Lux WIN100 Heating & Cooling Programmable Outlet Thermostat
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Lux WIN100 Heating & Cooling Programmable Outlet Thermostat
Customer Review: Great thermostat
Summary: 5 Stars
This programmable thermostat works great. After I have the program entered I can flip the switch to "on" when I'm using the room where I have the thermostat installed, or flip the switch to "off" when the room isn't in use. Works great for what I wanted.Customer Review: Great to use for dog house heater system
Summary: 5 Stars
I used this item to control a heat lamp inside of a dog house. It works great and is easy to program.Customer Review: Great tool for managing air in Green House
Summary: 4 Stars
Have it hooked up to circulation fan in green house to come on at 70 degrees. Simple to program and a rugged design. Plan on buying more.Customer Review: Green Solution
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this device mentioned in another review and I just had to give it a try. To be honest I didn't know that this existed! We live in a drafty house built in 1936, so central AC is out of the question. We unfortunately are at the mercy of window units. Before, I was trying to monitor our window box AC unit with programmable timers, having the unit go off every hour for 15 minutes. But it never really worked, either we were too hot or too cold, never comfortable.
Last night I plugged this in and set the temperature to 75 and would you believe it, it worked! For the first time in weeks I woke up without a stuffy nose and cough (from being chilled out), and it was easy to get out of bed to a pleasant room, not jumping up to run and turn the AC unit off.
I highly recommend this to anyone who has to deal with the pains of window units, which do not regulate temperature; this is a great gift for anyone where temperature conformability is vital. Although I was wary at the initial price, the energy star rating, the regulation of use and the peace of mind of overall health and comfort are defiantly worth it.
Hope this helps! :)
Customer Review: Handy for Basic Air Conditioner with Mechanical Controls
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the WIN100 Heating & Cooling Programmable Outlet Thermostat to use with my cheap window A/C that has manual controls. It won't work with units that have electronic controls unless the unit can be set up to come on when plugged in, because this thermostat effectively unplugs the device to turn it off and plugs it back in to turn it on. (For example, my big window air conditioner has electronic controls that go into standby when plugged in, waiting for input from the remote or front panel buttons, so this thermostat could not turn it on.)
There are 4 programs for weekend (Sat/Sun, no choice) and 4 other programs for weekdays (Mon-Fri, no choice). (You also set the time of day and day of the week, so you could deliberately set the day or time different from reality to accomodate special programming needs.) Each program is a temperature setpoint and time of day at which it becomes effective. There is also a temporary override that lets you set a different temperature, which remains in effect until the time of the next program, at which point the program takes over. Unfortunately, you have to flip open the cover on the front of the unit to access the override (and other controls), which requires unplugging the bulky plug of the air conditioner.
The unit can be (manually) set to operate either heating or cooling appliances. I have not yet tried a heater, so can't comment on how it works.
As long as your unit will come on when power is applied to its plug, this thermostat will control it nicely.