Regarding the ability to set a specific temperature for a specific room, you can actually set that using comfort settings. You can tell the ecobee to ignore the thermostat’s temperature reading. I use this for sleep mode to set my bedroom to a specific temp by only selecting the bedroom sensor for that comfort setting and deselecting all others (including the thermostat) Otherwise, great review!
I was gonna say, this is dumb if it only works if there's motion. Generally when people sleep, they don't move much haha. So it wouldn't work in the one room you need it most?
I know this comment is over a year old, but figured it was worth a shot. Can you set the sensors on a schedule? So I would not have to constantly fiddle with whether I want it to read the thermostat or a particular sensor?
Just an FYI on this Stat.. If you have a newer 2 stage furnace with a single W contact you will need to set these to HVAC furnace control. No documentation tells you this that I have found. If you don't the furnace will only run in the highest stage since the thermostat will not be able to detect the stages.
If you hook it up to w1 on a 2 stage furnace and you don't set the autostaging it's only gonna run first stage. I set them to autostage in 10 minutes, on a rheem ultra that's dipswitch #10 to on. I've never seen a 2 stage with only w1. But then again I only install rheem.
You are wrong about the Ecobee always doing averages. You can exclude the thermostat temperature itself from all Comfort Settings. Then it will only use the sensors added to the Comfort Setting. I generally only have one sensor in each Comfort Setting, so it is exact. And since my Ecobee itself is located in a bad spot, it is only a member of the Away comfort setting. I keep “Follow Me” disabled. So it doesn’t care if a room is occupied.
I got mine as part of our HVAC installation, but you can get them from Amazon (www.amazon.com/s?k=Wall+Plate+Bracket+for+Ecobee&i=tools&crid=QNN7547VWRQ&sprefix=wall+plate+bracket+for+ecobee%2Ctools%2C81&ref=nb_sb_noss_2).
What really bothers me with my Nest is that Heat+Cool mode has a range. Why can't I just set a specific temp. It drives me up the wall in the fall and spring. I want to set it to 70 and have it all year around, is that really that hard?
On my Ecobee, I was able to set my Comfort Settings to set both lower and upper to 72°. Not sure if it would work as expected if I switched to Auto mode -- currently in Heat mode.
This is an old comment but I thought I would give an answer. With auto switching thermostats there is a recommended 3 degree difference to prevent fast cycling your unit. Imagine if you have it set to 70 and it falls to 69 degrees inside. The heat kicks on and warms the house up. But because it’s just dumped so much heat into your house, the temperature goes slightly above 70 which kicks on your ac. Then your house cools down and if it goes slightly below that 70 then the heat kicks back on. This continues back and forth over and over again both wasting electricity and shortening your units life. That 3 degree gap prevents this from happening.
Just had a new Lite installed today. I have a 5-ton heat pump (with backup coils for really cold times) in my shop building. I wanted something simple, and the Lite is NOT simple. I have it configured as automatic for now. My gripe is that the company offers no WRITTEN manual on all the features and configurations available. I expect I'll get what I want, but why can we not have one simple organized manual explaining the USE of the product? Why do I have to stand up for an hour or two (on the device itself) to learn what it does and how I can make best use of it? Does ANYONE recognize the concept of READING all the details before working out a plan for configuration? Sheesh!
@@dericmederos1514 I did it myself and was surprised how easy it was, i'm a 5 /10 skilled handyman. i think this job requires 4/10 ;) you don't need an electrician, mainly because they give you the C wire adapter. if that adapter wasn't there then you would need one.
Q- I only want a smart therm to control the temp when working out of town. Will this allow me to have it stay at one temp, not a range of 4 degrees? I have a package outdoor sealed unit for my first floor, reg electric zone for upstairs.
Above the indoor temp number there's a smaller number with a tear or rain drop icon, what is that number for? I don't have wifi setup, no schedules and heating n cooling are off.
Sorry if I misunderstood but I have electric heating in my condo with baseboard . Mainly trying to use this for the living room thermostat replacement. Will this work?
