I'd take a turn up, turn down any day of the week. This digital stuff is not what its cracked up to be. 70 in winter, 68 in summer - how hard should that be...
THANK YOU! This thermostat is a perfect example of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. It should be: decide your preferred temperature first and THEN if you want to program it with times etc. go on RU-vid to figure it out lol
this is so overly complicated. thank you for this how to video. our new house has a honeywell and we've been struggling to keep the heat on, couldn't figure out why it kept going back down and we're freezing! but this should help us stay warm finally
I just moved into my first apartment today and this video was so helpful. I was stressing about how to make my thermostat work. Thanks so much kind stranger! You rock!
Very clear and helpful instructions, Andrew! I've not known how to set our thermostats until watching your video today and we have been in this new house since 2013. I agree it is very complicated and would intimidate me every time it started blinking for information I did not know how to provide. I also finally got sick of changing both thermostats upstairs and downstairs several times daily so I searched for a Honeywell Thermostat that looked liked ours and BAM! I found you! OMG, I'm so excited! Watching you do it was extremely helpful and I took notes! I did notice the thermostat showed me that I needed new batteries which was helpful, but not mentioned in your video, although quite clear on the panel.
Thank you sharing these directions they clarfied a key step for me. It's always some simple step missing when things don't work and your video is valuable.
To restore default settings: 1. Press SET 3 times to display “Set Schedule.” 2. Press and hold SET and RUN at the same time for 4 seconds. 3. Press RUN. "This thermostat is pre-set with energy-saving program settings. We recommend these settings, since they can reduce your heating/cooling expenses." *The only way to permanently override it is to click the HOLD button
I agree that the schedule process is a bit over the top but this video is super helpful when first dealing with this damn thing. The instructions were super easy to follow, clear to understand and the guy's pretty thorough! Thanks!!
I agree with Carissa. And everyone who is losing it over this infernal thermostat! Llife's hard enough without all that. But, Carissa is right. I think Mr. Hill has done an outstanding job demonstrating how to operate this Honeywell BEAST! At first I wanted to throw my laptop out with the thermostat, but I took a few minutes , calmed down, reminded myself I have overcome greater obstacles in life, and followed along the video and BOOM I had it programmed and running. It is funny , seems like a whole lotta hoo rah than just dialing the temperature and hitting the on switch, Thank you Mr. Hill !
Thanks! Gang; I had a "Hunter Thermostat" that I installed at my home in Kentucky. I used the automatic and when we returned from a three day weekend away in the summer the house was at 52 degrees. The unit had been running constantly for three days and there was ice on my indoor fan housing. I called Hunter and they expressed no need to reimburse me for a faulty thermostat! Now, I only use the manual settings .
Most confusing piece of crap ever. I don't want to schedule, I just want my air to switch on when it reaches a certain degree. I don't care about Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday and what time, I just wanted always to remain the same and I want to always have control over my AC
I know I spent hours on this. All you have to do is push the "hold" button and that turns the programming/scheduling off. It will now allow you to manually change to the desired temperate. Leave it on "hold". If you press "hold" again it will go back to the programming/scheduling.
Thank you. I just moved in to a new apartment and I have been trying to figure it out!!!! Who needs maintenance, when we have youtube videos!!! Thx again!!!
thanks you saved my life. I was alone at home and woke up to no heat but 30 degrees outside. I learned how to open the box, change batteries and set the temp.
Thanks for this video. My issue is more complicated. This unit comes on when the temperature changes by about a 10th of a degree. Thus, it is almost always running. I want to set it so that it comes on when the house temp changes one to two degrees. That way it doesn't run so much.
i just moved into a house I'm renting w/ a honeywell very similar to this.. someone else obviously set theirs to a schedule because my temp changes alot. i just figured out If u go to ur desired temp & then select HOLD- it will keep it at whatever u selected versus going to the pre programed schedule. dang electronic gadgets lol
This has been so helpful! My issue is it still stops working at a certain time every morning. Although the settings are all set and set to the same temperature. It jumps from 73 degrees to 85 within a few minutes and then I can’t get it to start back up
I just moved into a new home and it had honeywell installed. let me tell you how bad this thing is. it's the middle of the summer, i set the temp to 76 degrees and I hit hold. a couple minutes later I notice it's freakin burning hot inside my house and looked at the thermometer and the it reads 82 degrees. it went up?? wtf is the hold button just for looks?
Oh my gosh! That’s happening to me also. I HATE being in a hot house. I just bought this house and this thermostat is trying to kill me. It says it is 77 degrees in here. Like why?! I turned it down to 50 and it’s still hot. I’m just going to turn it off. I’ll have to get a contractor out here soon.
