Smart thermostats give you more control over your home's heating and cooling, adding convenience to your life and saving you money over time.
Today I'm going to show you how to install a smart thermostat and how to customize it settings to suit your specific home.
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There are a lot of great smart thermostats available today that have similar features and performance.
All of them have apps for adjusting the temperature remotely.
Scheduling options, custom homeaway and vacation modes and other fancy features like voice control and geo fencing.
I particularly like radios Honeywell home t nine smart thermostat, it costs $200 and comes bundled with a remote temperature sensor.
I'm gonna use it as my reference throughout this video but the process is similar with NES, ECOV and other well known smart thermostat brands.
First turn off the power to your thermostat at the circuit breaker.
This installation requires some basic electrical wiring, so be sure to consult a professional electrician if you have any questions about the installation or your specific HVDC setup.
Next, remove the faceplate of your existing thermostat and take a picture of your current wiring so you have a reference when you install the new one.
If your current thermostat wiring doesn't have a C wire you'll need to install the C wire adapter video includes in the box.
I lucked out and do have a C wire so I'm skipping the adapter step and moving on to the next step, which is removing the rest of my old thermostat.
Feed the wires through the T nine faceplate and line it up where you want to install it.
To see if you'll need to drill any new holes.
We test a lot of thermostats here and I've already drilled holes that line up with this base plate.
Go ahead and remove the base plate and drill holes if you need to.
Otherwise it's time to connect your thermostat wires and **** the base plate to the wall.
Attach the faceplate to the base plate and turn the power back on at the circuit breaker.
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Next, download the Honeywell Home app and create an account or login if you already have one.
Click the plus sign on the home screen and then select t nine or T 10 Pro from the list of devices and it will begin to search for your thermostat.
Then the app will prompt you to create a home including providing a name for it and listing your address.
It will ask you to answer a series of questions about your thermostat from setting up the geo fencing feature to providing your preferred temperature settings when your home away or sleeping.
Features like geo fencing are key because they follow your phone's location to automate your Home and Away settings.
When you pass within a certain radius of your home, the app will tell the thermostat to switch to home mode anticipating your arrival.
It will switch to a way mode when you leave the area.
This thermostat also comes with a smart room sensor that has built in temperature ,and humidity sensors.
To set up the smart room sensor hit menu ,and then devices and sensors on the thermostat.
Install the two included triple A batteries to the sensor ,and follow the instructions to name your device.
Having a Remote Sensor lets you keep track of the temperature in rooms that tend to run particularly warm or cool.
It also helps the thermostat know where you are and will adjust the temperature dynamically based on the room you're in.
App enabled thermostats add a ton of convenience but it's really features like geo fencing and accessories like remote sensors.
They can make such a big difference on your overall comfort and your monthly bill.
Fortunately, as you saw, they're really easy to set up and I hope this video gave you some ideas for using a smart thermostat in your home.
