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Loony Singer · 05-14-2008, 11:20 AM

We bought one of these about 4 years ago:

http://www.thermostatshop.com/cem24-series.shtml.

It's a "talking thermostat" that lets you check conditions at the remote house, raise and lower the temperature, etc. It worked so well that we bought a second one for our primary residence.

I would note that the manual was not that easy to understand. And I would agree that having a professional HVAC guy install it is probably the way to go. I did it myself, and it took a fair amount of hand-holding to get things working right.

The model we bought did not have the built-in freeze alarm. I don't think it was offered at that time. So when we went south for the winter this year, we supplemented the thermostat with one of these:

http://www.smarthome.com/7001.html

I liked this one a lot. Very easy to install and program.

But if you want the whole combination of remote-control thermostat plus freeze alarm, it's probably cheaper and easier to get one unit that does everything.

05-14-2008, 11:20 AM	#3
Loony Singer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 110 Thanks: 30 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	Here's what we use We bought one of these about 4 years ago: http://www.thermostatshop.com/cem24-series.shtml. It's a "talking thermostat" that lets you check conditions at the remote house, raise and lower the temperature, etc. It worked so well that we bought a second one for our primary residence. I would note that the manual was not that easy to understand. And I would agree that having a professional HVAC guy install it is probably the way to go. I did it myself, and it took a fair amount of hand-holding to get things working right. The model we bought did not have the built-in freeze alarm. I don't think it was offered at that time. So when we went south for the winter this year, we supplemented the thermostat with one of these: http://www.smarthome.com/7001.html I liked this one a lot. Very easy to install and program. But if you want the whole combination of remote-control thermostat plus freeze alarm, it's probably cheaper and easier to get one unit that does everything.