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Any recommendations on a reliable thermostat that will bring up the temperature gradually in 2-3 degree increments?
Consider a digital programmable from Honeywell that has Adaptive Intelligent Recovery (AIR). The VisionPro has this feature, with the ability to enable/disable it if you discover a conventional recovery actually works better. The AIR works well from my experience...it ramps up or down to the desired temperature you've selected at a given time. If you like to wake up to a warm house at 6 AM, the AIR will begin ramping up over time the temperature (slowly extending run times each cycle) until the temperature is at the higher setpoint. Works great and saves energy.
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