SavvyCat
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Okay, guys, you're going to love this one. I have acquired free of charge in exchange for review the new Cor thermostat from Carrier. : My inner nerd is giddy with excitement, because I didn't even know there were wifi stats until the house being built next to my cousin had two units show up as networks in my iPhone (and yes, I did try to tamper with them).
It was good enough that I got my hands on a 5-1-1 programmable for free not long before I bought my house (anticipation). The comment from my real estate agent about the existing round gold one was, "I have never seen a vintage merc in such great condition!" Anyway, "vintage" was tossed in a drawer and I put up the new White & Rogers, but now the Cor is on its way.
Trying to get a head start on what it will take to put it up and get it running, I downloaded the documents from the Carrier site. Uh oh! After seeing a note of warning about the need for a C wire, I dashed to my thermostat and found that, alas, there wasn't one.
Am I nuts for thinking I *might* be able to just pulled new 5-wire cable from point to point? Are there any sneaking HVAC genius workarounds that would solve the issue without doing that? I really, really, really want this thermostat. Apparently there are a couple that don't require C, but those aren't free to me. (I bet you can guess how my review will begin.)
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It was good enough that I got my hands on a 5-1-1 programmable for free not long before I bought my house (anticipation). The comment from my real estate agent about the existing round gold one was, "I have never seen a vintage merc in such great condition!" Anyway, "vintage" was tossed in a drawer and I put up the new White & Rogers, but now the Cor is on its way.
Trying to get a head start on what it will take to put it up and get it running, I downloaded the documents from the Carrier site. Uh oh! After seeing a note of warning about the need for a C wire, I dashed to my thermostat and found that, alas, there wasn't one.
Am I nuts for thinking I *might* be able to just pulled new 5-wire cable from point to point? Are there any sneaking HVAC genius workarounds that would solve the issue without doing that? I really, really, really want this thermostat. Apparently there are a couple that don't require C, but those aren't free to me. (I bet you can guess how my review will begin.)
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