Cheap Honeywell MagicStat CT3200 Programmable Thermostat

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I've had my thermostat installed for approx. two weeks now and found that it's doing what it's supposed to do I don't have to mess with it, I leave it set, and it just handles it. It's nice to have my furnace shut off at night and come on right before I go to work, and on the weekends it just keeps going all day until the time I set. One less thing to remember. Don't forget to comparison shop at local outlets...

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I have been working as an HVAC tech for 11 years now and Honeywell is the only Thermostat that I will recomend. If you are thinking about this Thermostat you will not be dissapointed. It is far more accurate than a standard T87 round stat and it is reliable. Be aware this will work on a gas furnace or oil furnace with AC . It will not work on a heat pump for a heat pump you will need a Honeywell model T8611 Cronotherm III . All in all this is a very good thermostat .

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The Honeywell CT3200 Thermostat takes its cue from your programmable coffeemaker: set the time and temperature, and you'll wake up to a warm house to go along with that pot of hot coffee waiting for you.

Anyone possessing a minimum aptitude with tools should be able to remove an old thermostat and replace it with this one. The reward for a few minutes' work is a thermostat that provides 4 heating or cooling periods on weekdays and 2 for the weekend.

The programming interface isn't intimidating. If you make a mistake, it's easy to dump out of what you're doing and come back without losing all your other settings. Monday through Friday, you can set a wake-up time and temperature, an "away" temperature to lower the heat when you're out of the house, a "return" setting to warm the house up and a "sleep" period to drop the temperature when everyone's snug in their beds. On the weekend, you're limited to a "wake" and "sleep" cycle.

Even with its rudimentary programming compared to more expensive thermostats, the CT3200 is easy to override if, say, someone comes home earlier than expected to a chilly house. You simply pump the temperature up to where you want it and the setting will be maintained until the next setpoint. There's even a "hold" option, handy for keeping an empty vacation cottage in the mountains warm enough to prevent the pipes from bursting on a freezing night.

A hardware expert friend tells me that Honeywell uses the same solid state dual-transducer temperature sensor in this model as in their most expensive commercial-grade thermostats, so if you're replacing an ancient mercury bulb thermostat, expect real, measurable savings in your heating and cooling bills. It's the same technology used by Honeywell's penny-pinching corporate clients at a price you can afford.

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This thermostat, according to the Honeywell site, is for standard furnace/air conditioning setups. It won't work with your heatpump. For that you need the CT3600, which you can't buy from amazon (yet?)

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This thermostat was easy to install, though you will have problems connecting it if the wires coming from the wall are short.

The unit's programming functions are uninspired. There is a set calendar of week days (Mon.Fri.) and weekend days. So, if you work Tues. Sat, you're out-a-luck. For the week days, you can set times and temps. for waking up, leaving for the day, returning and/or going to bed. For the weekend, you only get waking and sleeping settings. This rigid schedule does not take into account that you may stay-up later on Friday night (because it's the weekend), and that you are not likely to stay up late on Sunday (because it's a work night).