Awesome deal on a Smart WiFi Thermostat

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

[MENTION=127]wombat[/MENTION] sent me a link yesterday about a sale comed was doing on the Ecobee3 smart thermostat with a remote temperature sensor.

These are regularly $200-250 and comed is doing an instant $100 off making it $100 out of pocket and Nicor also is doing a $50 mail in rebate as well making it $50 for a $200+ thermostat homekit.

Jump on this while it's still around if you want to replace or upgrade your thermostat!

https://www.comedmarketplace.com/co...ts/ecobee3-homekit-enabled-with-remote-sensor

Rebate info for Nicor and comed: (ignore comed if you go through their marketplace, they take the $100 off instantly after verifying you have comed service)

Click to read more...

 

[bacon28]

I've got that same thermostat, I have 3 remote sensors and have been using it for a while. I paid full price cuz I used the $100 rebate from ComEd back when I had my Nest thermostat.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Damn, my energy company doesn't have shit for rebates

 

[RICH17]

I'll go ahead and take one of these for the 404 [MENTION=653]BrianG[/MENTION]

 

[Frank Dukes]

in! been wanting one of these but didnt wanna pay full price and deal with rebates, insta-rebate is a deal. thanks!

 

[Intel]

I love my ecobee3. Works great, simple to use and it has saved my butt at least once when it alerted my phone it was running for too long to try and catch up on heat.

 

[Bub]

has anyone had any issue getting the rebates?? I'm thinking about ordering from Comed for insta rebate and then applying for Nicor rebate

 

[Primalzer]

Going to have to go home tonight and see if I'm compatible...

 

[Primalzer]

has anyone had any issue getting the rebates?? I'm thinking about ordering from Comed for insta rebate and then applying for Nicor rebate

Should be fairly easy...I got a rebate from ComEd for my new washer very easily. Abt really helped out with most of it though

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

has anyone had any issue getting the rebates?? I'm thinking about ordering from Comed for insta rebate and then applying for Nicor rebate

I'm going this route as well.

Going to have to go home tonight and see if I'm compatible...

It will work with all furnaces. If you don't have the C wire you'll just have to add a power supply to the unit which I believe comes with it.

 

[Primalzer]

https://www.comedmarketplace.com/co...ng-products/products/tricklestar-7-outlet-aps

The joule rating isn't great, but for $9, it's a hell of a deal

 

[Primalzer]

It will work with all furnaces. If you don't have the C wire you'll just have to add a power supply to the unit which I believe comes with it.

Yeah I watched the power extender video, but didn't understand how they got power to the unit...as they were connecting a C wire to the unit itself, but if there's no C wire...

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Yeah I watched the power extender video, but didn't understand how they got power to the unit...as they were connecting a C wire to the unit itself, but if there's no C wire...

You run a wire from the power supply to the thermostat for the missing C voltage.

 

[Primalzer]

You run a wire from the power supply to the thermostat for the missing C voltage.

The video shows you only connecting wires at the HVAC unit to the powersupply, and reusing all of the existing wires. And not running any new from HVAC unit to thermostat. Am I wrong?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

The video shows you only connecting wires at the HVAC unit to the powersupply, and reusing all of the existing wires. And not running any new from HVAC unit to thermostat. Am I wrong?

Now I don't know lol. Maybe it does uses existing wires and just pumps extra voltage through them and that's why the power supply is mounted near the hvac

 

[Primalzer]

You run a wire from the power supply to the thermostat for the missing C voltage.

Now I don't know lol. Maybe it does uses existing wires and just pumps extra voltage through them and that's why the power supply is mounted near the hvac

OK just rewatched. There should be an R wire (RC), that you connect at the thermostat. Then you go to the HVAC unit itself, and the power adapter brings in the R wire, and does whatever magic (probably just splicing the R wire) and you get a separate R and C wire to connect to the HVAC unit. I'm assuming if your HVAC unit doesn't have a C connector, the unit won't work?

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Most those thermostat wires should be thick enough

 

[Primalzer]

This seems like a question for [MENTION=111]OffshoreDrilling[/MENTION]

 

[Yaj Yak]

done dilly done done

 

[wombat]

I ordered mine last night. I'm excited to yell at Alexa to change my temperature.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

OK just rewatched. There should be an R wire (RC), that you connect at the thermostat. Then you go to the HVAC unit itself, and the power adapter brings in the R wire, and does whatever magic (probably just splicing the R wire) and you get a separate R and C wire to connect to the HVAC unit. I'm assuming if your HVAC unit doesn't have a C connector, the unit won't work?

Just run a C wire...its easy. You buy the 5 wire thermostat wire, tape it to the end of your current 4 wire thermostat wire, and pull it through.

You would need your HVAC unit to have a C wire connection.

 

[Bub]

Done.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

OK just rewatched. There should be an R wire (RC), that you connect at the thermostat. Then you go to the HVAC unit itself, and the power adapter brings in the R wire, and does whatever magic (probably just splicing the R wire) and you get a separate R and C wire to connect to the HVAC unit. I'm assuming if your HVAC unit doesn't have a C connector, the unit won't work?

Most furnaces should have the C wire. Not having it is usually just for super old shit.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

I ordered mine last night. I'm excited to yell at Alexa to change my temperature.

"Alexa! Set the thermostat to "fuck time" temperature!"

 

[BrianG]

I'll go ahead and take one of these for the 404 [MENTION=653]BrianG[/MENTION]

Go ahead and buy it. I don't care what thermostat you install.