Air Lux Air Conditioner

Digital/Programmable; Ability to program all 7 days separately; automatically changes between heat and A/C; 30 minutes or less installation; Energy monitor tracks system run hours; furnace filter change indicator; Home Today override; Ambitouch backlit display shows red for heat, blue for A/C; keyboard lock; programmable hold

Amazon Sales Rank: #6390 in Home Improvement Size: Small Color: White Brand: Hunter Model: 44860 Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 1.00 pounds Temporary, vacation and home today overrides Keyboard lock Energy monitor Battery powered or hardwired

Compatible with virtually all heating and cooling systems including multi-stage heat pumps and 2 stage heat/2 stage cool. The 7-day programmable feature also has an auto season changeover. Digital accuracy and a backlit display ensures ease of use. Thermostat is pre-programmed for your convenience with easy-to-change presets. Permanent memory for clock, programs and daylight savings. The screen size is 9.1-square-Inch.

Most helpful customer reviews 35 of 37 people found the following review helpful. Great product. Definately ready for prime time!! By Ahmed Before I bought this product, I was kind of hesitant because of the not so good reviews but I decided to go ahead and give it a try. After trying it, I am more inclined to think that most of the negative reviews are because the reviewers did not know how to operate the device. For example, some complained about the temprature override requiring you to set an ending time. In fact the unit allows you to set either a temprary hold until a certain time, or a permanant hold which will take effect indefinately or a vacation hold. Yes, it will require an extra click but it is a useful feature which is better than forgetting your system on and leaving. You also do have control over the fan. Some other reviewer complained that the fan would go on and off during the night. When you program the time periods, you do have control over the fan mode. You can set it to on, auto (which turns on only when the compressor is running) and refresh which is the same as auto but also turns the fan on if the system is idle for more than an hour to keep the air fresh. Some complained about the fan turning on without the compressor.. Sounds to me like the recircuilation mode. This mode runs only if the system is idle for an hour and it lets the fan run for 10 , 15 or 20 minutes to bring fresh air. This was quite helpful when I set my temprature to 85 and the air used to be not so fresh by the time I got home because the ac never had to work. With this feature the air is fresh again by the time I got home. I believe this saves more energy than if i kept the temprature at 80 just to maintain freshness. On the negative side, installation did not go as smooth for me. The manual mentions some labels that you are supposed to find on the old unit which were labeled differently on my old white-rodgers. There was an o/b unit on the old and there was an "o" as well as a "b" on the new. With trial and error, i connected it to "o" and it worked. The manual mentions removing the jumper in case of a 5 wire connection. That jumper is important if you want the system to automatically switch over to using the furnace if the heat pump cannot keep up with the temprature. If you don't connect the jumper, the heat pump will work and you have to set it to emergency heat to use the furnace if you need to. One of the reviewers mentioned, you need to connect the wire to W1 and not W2 if you have a one stage system. You should not need to do that if you have your system type set correctly. I had a heat pump and it works fine when connected to W2. Also make sure your furnace type is set correctly (Electric or Gas). After you install the system, make sure you test both heating and cooling functions to avoid unpleasant surprises next season. ALSO, if you have a heat pump, make sure it is the heat pump that is running normally and NOT the furnace! If somehow you get the furnace to run all the time, you will get a HUGE electric bill. The compressor on the heat pump takes a lot of current to start. So if you see your lights flicker when the heat starts, that is a sign that the heat pump is starting and not the electric furnace. Also, the air from a heat pump is not super warm, it should be about body temprature compared to the toasty air from an electric furnace. Also if the heat pump is working, the air coming out of the fan of the outside unit will be cooler than the surrounding air. These guidelines applies to any thermostat and not just this one. Things that I noticed about heat pumps that i found confusing are: 1. If you start the heat pump then stop it, then start it again shortly, it might take a little bit of time to start to protect the unit. This can be particularly confusing when testing a thermostat and can lead you to believe that your connections are wrong even though if you wait for 5 minutess or so, everything will work as it