What thermostat to buy?

[Rupp]

So how do you know if your supplemental heat is working? My new heat pump is a Trane and the tstat never shows supplemental heat even when we got to 13 degress a week or so back. This is what made me ask. I need to determine if my supplemental heat is actually working.

[kaldoon]

Is your Trane a 2 stage heat pump? What Thermostat are you using? As long the first stage heat can keep up with demand the secondary doesn't kick in.

[Rupp]

Is your Trane a 2 stage heat pump? What Thermostat are you using? As long the first stage heat can keep up with demand the secondary doesn't kick in.

You know, that's a good question. I assumed that all heat pumps were 2 stage with the heat strips being the second stage. Is this not correct?

[kaldoon]

Heat pumps can be either 2 or 3 stage heat and up to 2 stage cool

[rmasonjr]

So how do you know if your supplemental heat is working? My new heat pump is a Trane and the tstat never shows supplemental heat even when we got to 13 degress a week or so back. This is what made me ask. I need to determine if my supplemental heat is actually working.

I took the panel off where the strip heat lives and could tell right away it was working with the jumper set.

[otaku]

My TZ43 kicks in EM Heat automatically and has a separate connection dedicated for EM Heat (but this is managed at my HVAC unit, not the tstat). The only way I know it's working is I can smell the dust burning on the coils when it turns on...it doesn't get used much Probably will tomorrow night though.

[Raptor]

Does the wayne dalton allow for manual control of the Fan via z-wave?

I too would like a tz43 but 200bucks is a bit high.

Raptor