I have a 3-heat/2-cool electric heat pump and the RC-2000 tstat. My emergency heat is electric elements. The RC2000 calls for emergency heat when it is too far from setpoint. I think there may even be some intelligence where it looks at temp rate of change to make decisions.
For dual fuel heat pumps that have a gas backup, it uses (requires) an external temp sensor to determine when to switch over to the gas backup.
I'm curious, is there any way to configure my system with electric emergency heat to use the external temperature to make smarter decisions about when to use the emergency backup based on external temperature. When the temperature is very cold out, it is fairly obvious the heat pumps cannot keep up and might be good to kick on the emergency heat sooner.
Or maybe I'm thinking of this all wrong. Appreciate any advice. Thanks.
For dual fuel heat pumps that have a gas backup, it uses (requires) an external temp sensor to determine when to switch over to the gas backup.
I'm curious, is there any way to configure my system with electric emergency heat to use the external temperature to make smarter decisions about when to use the emergency backup based on external temperature. When the temperature is very cold out, it is fairly obvious the heat pumps cannot keep up and might be good to kick on the emergency heat sooner.
Or maybe I'm thinking of this all wrong. Appreciate any advice. Thanks.