Thermostat with fan only scheduling

[Reagan40]

We have recently installed a wood burning stove. It is big enough to warm our whole house, but getting the warm air into the far bedrooms requires us to turn on the fan for the heating/cooling system. If I turn the fan on for about 5 minutes every hour, it is perfect. Obviously, I don’t want to run the heat while doing this, just the fan. I would like a thermostat where I can schedule the fan only to come on at certain times. I have looked at the eco bee and the nest, but those just allow scheduling of heat and air to maintain a temperature. Does anyone know of one that allows fan only scheduling? If it is Apple HomeKit compatible, that’s even better.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

Check out IFTT. You should be able to set it up on a schedule or you can even set it to turn on the fan when the house reaches a certain temperature. You would need a smart thermostat for this to work though.

 

[churchmouse]

OK. We do the exact same thing. But it requires a good stat with a Circulation setting on it. The one I use (from years and years and years of HVAC) is the Honeywell 9000 series touch screen. It is a programmable stat that also has 3 settings for the furnace blower. 1 for Auto.....1 for fan on full time.....and 1 setting labeled Circ.
The Circ (Circulate) does what you are needing. We also heat mainly with wood. I set the fan for Circ and it regularly cycles the furnace blower. This keeps the house fairly evenly heated.
You can use the programmable set back option or opt not to.

Stat is a bit spendy but we love ours. Been installed since they 1st came on the market.

 

[Rookie]

Churchmouse, can't he add a jumper in the furnace to keep the fan running at all times?

 

[churchmouse]

Churchmouse, can't he add a jumper in the furnace to keep the fan running at all times?

There is a function switch on the stat for this but it is just a good if it cycles.

 

[Rookie]

Op, if you want another thermostat option, Nest can allow fan scheduling.

 

[jkaetz]

Op, if you want another thermostat option, Nest can allow fan scheduling.

though I'm not a huge fan of the nest, I inherited two of them and can confirm that they allow you to have the fan run for a set number of minutes per hour.

 

[tmschuller]

I’m familiar with Honeywell stats and you can google them for options the pro series is what I put in at work. Sorry I don’t remember the model but these are touch screen and some are so if enabled. Check with me on price. I can get them at wholesale and it’s cheaper sometimes than online. Blessings. Tim

 

[Reagan40]

OK. We do the exact same thing. But it requires a good stat with a Circulation setting on it. The one I use (from years and years and years of HVAC) is the Honeywell 9000 series touch screen. It is a programmable stat that also has 3 settings for the furnace blower. 1 for Auto.....1 for fan on full time.....and 1 setting labeled Circ.
The Circ (Circulate) does what you are needing. We also heat mainly with wood. I set the fan for Circ and it regularly cycles the furnace blower. This keeps the house fairly evenly heated.
You can use the programmable set back option or opt not to.

Stat is a bit spendy but we love ours. Been installed since they 1st came on the market.

Thanks for the recommendation. This looks like it would do what I want. The only thing it doesn’t have is the HomeKit compatibility. That isn’t a deal breaker, but while researching the 9000 serious, I came across the Honeywell T5+ that has the circulate and is HomeKit compatible. It’s about the same price as the 9000 series. Do you know anything about the T5+?

 

[churchmouse]

Thanks for the recommendation. This looks like it would do what I want. The only thing it doesn’t have is the HomeKit compatibility. That isn’t a deal breaker, but while researching the 9000 serious, I came across the Honeywell T5+ that has the circulate and is HomeKit compatible. It’s about the same price as the 9000 series. Do you know anything about the T5+?

Not 1st hand.

 

[laf]

I have an ecobee 3 and you can tell it you would like the fan to run for x*5 minutes per hour. 0, 5, 10, 15... etc. Even if no heating or cooling equipment is running it will still move air around the house.

 

[turnandshoot4]

Tag because we need two new thermostats and I have no idea what to get.