RE: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-27 Thread Jim Ruby
To: mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.comblindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` Hmmm, When I purchased my VIP talking thurmostat I remember having to ask

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-27 Thread Brice Mijares
] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` Hi, If the electrician did not tell you so you were done wrong. Don't know if you have recourse but you might want to look into it. At 03:44

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-27 Thread Brice Mijares
the house quicker, and the same thing during the summer, it will cool the house quicker. - Original Message - From: Jim Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:30 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat

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2007-04-27 Thread chiliblindman
One thing you need to keep in mind about buying a therm and hiring someone to install it. You are just paying them to install it, they did not sell the therm to you. The other thing to remember is if you had it operating like this since 2001, why change it now if you were happy with

Re: [SPAM] Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-27 Thread Brice Mijares
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` One thing you need to keep in mind about buying a therm and hiring someone to install it. You are just paying them to install it, they did not sell the therm to you

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-26 Thread Brice Mijares
Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` Hmmm, When I purchased my VIP talking thurmostat I remember having to ask a sales person how I could determon wheather I

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-26 Thread Brice Mijares
: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` I may be wrong cause I have a heatpump. The function of the ramping up/down of the blower is with the unit itself, not the thermostat. Our sysem has a variable-speed blower and the previous thermostat we had was designed very

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-26 Thread chiliblindman
Brice, if only your furnace is two stage, it will work fine with a single stage thermostat, or should in most cases for safety. That is designed in for safety so people do not freeze and any therm can operate it. However a two speed unit is a different thing. There is a difference

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-26 Thread Brice Mijares
. Model number 598wn036-a - Original Message - From: chiliblindman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:14 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` Brice, if only your furnace is two stage

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-26 Thread Kevin Doucet
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` Hmmm, When I purchased my VIP talking thurmostat I remember having to ask a sales person how I could determon wheather I had a 1 or 2 stage unit. Don't remember what was said

[BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-25 Thread Brice Mijares
A couple of years ago I bought a VIP 2001 talking thermostat, and was very pleased till yesterday. Last summer my air conditioner didn't seem as if it was running as well as it did in previous summers. So we received a flyer in the mail for servicing your central air, and set up an

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-25 Thread Dan Rossi
Brice, Are you sure you got the 2000 series? It looks like the 1000 series is for basic heating and the 2000 series is for heat pumps and replaces multi-wired thermostats. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081 To listen to the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-25 Thread Brice Mijares
7:49 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` Brice, Are you sure you got the 2000 series? It looks like the 1000 series is for basic heating and the 2000 series is for heat pumps and replaces multi-wired thermostats. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi

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2007-04-25 Thread Dan Rossi
Brice, I'm no specialist on these things, but according to what I gleaned off of the talkingthermostats.com page, it sounds like you need the VIP2000 series to handle a multi-stage system like yours. They can tell you more though. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-25 Thread Brice Mijares
Dan, I'll go to there web site and check it out. Thanks for the info. - Original Message - From: Dan Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat` Brice

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-25 Thread Scott Howell
I may be wrong cause I have a heatpump. The function of the ramping up/down of the blower is with the unit itself, not the thermostat. Our sysem has a variable-speed blower and the previous thermostat we had was designed very much like the VI2001 accept it didn't talk. Scott [EMAIL

Re: [BlindHandyMan] keep in mind when buying a talking thermostat`

2007-04-25 Thread Kevin Doucet
Hmmm, When I purchased my VIP talking thurmostat I remember having to ask a sales person how I could determon wheather I had a 1 or 2 stage unit. Don't remember what was said but they helped me buy the correct one. At 07:24 AM 4/25/2007 -0700, you wrote: A couple of years ago I bought a