Out of the box the ecobee does one thing very very wrong.
Ecobee humidity sensor wrong.
Main menu settings installation settings thresholds ac overcool max.
So i change it to 10.
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Current ecobee 4 is registering 55 humidity when hygrometers are registering 41 and outside humidity is 23 on a current indoor heat setting and temperature of 70f.
This can be accessed by going to.
Then go to installation settings.
Ok that means the ecobee is wrong.
Press menu on the main screen.
The chain of command to access this offset is as follows.
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Fix the ecobee smart thermostat s most annoying feature.
If you notice that the ecobee thermostat s temperature reading is slightly off or you need to adjust the reading for any other reason you can adjust the temperature reading by 10 by using temperature correction settings.
Next you will want to set your desired humidity point.
To configure temperature correction.
Here s how to make it right.
Supports solution was to 1 reset thermostat didn t help and 2 adjust the humidity setting in the ecobee 4 to correlate with the correct humidity.
The ecobee is displaying the wrong room temperature no way is it 69 in here right now of course my wife is never wrong on anything period and in this case she was also not wrong.
Yes the thermostat said 69 and it was not 69 in the room where my thermostat was installed it was actually a ridiculously warm 78.
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Well i am already at 5 from when i first got it.
I go under threshold settings and try to change the humidity offset by reducing it.
Long story short i call ecobee and we deteremined the new update breaks the humidity readings by a lot.