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Honeywell RTH230B 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat
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List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $28.90
You Save: $ 11.09 ( 28% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Honeywell
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Brand: Honeywell
Color: White
EAN: 0085267263450
Feature: Large display with soft-touch button interface
Label: Honeywell
Manufacturer: Honeywell
Model: RTH230B
Publisher: Honeywell
Size: Large
Special Features: Energy Star Rated.
Studio: Honeywell
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Features
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Large display with soft-touch button interface
Precise temperature control of +/-1-degreesF with auto change from heat to cool.
Energy Star Rated 5-2 programming with 4 programmable periods per day
Programming for weekdays, plus weekends.
Fahrenheit or Celsius temperature display with 12 or 24 hour time display
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty good for the price
Comment: Haven't had it very long. but works fine and was really easy to program and install.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Easy to Install and Works Well for the most part
Comment: We have had a manual thermostat since we purchased the house. This is our first programmable unit and the reviews were good so we decided to try it. The price was also attractive.
The instructions are pretty clear and installation was easy. Reprogramming or temporarily overriding the program is a pain as the cover is not hinged so you have to pop it on and off each time. Very annoying.
The unit boasts +/- 1 deg accuracy. That is not the case at all. One of our units is consistently 2 degrees off and the other one is around 1 deg but sometimes goes to 2. We are considering calling for replacement on the first unit. Amazon is really good about their customer service so we dont expect any problems here.
Overall, for the price and functionality I give it a 5 but due to the accuracy and ease of button access, I drop the overall rating to 4.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Honeywell Thermostat
Comment: Honeywell RTH230B 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat
HI Bought Honeyswells thermostat RTH230B. It was a replacement to my older Majic Stat from 1998. All I can say is WOW. Quaility really plumeted. Majic stat is Made in USA (and twice the size and weight).RTH 230 B in CHINA. Driving a unit as a oil fired burner should have a better unit with more quality control. Unit would only work in Manual mode. Several customer service calls ( From India) made me feel like I was trouble shooting a high tech lap top. They refused to replace bad unit and only offered hours of trouble shooting advice. Unit will most likely be trashed and replaced with another brand. I am really disapointed with Honeywells Spiral Downhill turn and total lack of customer support.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent - Just what I wanted
Comment: Ok... I have been using this thermostat for the past 12 hours and have been monitoring its behavior closely.
I wanted a thermostat that could hold temperature very close to the set value. I also wanted something that was programmable. Was not too fussy about back-light.
Installation: With my IQ of 75, I could remove the older t-stat and install this new one in about 60 minutes. If I had to do it again, I could do it in 15 minutes. The installation was very simple and the instructions were ok... though I did take some useful help from this wonderful article [...]
The t-stat "does" maintain the temperature to within +/- 1 degree F. Since, I have an electric central cooling and heating system, I set the CPH value to 6 cycles per hour. After installing I started noting when the t-stat would start the heating, how long would the heating continue for and at what temperatures does the t-stat trip on and off. Since I feel especially cold, I like to set the temperature really warm. I set the temperature to 79 degrees. The t-stat would start the heater as soon as the room temp. dropped to 78 (79-1) and would continue to heat till the temp increased to 80 (79+1). This is exactly what I wanted. I also noticed that the heater took about 7 minutes to increase the temperature from 78 to 80 degrees and it took about 40 minutes to drop back to 78, when the heater would turn on again.
I've seen some reviewers complain about the outer face plate that needs to be taken off to adjust the settings. I find that to be a non-issue. It takes me 2 seconds to take it off... and if it take you longer... don't put the face plate at all...
I cannot still comment about how long this thing will last...but hopefully it should last long, given that it is a honeywell product.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good option for the price but you should be aware of...
Comment: As other reviewers have said the product is easy to install and it is also very easy to program. However, there are a few things you should be aware of.
- It is battery powered, meaning that if the batteries on the thermostat die, your AC system will stop working until you replace them. The better models get their power from the wires on the wall.
- Even though installing it is very easy (all you need is a screw driver and pliers) and the instructions are clear, make sure you know what you are doing or have a professional install it. We had 5 wires going to our old thermostat so we followed the 5-wire instructions on the user's manual. By doing so, a transformer burnt out and we had to pay $140 to get it repaired. Turns out that even though we had 5 wires going to our old thermostat, we only needed 4 for this one, which according to our AC guy, we couldn't had known unless we worked with AC units all the time.
- There are no troubleshooting or installation instructions for this particular model on the Honeywell's website. They have some cool wizards there but this model is not included.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Digital Heat/Cool Thermostat, 5/2 Programming With 4 Periods Per Day, For Use With Central Gas, Oil, Or Electric Furnaces & Air Conditioning, For Single Stage Heating & Cooling Or Milli Volt Systems, Large, Easy To Read Display, Easy Access Battery Compartment, Filter Change Indicator, Temp Control +/- 1°ree. Fahrenheit.
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