Re:Battery-swap networks are preventing emergency blackouts
by hedora on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @02:12PM
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Our thermostat seems to apply the delay even when you manually turn it on.
It drives me nuts. (After a power failure or during scheduled transitions make sense; after I push the button: not so much.)
For most smart thermostats, one of the lesser known quality improvements is the 5 minute + dither time for startup. This is designed for compressor health - but prevents repeat cascading brownouts - where programmable thermostats or manual thermostats would have either a strict 5 minute wait time or none at all.
Other features like time of use, humidity correction, and fan circulation also drastically reduce energy usage.