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facecard
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 Posted - 11/26/2018 : 07:26:11 AM
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I have an old home built in 1970s and I have a Peerless burner and Riello 40. I use oil for heat and hot water. I have baseboard heating throughout the house. I have a separate thermostat to control the AC unit. I have two floors and two zones. Currently, I am using Hunter thermostat which is not cost effective and I can't control it on the phone or away from the home. These have to be programmed manually which is not always helpful.
I am thinking of Nest OR Ecobee 4. I know the benefits of each but I am not sure which is the BEST option for my home.
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RoccoDay
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Posted - 04/26/2019 : 04:30:57 AM
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I am in confusion how could you use oil for heating?
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facecard
Starting Member
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Posted - 04/26/2019 : 07:10:02 AM
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@ROCCO. Well I will do my best to help in your confusion. I am not sure what you are confused about but.... Most homes where I live (Long Island) have an oil tank and oil (expensive) gets delivered to my home during the winter season. As I said before, I have a Peerless burner and Riello 40. If you are not sure what those are..Google it. I use oil to provide heat and hot water with the help of a Peerless burner. I am not a fan of oil and I don't have a choice in the matter.
I am not going to rehash or elaborate any further on what I am asking or looking to do. |
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BLH
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Posted - 04/27/2019 : 03:24:30 AM
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| Do you know if the Thermostat locations. That now have the Hunters. Are powered through the wiring to the heat furnace and AC unit, have batteries or are plain mechanical? Reason I asked. The intelligent thermostats would need power from the system to be powered up. |
Edited by - BLH on 04/27/2019 09:48:15 AM |
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Occone
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Canada
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Posted - 08/08/2019 : 09:00:37 AM
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There is a slight advantage. Ecobee4 gets all its energy from the network, the Nest Learning Thermostat boasts a built-in rechargeable battery. Most of the time, Nest will also be powered by the network, but in the event of a power outage, it will be able to rely on its battery.
This is not a cause for daily concern, but if you absolutely need the thermostat control to work within a few seconds after the electricity returns to your home, the Nest thermostat has an advantage here. The de-energized ecobee4 will first have to reboot when the power is turned on, which means that you have to wait a little while until it “revives” again. |
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Wifi Thermostats
