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    Feb 1, 2010, 06:00 AM
    My heat pump doesn't catch up to the setting of the thermostat
    If I set my thermostat to 75 the heat always runs 2 or more degrees behind
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    Feb 1, 2010, 07:04 AM
    Thermostats ate not always accurate and the thermometer you are using to compare could also be not accurate.

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