house thermostat

We have a honeywell and I can check temps, believe it can be set up to alert me.

As said above, turn off the water, preferably drain the pipes too.

I do keep my internet going when I go south, and I have a Honeywell wifi thermostat.
My HVAC indeed packed up winter before last, and I could see that by checking my thermostat. Sent my neighbor in, called the repair guys, all fixed.

But on the grounds you can never be too careful, I shut off the water and make sure nothing is in a position to freeze and leak on stuff. Recognize that you cannot prevent every disaster, but just some of the obvious ones.

klr650goldwing wrote:
Good points everyone. We were originally planning to shut down our internet/cable etc and save that monthly fee. Thanks for your help.

Nice thing about Simplisafe - no internet/cable needed.

Posted in the FTer forum?!? Pretty much by definition, FTers don't have a 'thermostat at home to set when they snowbird'. Just sayin.

Good points everyone. We were originally planning to shut down our internet/cable etc and save that monthly fee. Thanks for your help.

Do you intend to keep internet service at the house? You'll need it for the thermostat.

I installed a monitored Simplisafe burglar alarm system which also monitors power loss, smoke, temperature, and water leakage. For $25 per month they monitor it all. I can check the house temperature anytime I want. Simplisafe has a built in cellular system, no separate internet service needed.

I also get a 10 percent discount on my homeowner's insurance.

We have lived here over 30 years and our furnace quit only once. Our power goes out maybe twice a year on average. When their is no power there is no internet. How do you turn your heat off and on with no internet? We turn the heat down when we go and when we get back it is what it is.

I have a NEXIA system that was installed with our new AC unit. Works great, and I can access and control it from anywhere with internet, via my smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Can check and/or change temperature, settings, or whatever. With additional units, I can have security sensors, lighting controld or whatever as needed.

I'm researching this for our house as well. So far I've found out that I need to make sure the furnace/thermostat has a C wire, or be prepared to give up independent fan control if the system has it.

We have a Lux wifi thermostat for our park model and it works well. We can turn on the air conditioning while we're driving up north to cool it down, or turn on the heat in the winter.

I can only speak for the Nest. Works great for us.