Finding out how to configure a wireless thermostat the hard way

Replacing a bulb is something I can do with my eyes closed and so can most people. Some things are easy to do and most times it just requires learning from observation and more often than not we assume that everyone can do it. Such was the case when it came to the electric heat pump in my house. I had an HVAC professional undertake heater maintenance on the heat pump install system just before winter. Everything worked out well until I had the temperatures increased. The thing is, the electric heater was new heating equipment that we had installed at the beginning of the year when the steam boiler blew its last stream of steam. Trouble started when it was time to reset the regulator to accommodate the new changes in temperature. The wireless thermostat was part of the newly installed electric heating system. It came highly recommended and was mentioned severally in the energy-saving tips section. What I did not anticipate was how challenging it would be to use for a first-time user like myself. I had even thrown away the manual that came with HVAC products for sale because I did not think that resetting or setting up such a small device as that would give me so much trouble. I ended up calling a friend of mine who is an HVAC serviceman to take me through it. He gave it a good laugh when I told him How I had thrown away the handbook because I believed that certain things were automatic. This was something that I would not even reveal to my wife because she would give me the famous ‘I told you so’ phrase. At this rate, I would end up needing a heating technician to simply change the HEPA filter.

 

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