Jimmy_Russells
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Fewer cycles per hour will reduce energy use, but allow greater temperature swing.
I think my Honeywell FocusPro thermostat is set for 2 cycles per hour.
I went out to the store and got another thermostat. I just wasn’t comfortable with these 8-11 minute cycles it was doing, I don’t need the temp window that tightly controlled. It was also doing six minute cycles on my furnace the last couple months and I just never really noticed.
The new thermostat allows me to not only set minimum compressor/furnace run and off time, but also allows me to set wider temperature deltas for the heating/cooling turning on and off. I can also set it to allow it to overcool a bit if it is still trying to dehumidify when it reaches the set temp.
So all in all this should easily lead to fewer, longer cycles and I feel much more comfortable with that.