Programmable Thermostats

Programmable thermostats can save you more than ten percent on
your homes utility bills. For that reason a programmable can pay for
itself within a few years depending on the type and expense of the
type you purchase. Among others, you can expect good quality from Honeywell products.
If you are or someone else is at home most of the day and night,
you most likely do not need a programmable. Programmables are
designed for the family on a regular schedule. Those that wake at a
certain time, leave the home at a certain time, return at a certain time,
and go to bed at a certain time (on a regular basis), will benefit
from a programmable thermostat. Read the following information and
see if it applies to you for your benefit.

How the programmable thermostat
works

You have four settings on the programmable thermostat.

• Wake - this is the setting you want the temperature to be
  at when you wake. If you wake at 6 a.m. you probably want to set the wake time
  and temperature for 5:30 a.m. and whatever the desired temperature is for you.


• Leave - this is the time the last person leaves the home
  for the day. If that person usually leaves at 8 a.m. then the thermostat
  can be set to change the temperature
  at 7:30 a.m.


• Return - this is the time that the first person arrives
  home for the day. If that person arrives home at 4 p.m. then the
  time and temperature can be set at 3:30
  p.m. That way when the person arrives home, the home is at the desired
  temperature.


• Sleep - this is the time when everyone goes to bed for the night.
  If everyone is in bed by 10:00 p.m. then the thermostat can be set to
  change the temperature to a lower setting
  for the night.

Most programmable thermostats have settings for
both the weekdays and weekends so on Saturday and Sunday you can
tailor the settings according to your comfort level and usual schedule
for those days. All of them have options to over-ride the program for
manual settings and an additional benefit to owning a programmable is
that most are equipped with a compressor delay to protect your compressor
from short cycling.