<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Gus, that would be a fun project to do, but as I don't really have time for a DIY solution right now, I ended up pulling the trigger on the CT-80 from Radio Thermostats last night: <a href="http://www.radiothermostat.com/control.html" target="_blank">http://www.radiothermostat.com/control.html</a> . It's the step up from the model that gets rebadged as the 3M Filtrete device that Landon suggested. I would have gone with that one, but it doesn't have automatic heat/ cool switching, which is a feature I really want. Anyway, it meets my requirements for features and isn't something custom I have to worry about replacing (either because it's too weird for a normal person, or I just don't want to part with it) when we sell this house in 6-ish years. It was a little more than I'd hoped to spend for something off the shelf, but not too bad, and certainly reasonable compared to other devices I've looked at. I also like that it can be upgraded to also have Zigbee or Z-wave connectivity at some point. I'm shocked at how inexpensive those Venstar units seem to be.
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>QH</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:55 AM, YES NOPE9 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yes@nope9.com" target="_blank">yes@nope9.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If you want to DIY , I would be willing to design up an approach in collaboration with your desires. I have been interested for some time in making such a beast.<br>
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<a href="http://www.venstar.com/Thermostats/ColorTouch/" target="_blank">http://www.venstar.com/Thermostats/ColorTouch/</a> WiFi $180<br>
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<a href="http://www.diycontrols.com/c-177-remote-control-thermostats.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.diycontrols.com/c-177-remote-control-thermostats.aspx</a><br>
Units from $300 to $90<br>
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DIY: buy a cheap bluetooth enabled Android tablet ( or WiFi ) I have seen tablets for $70 and up. I can help you build a temperature to microphone interface. Or a USB to temperature sensor interface. The contact closures ( heat and A/C ) can be controlled via USB or sound out. Total cost about $100 .... Requires some soldering and programming<br>
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Gus in NW Denver<br>
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