![]() ![]() I’ve had the ecobee3 lite since last fall and have been very happy with it. I moved away from my Honeywell which never worked quite right. And you can set up as many vacation periods as your want and they have their own heat and AC settings. This way, when i’m gone on a work trip I know for sure my AC isn’t running at home keeping my furniture nice and cool and wasting my electricity. This overrides any other command, schedule or function that gets sent to it (except of course “cancel vacation”). If i’m going to be gone for a few days, i can go into the app and set up a vacation to begin and end a specific day and time. The one function that I really love is the Vacation setting. But then i have it set to away via smartthings when i leave. I work from home, so i know what you mean about mainly being home. That way you don’t have to adjust your schedule when you switch from heat to AC and back again. And you can call them whatever you want and you can set them for heat and A/C temps. Ecobee3 lite software#You can use the ecobee software to set up a pattern of your choosing for whatever temps you want. Is it possible to keep doing this or with similar results? Sometimes if I have the heat set pretty low at night I like to bump it up when first I’m getting up but then lower it back down in an hour or so. During the winter I set the Furnace 24/7 to different temps… warmer during the day and cooler at night. Normally for the summer months I set my current thermostat to hold AC 24/7 at a certain temperature… we are semi-retired and always home. What are the sizes of the small & large trim plates? Could you spray paint them to match the wall if needed? Pretty good prices on eBay for Ecobee3 Lite’s have the 2nd Gen’s been out long enough you wouldn’t have to worry about getting a 1st Gen? Anyone going this route regretted not just getting the Ecobee4 with Alexa included? ![]() Economically it still seems to make more sense buying a Dot and Ecobee3 Lite rather than buying an Ecobee4. I currently don’t have an Echo or Dot in the thermostat location so that would require probably catching a Dot on sale. I understand you can lower heat or cooling levels by asking Alexa but can you ask Alexa to turn the AC or Furnace On/Off? Will I likely need to use the provided adapter? Thermostat controls are: (Fan) On or Auto… and Cool, Heat, Off. My current thermostat has only 5 wires connected RH, RC,W,G, Y… it has batteries. I’m likely to have this installed for me (I’m clueless with these things) but curious if I will need the adapter/wiring harness. I’m just looking to set schedules and have it controlled by Alexa and via Ecobee app or ST app… I’m not interested in room sensors. I’ve been wanting to replace my old White-Rodgers Model 7904 thermostat for a while now and think I’ve decided on the Ecobee3 Lite. ![]()
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