I have a Honeywell thermostat with Adaptive Intelligent recovery. I also have a heat pump with an electric air handler and an energy inefficient house (which we are addressing with some insulation upgrades, window replacements, weatherstripping and aforementioned heat pump). This is all taking time and in the meantime the AIR is turning the heat on at 3:00 am to make the temperature hit it's programmed level by 6:15am. This is waking us up.

I've read that it is good to use AIR when you have a heat pump but I really want to turn it off. I just want the heat to come on at 6:15 not be up to temp at that time. FYI, night temp is 6 degrees cooler than morning temp.

Can someone tell me if it's a bad idea to turn it off, and if so, should I be adjusting the schedule to accommodate its crap AIR feature?