At our new office I found out that the "emergency" heat came on when there
was a more than 5 degree difference between setting and temperature. I
thought it was based on the outside air temp only. I guess the thermostat
is trying to get the space to the desired temp as fast as possible. We just
pulled the wire going to the resistance grid to keep it from happening.
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From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jack Brooks
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:17 PM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] [Bulk] Re: Heat pump night setback
David S. is exactly correct.
In a former home, I outfitted my electric backup, heat pump thermostat with
an LED to let me know when the electric resistance heat went on and that's
when I lit the wood stove. Something like that would let you inch it up as
required to keep the resistance heat from coming on.
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