Silverstate Refrigeration & HVAC
While the use of a programmable thermostat with your Las Vegas HVAC system helps you greatly in cutting down on your cooling and heating bills, such savings are more in the milder conditions than the extreme ones. So, to get optimum benefits from thermostat use Las Vegas Air Conditioning repair contractor advises you to know the correct use and programming of this thermostat.
Guidelines for using Programmable Thermostat
- According to your own schedule and timetable, use the model of thermostat.
- There are 3 kinds of such models… 7 days a week, 5+1+1 days a week, 5+2 days a week.
- Location of thermostat plays an important part; it should be located in such a way (probably at some central place) that outside temperature should not affect thermostat readings. So avoid places like proximity to windows, doors, or areas of direct sunlight.
- Good programmable thermostats come with four programmable periods in a span of 24 hours. If you and other family members used to leave your home empty for say 8 hours (due to attending office or other such activities), program your thermostat in such a way that your HVAC machine will be off during this time.
- Also consider factors like your usual time of heading to bed and program accordingly.
- You need to get familiar with each and every feature/functions of your thermostat. Such functions include energy monitor, indicator for filter change, battery indicator, keyboard lock, automatic season changeover, vacation override and manual override.
- “Keyboard lock” can prevent any accidental changes to your programmed and saved settings.
- “Battery Indicator” offers you status on thermostat battery and indicates the time when you need to replace it.
- “Automatic season changeover” offers you the option of changing the settings in between seasons.
- “Filter Change” offer you the precise monitoring of the filter status.