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Replacing the thermostat?
November 29, 2016 at
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Hi Guys,
I have the Honeywell Beutler 800 thermostat. Recently the screen said LO BAT. I have replaced the batteries w/ different ones. I read the notice inside the cover. The fuse is still intact. No matter what batteries I put in, nothing shows up on the screen. But the heater still seems to be able to be turned on (and off) manually. So I'm assuming the screen display has failed. So much for automated environmental controls.
So in researching online, I understand the thermostat can be replaced by one w/ "compatible wiring". Is this true or can it be replaced by anything? I'm wondering if anyone has ever replaced their thermostat themselves and which brand/models were used?
I have the Honeywell Beutler 800 thermostat. Recently the screen said LO BAT. I have replaced the batteries w/ different ones. I read the notice inside the cover. The fuse is still intact. No matter what batteries I put in, nothing shows up on the screen. But the heater still seems to be able to be turned on (and off) manually. So I'm assuming the screen display has failed. So much for automated environmental controls.
So in researching online, I understand the thermostat can be replaced by one w/ "compatible wiring". Is this true or can it be replaced by anything? I'm wondering if anyone has ever replaced their thermostat themselves and which brand/models were used?
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It's one of their "learned" features - https://nest.com/support/article/...air-filter
"Other thermostats have filter alerts that go off at set times: once a month, every six months or every year.
The Nest Thermostat uses system runtime to estimate when you need a Filter Reminder. So if you don't turn cooling on much during the summer, you may go months without a Filter Reminder. If it's a very cold winter and the heating runs a lot, you'll get Filter Reminders more often."
From a Tech standpoint, I think it's a cool feature, but if you take 5 minutes, you can read and program your T-Stat and save the cost of the feature.
It's one of their "learned" features - https://nest.com/support/article/...air-filter
"Other thermostats have filter alerts that go off at set times: once a month, every six months or every year.
The Nest Thermostat uses system runtime to estimate when you need a Filter Reminder. So if you don't turn cooling on much during the summer, you may go months without a Filter Reminder. If it's a very cold winter and the heating runs a lot, you'll get Filter Reminders more often."
The Nest Thermostat uses system runtime to estimate when you need a Filter Reminder. So if you don't turn cooling on much during the summer, you may go months without a Filter Reminder. If it's a very cold winter and the heating runs a lot, you'll get Filter Reminders more often."
Regardless, are you denying that it would be more convenient to just look at your thermostat than it would be to pull out a filter and visually inspect it?
Step 2. Make billions of dollars.
In all seriousness, I gotta walk all the way to the basement to check the filter? do you realize how lazy I am? I'd much rather have the thermostat tell me when it's time to do so.
The Nest isn't very good at it though, and I'm fairly certain ZM is wrong, there is no set manual time option (not on the Gen II Nest, not sure about the latest and greatest Gen III).
Step 2. Make billions of dollars.
In all seriousness, I gotta walk all the way to the basement to check the filter? do you realize how lazy I am? I'd much rather have the thermostat tell me when it's time to do so.
The Nest isn't very good at it though, and I'm fairly certain ZM is wrong, there is no set manual time option (not on the Gen II Nest, not sure about the latest and greatest Gen III).
The stupid part is it only brings up the notice on the Nest, not on the web page or your mobile devices. I rarely look at the Nest, just adjust it from my desk, might turn it on in the mornings sometime before going to my desk but DH never actually looks at the Nest anymore, no need to do so.
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The thermostat can make a guess that's good enough for me (well, if I had one of these fancy ones--instead I just guess myself based on how often I think the system has been running).
Mine is at the 2nd floor ceiling as the AC/Heater is housed in the attic. I just need a stool to stand on and lower the cover on the Cold Air Return and drop the filter out...
But if you have a furnace closet it can be a PITA...
The thermostat can make a guess that's good enough for me (well, if I had one of these fancy ones--instead I just guess myself based on how often I think the system has been running).