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Originally Posted by Lubicon
So programmable thermostats are not necessary and may actually be detrimental?
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With our heat pump install we got a new smart thermostat from Daikan. You can program a schedule/away mode and other features. But as blender pointed out (and our contractors) with a heat pump you want to minimize temperature setting swings, as it runs much better with minor variations. If we are going away for a while I will reduce the temperature to an away setting, and let it hum away at that, and then move it back up prior to coming home.