Okay, we've had a few hot days in a row. I love it, but it means changing our Ecobee from Heat to Cool for the season. Yes, we tried Automatic, but we didn't like it. Onward.

I thought I was being conservative so made the following settings as our schedule when we first got the Ecobee.



Well, my wife definitely likes it cooler when sleeping (as do I), so she cranks that sucker down to 60 something. Then I adjust it back up to about 70 when I go to bed. I'd like to come to a good compromise so we don't have to keep adjusting.

Just curious as to what kind of settings the folks here on the forum use for seasonal settings. I guess I should remind everyone we're in MA, so it the temp can...shall we say...fluctuate,,,pretty regularly. Thanks.

>Then I adjust it back up to about 70 when I go to bed. I'd like to come to a good compromise so we don't have to keep adjusting.

Just say 'yes honey'

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We live in Southern California. And I might not even turn on AC (Cold), until we get a day that is at least above 85. So I do a lot of manual playing with Ecobee. And I also , don't use Automatic. It's Either on Heat or AC.

But here are my settings. But this will get me thinking about why I do so much manual adjustments.

I’m not familiar with the Ecobee. Is it more granular, or is the only option(s) as shown? Perhaps have it cool down more prior to her going to bed, and then an overnight temperature more like you want. It appears that it’s too warm for her to get to sleep comfortably…

Good luck with it.

Where we live the temperature swings an easy 30 degrees between hi and low so the automatic setting works best for us. This time of year we heat up to 70 in the night and during the day we cool down to 74. As temperatures rise for summer I'll adjust up two degrees.

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We had an adjustable thermostat at our old house, but it had way too many problems, so we just set it and forgot it. New house has the old analog thermostats still... we should change them.

I live in FL, so AC is on about 9-10 months a year. I like it cool, but my wife does not. So AC is set to 78 degrees. We only use heat when it gets really cold, so the heat is set down to about 64.

I usually set the thermostat for around 78-80 during the summer, or even higher when we get a spell of 105+ temps.

My cooling bill would be hundreds of dollars per month if I set my thermostat to 60 during the summer. Or more...

“ she cranks that sucker down to 60 something. Then I adjust it back up to about 70 “

Schedule it to turn down to 70 earlier, so it has taken full effect when she’s going to bed.

Then adjust from there.

Thank you all for your thoughts. I suspect we'll be playing with it a bit as we experiment.

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“ she cranks that sucker down to 60 something. Then I adjust it back up to about 70 “

Schedule it to turn down to 70 earlier, so it has taken full effect when she’s going to bed.

Then adjust from there.

Some people don't understand that a thermostat is NOT like a throttle on a car or boat.

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