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Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley

How to Turn OFF Hold on Honeywell Thermostat

Here, we cover how to turn off hold on Honeywell thermostat. But why would hold ever be ON in the first place? Well, the hold feature on many smart thermostats lets the user override scheduled temperature settings, and set the these manually. When a thermostat follows its schedule, it changes its set temperature to what…
How to Take Off Hold on Honeywell Thermostat

Here, we cover how to take off hold on Honeywell thermostat. But why would hold ever be ON in the first place? Well, the hold feature on many programmable thermostats lets you override scheduled temperature settings, and set the temperature manually. When a thermostat is following its schedule, it is not on hold. Thus, it…
How to Turn Off Hold on Honeywell Home Thermostat

Here, we cover how to turn off hold on Honeywell Home thermostat. But why would hold ever be ON in the first place? Well, the hold feature on many smart thermostats lets the user override scheduled temperature settings, and set the these manually. When a thermostat follows its schedule, it changes its set temperature to…
Honeywell Smart WiFi Thermostat Manual for RTH9580WF

Honeywell provides good manuals for their WiFi smart thermostats. The same is true of the 9000 series RTH9580WF t-stat. These docs walk you through installation, setup, and everyday use. They write them in non tech, easy to follow language. So these docs are quite helpful. Thus in this piece, we give current links to all…
Honeywell WiFi Thermostat RTH8580WF Manual

Honeywell provides great booklets with their t-stats. Indeed, they wrote the Honeywell WiFi thermostat RTH8580WF manual guides to the same high standards. Thus, these booklets show you how to install, set up, and use the t-stat. Further, they write these in non tech, easy to get language. These books also have lots of pics of…
How to Turn ON Permanent Hold on Honeywell

Here, we cover how to turn on permanent hold on a typical Honeywell. Now the permanent hold feature on many programmable thermostats lets the user override scheduled temperature settings for an indefinite period. In permanent hold, you set the temperature manually, and have that setting remain until you release the hold. On the other hand,…
Disable Permanent Hold on Honeywell Thermostat

Covers the Disable Permanent Hold on Honeywell Thermostat procedure. Now this indeed begs the question of why would hold ever be ON in the first place? Well, the hold feature on many programmable thermostats lets you override scheduled temperature settings, and set the temperature manually. When a thermostat is following its schedule, it is not…
JBL Charge 3 Buttons Explained

sThe JBL Charge 3 features several buttons and lamps across its top. There are also a battery charge status lights across the front bottom. Furthermore, the Power button lights in either white, blue, or both, to show Bluetooth speaker status. There’s also an port access panel on the back bottom of the unit. This hides…
JBL Charge 4 Buttons Explained

The JBL Charge 4 has six buttons and several lamps across its top, as well as battery gauge lights across the front bottom. The Power button lights in white to show that the speaker is ON or OFF. There’s also a port access panel on the back bottom. This protects the USB-C charge in and…
JBL Xtreme 2 Buttons Explained

The JBL Xtreme 2 Bluetooth speaker has several buttons and lights across its top. It also has battery charge status lamps across the front bottom. There’s also a port access panel on the back bottom. A semi flexible door covers it. This area houses a USB charging port to recharge your mobile devices from. It…