[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by midiwiz

interesting, but doesn't explain why my unit rarely shuts off even though it shows the temp to match what it's set for for hours on end.

Check to see if the dehumidify feature is turned on. If so, turn it off and see if that makes a difference.

Note the photo in Post No. 1. The Carrier thermostat indicates that the dehumidify feature is turned on by looking at the lower left corner of the thermostat screen.

[gmdds]

Another option would be a whole home dehumidifier. It handles the humidity and leaves the AC to handle the cooling. Our thermostat at 80-82, as the relative humidity is 35-40%…anything below 80, and it is way too cool. That uses 110V to dehumidify vs the 220V on the AC. When we’re gone, we set the AC at 86, as the humidity is still at 35-40.

If you wanted to test this out, you could just use a smaller, portable dehumidifier in a central location of your house, set on 35-40%. Yes, it’s noisy, but give it about 2 days to equalize the houses humidity, then see what temp, on the thermostat, feels good. Would expect it to be a much higher setting than before, now with the dehumidified air.

The whole house unit is virtually quiet, as mine is in the attic. There is a good This Old House video on YouTube regarding whole house dehumidifiers.

[Runway48]

I have NEST thermostats controlling the zones in my home and have found them to be very convenient since we are away from the home a lot. Everything I read suggests that the Ecobee may be better but since I have other NEST devices I have so far not switched over. I do worry about outages. I've noticed that when power outages have occurred the system fully reboots. However, sometimes it's not a power outage but a cable outage. This often requires a modem and/or router reboot which is done by using a reset button on the unit or pulling the plug and re-plugging. Some posters have suggested that a smart plug could accomplish this. I must be missing something. How can a smart plug be used to reset a modem or router if the in-house wifi has been lost? From what I can see they require wifi to work. Is there a WiFi independent variety? Thanks

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by Runway48

I have NEST thermostats controlling the zones in my home and have found them to be very convenient since we are away from the home a lot. Everything I read suggests that the Ecobee may be better but since I have other NEST devices I have so far not switched over. I do worry about outages. I've noticed that when power outages have occurred the system fully reboots. However, sometimes it's not a power outage but a cable outage. This often requires a modem and/or router reboot which is done by using a reset button on the unit or pulling the plug and re-plugging. Some posters have suggested that a smart plug could accomplish this. I must be missing something. How can a smart plug be used to reset a modem or router if the in-house wifi has been lost? From what I can see they require wifi to work. Is there a WiFi independent variety? Thanks

Yes, all of the ones I have used keep working even when connectivity to the mother ship is lost, so BrianL was right - a smart plug could be powered Off & On remotely. (You do need connectivity when setting them up).

[Runway48]

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star

Yes, all of the ones I have used keep working even when connectivity to the mother ship is lost, so BrianL was right - a smart plug could be powered Off & On remotely. (You do need connectivity when setting them up).

That sounds very useful. If I understand you correctly, if you pulled the plug on your modem/router you could turn the smart plug on and off provided it was set up properly when the wifi was working. I assume this is all through a smart phone app. How does it communicate? Can you recommend a brand? Thanks

[montysl]

I have a Honeywell RTH9580WF 1005 that I have used successfully for about 3 years (I switched because I wanted Alexa compatibility). It works great, is easy to install and program and can be controlled manually and/or remotely very easily. We lost wi-go connectivity many times over those years and the thermostat came back online as soon as the Wi-do did. No issues there. I will send pics if wanted and the thermostat sells on Amazon for $150+. I will take $50 for mine.

[daniel200]

I have had an ecobee thermostat for 6 years. If wifi goes down the thermostat continues to function as programmed. But while the wifi is down you will not be able to access it remotely.

My previous thermostat had a separate humidity control also. I chose not to use it. The Ecobee has a built-in humidity sensor and I control my home humidity with the ecobee setting and the AC

[Risuli]

Just an FYI to those who may be interested. Sams Club online appears to be closing out the Ecobee 3 Lite with sensors for $99.00. NOTE: this is the price ONLINE (in club it was $149.00), but can be picked up at the Lady Lake club. Purchased one yesterday and will have it installed on Monday!