you spend most of your time in a room where your smart thermostat isn’t located, after a while the thermostat will think you’re not home and will automatically turn itself down until it detects motion.
When do you need to change the thermostat setting?
Instead, you should change your thermostat temperature setting whenever you leave your home for 8 hours or longer. After all, there’s no need to heat or cool your empty home to the same temperature as when you’re home, right?