Tradd
9-24-23, 10:19am
I finally bit the bullet and bought an Ecobee smart thermostat. I’ve wanted one for a while. Landlord will install it. I would have done it myself (some handy friends walked me through pulling old one off the wall to look at wires to see if it was compatible), but it needs a C wire to power it. My place is old enough that it doesn’t have the c wire. Ecobee comes with a power extender kit, but it needs to be wired into the furnace control board. That is way beyond what I will mess with.
I also got me a 4 pack of smart plugs. I had them in the past when I did Amazon Alexa, but I have an Apple mini HomePod now for a smart speaker which has nice better sound.
When you do the smart home thing, you have to look at if you’re Apple, Alexa, Google Assistant. Every gadget doesn’t work with every ecosystem (Apple, Alexa, Google).
My electric utility is offering $75 rebate for the thermostat and gas utility has $25. A friend in WI is getting $50. When you look at them on Amazon, it will indicate if there are rebates to check into.
I also got me a 4 pack of smart plugs. I had them in the past when I did Amazon Alexa, but I have an Apple mini HomePod now for a smart speaker which has nice better sound.
When you do the smart home thing, you have to look at if you’re Apple, Alexa, Google Assistant. Every gadget doesn’t work with every ecosystem (Apple, Alexa, Google).
My electric utility is offering $75 rebate for the thermostat and gas utility has $25. A friend in WI is getting $50. When you look at them on Amazon, it will indicate if there are rebates to check into.