Understanding Temperature Recovery Feature - Honeywell RTH8500D Owner's Manual

Understanding Temperature Recovery Feature

Your thermostat comes with a feature called Adaptive Intelligent Recovery™,
which eliminates all guesswork when setting your schedule. How long does it
take the furnace to warm your house in the morning before you get out of bed
or how long does it take the air conditioner to cool your house in the afternoon
before you return from work? No problem. The thermostat determines that for
you.
Simply set your program schedule to the time you want the house to be at your
comfort temperature. The thermostat then turns on the heating or cooling at
just the right time to have your home reach your scheduled temperature at
your scheduled time.
For example—you get out of bed at 6:00 AM and want the temper-ature to be
70°F. Set the Wake period for 6:00 AM and 70°F. The thermostat then turns on
the heat before 6:00 AM to raise the temperature to 70°F by 6:00 AM.
The thermostat alerts that the heating or cooling system is coming on before a
scheduled time when "Recovery" shows on the screen.
SYSTEM
It takes about a week for the thermostat to adjust to local
weather, your schedule, the construction of your home and
your heating and/or cooling system. Each day it adjusts the
next day's recovery start time accordingly.
TUE
FAN
Inside
AUTO
HEAT
SCHED HOLD
Set To
Following
Schedule
Recovery
PM
CLOCK SCREEN
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