It does take a long time once it is at the temp to turn off. I used to have an old manual thermostat that was MUCH better. Still there are much worse ones out there.
I'm a millennial and grew up with the mercury switch thermostat, bought a house with central air and it didn't come with a manual, this was a big help. Stupid isn't lack of knowledge, it's dogging others for wanting to learn.
Thank you so much. My elderly Mom lives in a senior residential home and each room has finally gotten a thermostat. However, no instructions were ever given to the poor souls so they have no idea how to set or operate the thermostat. Most are always cold. :-)
ive been trying to figure this dumb thing out for a week. every other video i’ve watched hasn’t mentioned that to bypass the timed settings you have to push HOLD after using the arrows to pick your override temp. i literally owe you my life bc my house has been 50° everyday when it should be 70° and i thought i was going to have to spend 100s to have someone come install a new thermostat
Wow,, And I bragged about Honeywell install for all our new contracts gor homes, Ok Honeywell, call me, its up to you.. tbese folks are not complainting for no reason.. 9042369950
Thank you, your video helped with the functions of Hold and Run! And I liked that you used your hand to point what you're talking about. And it helped that you had a good speaking voice.
I remember setting the anticipator on the old Honeywell's dial , and dual lever thermostats. It would be great if you could adjust the deadband on these types of stats.
Hey people ... I just bought an 'old school' (NO PROGRAMMING), a Honeywell CT31 for $18.88 at Lowes. Made my life simpler. EXCEPT ... it took me a few days to get it going ... as it had a tiny piece of cardboard at the factory that said, "Remove" ( in 3 languages) so tiny I can't read it with my glasses (to protect it , or to get back at me?), which was NOT AT ALL addressed in the instructions (thanks a lot Honeywell!!) As my licensed in New York & New Jersey as a Residential Electrician son-in-law was saying, I don't understand ... Everything is wired right, yet it's not working, his 20-year-old helper spied the tiny speck of cardboard and removed it. It now works beautifully.
It means it’s warming the house to 74 from 66. But depending on the size of the house than the heat may take longer to heat to your setpoint. But if it doesn’t get to 74 within a day (Max) then it’s probably time to call the a/c repair guys
I would simply like to be able to adjust the temp...UP or DOWN manually, without all these settings. I don't need to have a different temp in the morning or when I get home from work......or the days of the week. I just basically want an ON/OFF manual Thermostat setting....but I happened to move to this house with this complicated Thermostat. QUESTION: Is there a simple way to bypass all the various time of day, day of the week, settings....??????
You guys have to remember that the heat stays on until the room with the thermostat hits that temp. If you have radiators or baseboard heat, they still give off heat after the thermostat has shut them off.
I was raised being told to NEVER touch it! Now I have a home and have to touch this thing and I don't want to mess it up. Reminds me of when I was a child and wondered what my toys did while I was at school. I believe I've set it for the week the way I want. My question is, what happens when I'm gone? To be safe, due to my ignorance of setting a thermostat, I set it every day to 65. I'm not a fan of running the heater much at all and just use blankets and such. I also work later. So, I set wake up to 9am, I leave at noon usually and come back about 9:45p. I am hoping i did this correctly...
If your thermostat is set on heat or cool, press the hold button until hold appears on the screen. Release the hold button and the program will be overridden. To get back to your program, press the run button and you will get back to your program you previously set.
I have done exactly what you have shown, but my inside heat is showing lower than what I have set. I have programmed it it tun for 24 Celsius, but inside shows as 20...what am I doing wrong please?
Can you tell me what the model number of the thermostat you used in this video is. I have the same one and dont have an owners manual and want to get one.Thanks either way.
Great video. Question, I guess you can't bypass a cycle? My thermostat in my primary house is, when you set wake say at 68deg and time, then you go to leave, you don't have to set anything, you just hold it a few seconds and it bypasses that cycle and return cycle if you like.
On aTH4210 how do I get into "settings" and then "preferences" then "smart response technology" to turn "recovery mode" off (and to turn off "energy saving mode" ? Thanks
If i want to set on a specific degree so that when the temperature is not in that degree ,it starts working, and no scheduling for time and day, what should I do? Would you please help me
If you dont have it set on a program and just want to change temperature whenever how do you do that? Like I want to turn AC on. My current temperature is on 78 and my desired tempt is 65. what is the step by step??? Cool -> 65 -> run?? I find that my ac keeps turning off and it doesnt feel cold enough. help please
