Looking for Simple Minded SetbackThermostat

[gwhite]

I'm looking for a programmable thermostat for the heat in my basement shop, and I need help finding the simplest model that will do what I want. I've looked at a number of thermostat specs on-line, and they don't typically go into enough detail to tell what would be best. They also usually have a lot more bells & whistles than I need.

The same program can run every day of the week, and I'd like to program several times (i.e. noon, 6 pm and 10 pm) to set the heat to a low setting. To get the heat on, I'd like a one button over-ride that would kick the temperature up to a higher setting (say, 68 degrees) until the next set time occurs. This way I can easily turn on the furnace when I want to work in the basement, but it will turn the heat back down automatically if I wander off.

We have a Honeywell Chronotherm upstairs, but in order to turn up the heat, you have to increment the temperature up with multiple button pushes. This would work, but it's a bit of a pain in the neck. I used to have an old clock-type thermostat in my old house with high and low temperature pins, and it only took a single button push to kick the heat up until the next "low" pin came around.

Does anyone know of a thermostat that would fit the bill? I can always get another Chronotherm & tap dance on the temperature button to kick the heat on, but after years of one-button convenience with my old clock model, I'm hoping for a similar solution. I've tried contacting most of the major thermostat vendors, but haven't gotten any replies.

Thanks for any suggestions!

[Airmechanical]

honeywell 6000



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[BaldLoonie]

The Vision Pro 8110 is about as simple as you can get but has 7 day programming, override til the next program time.

www.hotfreshcool.com

[gwhite]

Thanks for the leads! I went to Honeywell's web site, and they must be updating it or something. I tried to download owner's manuals for both the VisionPro & FocusPro models and got an error both times. Hopefully it work on Monday & I can check them out.

[gwhite]

Both of the Honeywell thermostats mentioned use the same approach, which requires bumping up the temperature one degree at a time. I was hoping to find something that would allow me to toggle back & forth between a normal and a set-back temperature with a single button push.

Oddly enough, this feature appears to be available in Honeywell's radiant floor heating thermostats, but not the run of the mill heating & cooling thermostats. I tried looking at a couple of other brands, and they all appear to be the same.

Unless someone knows of an oddball out there, it looks like I will just get used to hammering on the "up" button for a while when I want heat.

Thanks!

[tpa-fl]

Honeywell's commercial thermostats will do this. I know their Commercial VisionPro stat does, I believe it's a TB8220 model #. Just push "override" and it'll automatically go to the "occupied" temperature. Hit "cancel" and it'll automatically go back to the unoccupied temperature.

[dan sw fl]

It does not get any simpler than the HoNeYwell model
RTH230B at Lowe's for $37

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...033&lpage=none

http://customer.honeywell.com/Techli...0s/69-1800.pdf