Has he heard, Well, I just learned that the nest thermostat is on sale at Best Buy for $199. If I had bought it at that price and got a $75 rebate, the cost would've come down to $125. Or thereabouts. In any event. That's not bad when you consider that $125 for thermostat like the nest is really good price. So if anybody's in the market, this would probably be a good week to check on this.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Les, > > That depends entirely on the programs your particular hydro companies are > running. Here in Canada they do offer rebates on some stuff, but the problem > is that I already own a smart thermostat so even if they offered a rebate for > the upgrade from a regular thermostat to a smart thermostat I wouldn’t > qualify. I just went through this with lights. I had applied for a rebate for > upgrading all the old florescent tube fixtures at my retail store to LED > fixtures and thought I also ask the company that put together the quote to > include upgrading about 80 light bulbs. After an on-sight inspection the > hydro company said that because I had already changed all my old 75 Watt > halogen spotlights to the compact florescent versions I would not qualify for > upgrading these to LED. Both compact florescent and LED are considered energy > saving even though the compact florescent bulbs use I think 13 or 15 Watts > and the equivalent LED version only uses 9 Watts, still 40% less over 13 > Watts. Anyhow, I still got a $760 rebate on a total bill of a bit over $4,000 > and while I had hoped for a bit more it’s at least about 18% and the new LED > fixtures are brighter, put out a nicer light and of course there is no more > florescent hum, they are totally silent. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Les Kriegler > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 8:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Smart thermostats > > You can get a rebate on smart thermostats. I bought a nest and got a $75 > rebate from my utility company. That brought the cost down. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 26, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nest is quite expensive, haven’t checked Honeywell, but if you want a less > expensive option you can check www.RadioThermostat.com. I have heard before > that the basic thermostat used by them can also be bought at Home Depot for > around $100. The current Nest thermostat (third generation) is double that on > Amazon.com. Of course the Nest does work wit Alexa and I don’t think > RadioThermostat.com has that integration, but I haven’t checked lately. I > have owned three of the Radio Thermostats for probably 5 or 6 years now, two > are at my retail store and one is at home, they are reliable and work, the > app is accessible and the only criticism I have is that they don’t and don’t > plan to implement Apple Home Kit support. I will most likely at some point > start replacing these with one that does offer it, but not at a cost of over > $200 canadian, it is after all not that difficult to ask SIRI to open the app > and to then tap on the appropriate button a few times to raise or lower the > temperature which is done in half degree Celsius increments. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mauricio Molina > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 7:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Smart thermostats > > The Sensi is also accessible. I chose this device because it is, supposedly, > accessible with the Amazon Echo, but I have not yet gotten this part > completely figured out. The company will provide phone tech support but I > have not had the time to call. Using the app, I am able to control > temperature settings and switch from air con to heat; my needs are fairly > basic although the Sensi has several desirable features. > > Mauricio > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Kevin Chao > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 10:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Smart thermostats > > Nest or Honeywell > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 5:32 AM Tom Rash <[email protected]> wrote: > Do we have a list of smart thermostats that work with voice over yet? I know > this has been discussed before. I’m happy to go through the archives if > someone would post how to locate that thread and where to find them. If any > new info, please let me know. 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