Google Killing Off Early Nest Thermostats

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself said:

The thing I like about my Ecobee, besides being able to track temperatures in multiple rooms to balance my vents, is that it figures out the time that it will take to bring the temperature back to my scheduled morning 68 degrees from my night time 64 and makes sure it is already at 68 when I wake up, based on outside temps and my home and furnace. 

how does it balance the vents?  I would love that.  In the winter our house is very cold in the basement but warm everywhere else and for a few weeks a year when my inlaws stay they use the basement living space and it would be nice if I didn't have to make my upstairs so hot to keep that space warmer

No thermostat can do that unless you have some sort of vent control or multiple units.

ClearWaterMS said:

how does it balance the vents?  I would love that.  In the winter our house is very cold in the basement but warm everywhere else and for a few weeks a year when my inlaws stay they use the basement living space and it would be nice if I didn't have to make my upstairs so hot to keep that space warmer

My guess would be that it has multiple thermostats to track the temperature in different rooms, and he uses that info to adjust the vents himself.

The offerings from our state site.

https://www.poweredbyefi.org/masssave/rebated-products/smart-thermostats.html

There are a bunch of offerings and prices are all over the map.  I have a lot of research I have to do.

These really need to be put on a spreadsheet with the functions listed for each so we can easily compare them.

ClearWaterMS said:

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself said:

The thing I like about my Ecobee, besides being able to track temperatures in multiple rooms to balance my vents, is that it figures out the time that it will take to bring the temperature back to my scheduled morning 68 degrees from my night time 64 and makes sure it is already at 68 when I wake up, based on outside temps and my home and furnace. 

how does it balance the vents?  I would love that.  In the winter our house is very cold in the basement but warm everywhere else and for a few weeks a year when my inlaws stay they use the basement living space and it would be nice if I didn't have to make my upstairs so hot to keep that space warmer

 

I've got a register booster fan that I use for a different purpose.  But basically, it checks the temperature of the air coming through and if it's higher than a set point it runs a fan to help pull more air through that vent. Install one or two of those in the basement and just power them up when you want the basement warmer.

I don't recall what model it is, but I think it was from Home Depot. It's pretty much silent in operation, you might be aware of it in a quiet bedroom.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/VEVOR-Register-Booster-Fan-Quiet-Vent-Booster-Fan-Fits-4-in-x-10-in-Register-Holes-for-Heating-Cooling-Smart-Vent-White-ZCZTQFSB410INGECHV5/326723096

In case you're wondering what the other purpose is - my server "closet" is a wall cabinet in the laundry room. I put one of these in the side of the cabinet to keep temps down. Worked a treat.

I really like my little ball of mercury.  I change it once n the spring, and once in the fall.

I had a salesman ring my doorbell and try to sell me home automation  stuff.  I reached over to the light switch, flipped it, and said, "On."  Flipped it again and said "Off."

"Wouldn't you like to do that from your couch?"

"I cannot imagine anything more horrifying.  I fix electronics in modern cars all day.  If you think I want to come home and spend an hour trying to figure out why my hall light is on, you are very, very wrong."

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

I'm right with you on that.

For unevent heating/cooling, how about adjusting your flow or registers?  I have some 1/4 turn flapper valves in the ducts to control airflow  on each branch, and I use the register flaps to help as well.  In the summer the bulk of the A/C blows into the 2nd floor and works its way down, in the winter I mostly close many of the upstairs registers.  Works pretty well. 

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

ClearWaterMS said:

how does it balance the vents?  I would love that.  In the winter our house is very cold in the basement but warm everywhere else and for a few weeks a year when my inlaws stay they use the basement living space and it would be nice if I didn't have to make my upstairs so hot to keep that space warmer

My guess would be that it has multiple thermostats to track the temperature in different rooms, and he uses that info to adjust the vents himself.

In reply to TravisTheHuman :

When we get home next week I will. Assuming I remember lol.