I don't believe this will work with electric baseboard as those typically require line voltage thermostats (120V/240V) whereas this thermostat is designed for central heat pumps/furnaces which the thermostats operate on low voltage (24V). You will need a thermostat that is specifically designed to work with line voltage baseboard heat.
I have set my thermostat to 68 deg F but it does not go down below 72. The entire HVAC was installed a day before. But it’s still not getting lower than 72. Any advice
I assume all the zoning features aren't going to work if my HVAC just pumps air out uniformly to all vents correct? Otherwise I don't see how it can regulate temperature within different rooms if I do not have zoning capabilities on my HVAC system.
It just uses the temperature at the remote sensors and/or thermostat (you specify which sensors to use for each comfort setting HOME, AWAY, SLEEP, etc) . And your heating and cooling will turn on /off based on those termperatures instead of just the temperature at the thermostat.
@@robertfonner8360 thanks for your response. i do understand that by having separate sensors in diff areas of the house, the ecobee will have the information needed to calibrate temperature. the only thing i am not getting is let's say if someone is cooking in kitchen and the temperature there is 23C where as a guest bedroom on the same floor on the other end is 21C .. if i had sensors in both of those areas.. will the ecobee be able to "stop pumping cool air" into the guest bedroom as 21C is my lower threshold while still "pumping cool air" into the kitchen because i want it to maintain 23C and not go higher. I can't see that being possible unless i am missing something..
@@modernpicasso_ in your example (if you were just using those 2 sensors and ignoring the thermostat sensor). Your thermostat would just show as 22C (average of 21C and 23C) and would behave as if it was 22C at your thermostat. Basically, it just splits the difference and doesn't allow either area to get too far away from the set point. Also, if your unit doesn't run that often I would set a minimum fan runtime so that even if it doesn't call your ac and heat that it will circulate the air and help even out the temperature throughout the house.
@@robertfonner8360 ah now I get it thanks! So it regulates temperature based on the average temp captured by the sensors you have and including the thermostat depending on your setup. the minimum fan runtime is a good idea. Currently given the seasonal change my fan doesn’t run most of the day other than a little bit of heat during the morning to bring temps back up to 21-22C. My thermostat is an old first gen wifi honeywell so it doesn’t have that capability. Am exploring diff options now.
Yes, the Nest E: amzn.to/3qOpa63 does have an auto mode. This video reviews the features: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IDAkhTgT8kk.html
@@n3rdworldproblemz877 Geofencing would be granted to all the accounts of the household or phones given permission. I just wanted to know how or if the device handled it
A thermostat is just a switch with a thermistor or bi-metal springs or mercury bulbs, all digital stats now use the thermistor, why do we need to over-complicate them. Those sensors are dumb, if you have one room that's warmer or colder than the other and this sensor trys to meet your set point for that room the rest of your house is gonna be heating or cooling still. If you have a large 2 story house and your upstairs is hotter or colder than the first floor with one system they screwed up designing your system, they should have put in 2 systems.
A lot of people have systems with zonal control. Basically, dampers within the vents that block air to certain areas, so in that case, the system can provide room-by-room temp control. But yes, you are correct, without zonal control, the sensors only let you change the location being sensed which makes them almost useless.
Why in the world can't we just have normal dials and buttons. I'm so tired of this glass swiping and side tapping hocus pocus, it never works right and doesn't last. Plus with your finger on the screen smudging it up, you can't even see what you're setting the temperature to! My kingdom for a money saving "smart" thermostat that doesn't cost a fortune and has actual dials and buttons..... (my kingdom doesn't amount to much... so don't get too excited lol)
Your comment makes no sense. I don't think you understand how this works. Lol. If you put the temperature sensor in your bedroom on the second floor, for example, the thermostat will set the house temperature based on the bedrooms temp. So it may be colder than usual on the first floor. Usually the second floor is hotter than the set thermostat because it's taking the temp on the first floor.
