To ensure that your white rodgers thermostat is efficient and gives you maximum comfort, make sure you keep in mind the guidelines I’m about to share with you in this article when you are planning your program.
First, I would talk about why your White Rdgers thermostat needs programming.
According to the US department of Energy, when you set a White Rodgers thermostat program that perfectly suits your temperature needs, you are saving a lot of dollars on your electricity bill.
The key to attaining these savings on your electricity bill is to identify your home or office temperature needs and set your White Rodgers thermostat program to suit those needs. Then watch how your electricity consumption drops month after month, and how much less you would have to pay for your electricity.
But before you program your thermostat to suit your temperature needs, ensure that the cooling and heating equipment in your home or office are compatible. If they are, then you can program your White Rodgers thermostat.
There are two things you need to know when planning your program:
✅ When the building is empty, or during periods of low activities within the building, ensure that the temperatures of your thermostat are programmed to be cooler.
✅ In the morning, the need for cooling is reduced.
How to plan your program
The factory programmed temperatures and times are usually shown in the sample schedule, if this program is what suits your needs, press the Run button and the factory programmed temperatures and schedules would start running.
If the factory programmed temperatures and schedules do not suit your needs then you should follow this guide to program your White Rodgers thermostat
🟡 Set Date and Time
The first thing to do when programming your white rodgers thermostat is to set the time and date. Steps to set a date and time are:
✅ Press the button for setting time.
✅ Use the arrows that point up and down to select hours.
✅ Press the button for setting time again, and use the arrows pointing up and down to select minute.
✅ Repeat the above procedure for setting a date, month, and year.
✅ Press the “Run Program” button.
🟡 Enter Program for Heating.
There are two modes to a white rodgers thermostat program: Heating mode, Cooling mode.
Follow these steps to set the Heating mode:
✅Press the button tagged “SYSTEM” until the “Heat” icon shows. At the top of the display, you would see the days and times being programmed.
✅ Press the arrows pointing up and down to set the temperature for the first heating period. Then use the arrow keys pointing left and right to adjust the start time.
✅ Press the “FAN” button to select “Prog” or “Auto”.
✅ Press the “set schedule” button to move to the next program period for the day.
✅ Repeat the steps above for all the day’s periods.
✅ Press the button tagged “Run schedule” to run your program.
🟡 Enter Program for Cooling
To set the program for cooling :
✅ Press the button tagged “system” until an icon “cool” appears.
✅ Repeat the steps for the program for heating to set days and heating periods.
To check if your white rodgers thermostat is correctly programmed, follow these steps:
✅ Move the switch tagged “SYSTEM” to ” Heat”.
✅ Press the button tagged “PRGM” to cycle through the periods you have programmed.
✅ Move the switch tagged “SYSTEM” to “COOL”.z
✅ Repeat the instructions in step 2 for the cold programs.
✅ Press the “Run” button.
The scheduled program starts automatically.
Changing an already set program
To change an already set program (either Heating or Cooling), follow these steps:
✅ Move the switch tagged “SYSTEM” to the mode you want to change.
✅ Press the button tagged “PRGM” and select the program you are changing.
✅ Change the temperature and periods, and press the “Run” button.
Deactivating an already set program
A running program can be deactivated by:
Press the HOLD button.
Using the arrows to adjust the temperature levels.
To resume a previously set program after you have pressed “HOld”, simply press the button tagged “RUN”, and the program begins to run.
Now that you have learned how to program your White Rodgers thermostat, get to work and make sure that your thermostat only costs you enough to provide you with heating or cooling.
