“If the AC blows air equally throughout the house, how will this thermostat with the different room sensors regulate how much air flows in each area? The sensors make sense, but how does it control the air that goes in the different rooms?”
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It can't regulate airflow directly. There are several features my HVAC system doesn't have (such as automatic damper positioning or a secondary fan to boost airflow to the upper levels), so I can't speak personally about things like that. However, I don't think those features are very common for household HVAC installations. It's possible that is what the accessory controls in the thermostat are there for, but I don't know and I wouldn't want to mislead you. But whether the thermostat can control things like that or not, without them there is no way to redirect airflow from one room to another. What the thermostat does in most situations is have the system run until the weighted average of the temperature on each sensor reaches the programmed comfort level. This means that some parts of the house will be hotter or colder. For example, I have my remote sensor in the bedroom. During the "Sleep" schedule, that sensor is the only one that's enabled. The thermostat is set for 76. The bedroom is 76, but the first floor is 73-74. If I had two sensors enabled, let's say the master bedroom and a child's bedroom, then the system would average the two sensors' temperatures. So the child's bedroom might be 77 and the master might be 75. The difference is largely going to be up to your home's characteristics, how many sensors you have, which ones are active for the current comfort profile, and whether or not they read occupancy in their rooms.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The sensor will only allow the whole zone to activate. So placing a sensor in a different room will still blow air through all the rooms in that zone. The perk is having one or more sensor take priority. For example, our thermostat (the main EcoBee) is on the first floor in our Living Room. It is the main sensor when we are awake at home. We have the second sensor (one comes with the main kit, though you can buy extras) in the master bedroom on the second floor. It is the primary sensor when we are out of the house during the day, while our dog is in that room. This allows the house to stay the desired temperature in the places that matter. So if it gets hotter on the first floor when we are at work, the AC will not come on until it gets too hot in the master (where the dog is).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Short answer is that it does not redirect flow to different rooms, you would need baffles for that. Instead the unit tries to average out the temp in each room. Have a room that is always more hot than the rest? The thermostat will run a little longer to cool it off. It doesn't freeze the other rooms though, it's looking to balance everything out by getting an average temperature. It just makes everything more comfortable. The sensors also detect motion which is how the unit knows if anyone is home or not
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It doesn't. If you have a super hot room with the remote sensor, it will subcool the rest of the house. You can choose when the remote sensor is in use though. Mine is only active at night because my bedroom gets hot.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The sensors can't control the air flow. It will still run the system as a whole. If those sensors are scheduled for those times of the day, then it will only focus on the temperature in those rooms, ignoring the other sensors. Making it comfortable where you are.
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