The purpose of the C wire is to provide power. Some units will allow for
the use of batteries to provide this power. it appears that this is the case
with this particular unit.
Andy
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Hello Chris,
This particular thermostat has a terminal for a grounding wire but I do not
know if one is required. I think not.
While not wanting to get off-point, I will say that I suspect that many
thermostats, in order to be widely compatible, allow for a great many
installation options.
For example, in the setup manual, for this model, it instructs the installer
to insert 2 batteries into the unit before attaching it to the bass, that
should already be mounted onto the wall. However, this unit, has a
terminal, on the back, for a power cable. It's not actually called a power
cable but I cannot remember the actual name of the cable. if one has such
a cable already built into the house, as does mine, then batteries are not
necessary.
I had a professional installer switch out my old thermostat for the new one.
He did it in seconds and did not need to read the installation setup guide.
These setup guys are written for the non-professional user, in most cases.
Mark
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Cris Ali
Sent: Friday, January 6, 2023 8:09 AM
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Subject: Re: An Alexa Compatible Thermostat, Anyone?
Does it require a C wire? Some smart thermostats require C wire to be
installed.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 6, 2023, at 2:20 AM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
Hello James and Everyone,
I purchased the Sensi model st55 Smart Thermostat 2 days ago and had it
installed early this morning.
In a word, it is amazing. The physical buttons are easy-to-use and allow
for complete use of the thermostat just as was my old unit.
I did not configure the wireless settings until late this evening because
the buttons work so well.
However, I now have the device setup to work with either Alexa or Siri.
And of course, one can use the Sensi app which is remarkably VoiceOver
accessible.
Now I will tell you that the Apple Home Kit setup was a thousand times
easier than was Amazon Alexa. In fact, for the first time, I was truly
disappointed with Alexa because, in my opinion, not only would a blind or
low vision person be hard pressed to configure the unit without sighted
assistance, but the process is unintuitive and convoluted. In addition,
at the time of this writing, one cannot setup Alexa with the device until
one uses the Sensi app to create an external account, etc. Ridiculous.
Apple Home Kit, on the other hand, was fast, simple, and could easily be
configured by a totally blind person as long as the person had the
security code which is included on a sheet of paper located inside the
package. The best part? One does not need to install the third-party
Sensi app in order to be up and running in minutes.
I have decided to use Siri to run the thermostat as doing so is intuitive
and works flawlessly from all of my Apple devices including my Apple
Watch.
I think the Sensi people must love Apple because, if one did not want to
configure Home Kit, manually, to work with the device, one only has to
point iPhone camera to a QR code located in the packaging which
automatically launches Home Kit and begins the configuration process.
Most impressive, to say the least.
While I love Alexa, this round definitely goes to Siri.
Thank you all for your contribution to this thread and, like James, I
definitely recommend this $80 unit to anyone who is in the market for a
new thermostat, WiFi enabled or not.
Mark
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James Bentley
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2022 7:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: An Alexa Compatible Thermostat, Anyone?
I’ve had a Sensi model st55 for 2 years now.Be sure you get this cheaper
$80.00, model available from Amazon. It has buttons that control
selecting heat or air conditioning and changing the temperature and more.
It also works with Alexa and there is an app for I Phone and I think,
Android.
Note, the more expensive model is flat screen only. No buttons. The
buttons are important for a blind person to use the thermostat in case
your internet goes down.
The $80.00, thermostat with buttons is model ST55. Here is an Amazon
link.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NB1OB0I/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encodin
g=UTF8&aaxitk=16b53869f5473df1c2e96eaa091b5ae3&hsa_cr_id=1865675060401
&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=a4851b0d-8d87-4199-8c2b-32c4437daff2&pd_rd_w=8k
n92&pd_rd_wg=ViTHK&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_0_bkgd
HTH,
James B
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<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Wayne Scott
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:48 PM
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I highly recommendthe Sensi thermostat. It works with both Alexa and
iPhone.
Wayne Scott
On Dec 27, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Katrina Anderson
<mailto:kanderson8...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
My Honeywell programmable thermostat has buttons around the visual
display. I am able to do some basic things without the Internet, app or
Alexa, but since I am totally blind, I have to rely on good notes (not
enough space for braille labels). I am very pleased with this thermostat,
and what is especially cool is that I had nothing to do with selecting it.
The thermostat was selected/installed by the company/workers who installed
a new furnace and AC 7.5 years ago. In case it would prove helpful,
details about my thermostat follow:
Honeywell Thermostat Model and/or Serial #: Focus Pro TH6320WF Above
based on the Model 6000
Katrina
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<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2022 2:58 PM
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Subject: RE: An Alexa Compatible Thermostat, Anyone?
Honeywell T9 or T10 would probably be my choice, we have a Honeywell T5
which has long since been discontinued, but it works well although it is a
touch screen thermostat so if for some reason your internet goes down you
would have a hard time setting anything on it, but I believe many smart
thermostats would be the same way.
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Subject: An Alexa Compatible Thermostat, Anyone?
Hello Everyone,
Okay, I know that I have asked this question before but, now that I must
buy a new thermostat for my home, within the next week or so, as my 32
year old model is starting to fail on a virtually daily basis, what Alexa
compatible thermostat do you either recommend and / or are currently
using?
I am aware of the Nest brand models; I thought they were Google-only
models but I think they also can work with Alexa, right? Does anyone have
any experience with Nest / Alexa compatibility?
Also, I know that Honeywell makes Alexa models but, from what I have read
on the web, today, one must setup an online account with Honeywell before
the device can be used with Alexa. That sounds like a lot of trouble to
me; maybe.
The only thing I know for certain is that I want a model that will work
with Amazon Alexa, out of the box, because I do not want to use a
third-party app, is I can avoid doing so.
I have come to trust the Alexa app for iOS and iPad OS.
Mark
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