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    Jan 3, 2009, 03:19 PM
    Moving thermostat rapidly
    By moving... I mean adjusting the room temp in the house. If it is at 65 deg and I slam the lever fast to 85 deg will any harm be done?
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    Jan 3, 2009, 03:50 PM

    Depends. If you have a heat pump and a mechanical thermostat then breakers and fuseholders can trip or be destroyed. With electronic thermostats this usually isn't an issue if the tstat has anti-short cycle protection.

    If it's a single stage system then it won't get any hotter any faster. There is a point of diminishing returns using a multistage system, but that point is not usually known. It might be that 4-5 deg above setpoint, the second stage kicks in immediately.
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    Jan 3, 2009, 09:11 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by omada View Post
    By moving...I mean adjusting the room temp in the house. If it is at 65 deg and i slam the lever fast to 85 deg will any harm be done?
    Why would you need to slam the lever fast? Is there a reason, does it work better by doing the slam thing?
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    Jan 4, 2009, 03:06 AM
    It is a Hunter .
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    Jan 4, 2009, 03:57 PM

    OK,, now I understand,I should have known
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    Jan 4, 2009, 05:45 PM
    Sounds like one of those "Comfort Game" models, whereby you try to ring the bell at the top and be rewarded with heat. Not to mention, impress your girlfriend.
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    Jan 5, 2009, 03:37 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by wmproop View Post
    why would you need to slam the lever fast? is there a reason,,does it work better by doing the slam thing?
    When one doesn't like it cold as I had set the temp at 65 deg, my wife slammed it up to 'the end'. Ain't been the first time... sure won't be the last. I just wanted to know if this could damage anything. I didn't know this site was a subsidiary of "Click and Clack!" I enjoyed all the responses none the less
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    Jan 5, 2009, 03:41 PM
    It is never good to give the thermostat a hard ride. Like anything else you can break the plastic levers if you are ruff enough. Put a thermostat guard on the stat and drive her nuts when she can no longer get to it. LOL
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    Jan 5, 2009, 03:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by hvac1000 View Post
    It is never good to give the thermostat a hard ride. Like anything else you can break the plastic levers if you are ruff enough. Put a thermostat guard on the stat and drive her nuts when she can no longer get to it. LOL
    Not necessarily a good idea. She may lock up something that will drive him nuts too.:rolleyes:
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    Jan 5, 2009, 03:48 PM

    Thanks... I will
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    Jan 5, 2009, 04:46 PM
    At my age it would not make a difference. LOL
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    Apr 25, 2010, 06:42 PM

    You could throw your arm out.
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    Apr 25, 2010, 08:30 PM

    One direction and stopping no. But moving a mechanical stat back and forth can blow up a breaker/fuseholder when a compressor doesn't have anti-short cycle protection.

    In heating mode, that usually isn't an issue.
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