So we finally got a smart thermostat installed, and honestly I’m a bit confused. It’s supposed to learn our schedule, but after two weeks it’s still cranking the heat up at 3 PM when nobody’s home. I find myself constantly overriding it, which kind of defeats the purpose. Has anyone else had this happen? I’m starting to wonder if I should just go back to a manual program.
Feeling your frustration with the smart thermostat it seems to keep cranking heat at 3 pm even when no one is home
From a tech minded view this shows how the learning loop can lock in a plan before you prove you are actually away
Maybe it misreads your schedule and pushes heat into the window when it thinks you might be coming home
That theory of a perfect auto schedule is appealing but the real world tends to drift it into strange hours and false readings
Perhaps the issue is not the device but how we frame the problem if you want less fighting you might aim for predictable overrides rather than perfect auto tuning
Try a simple test run with away mode for a day and then a quick reset of the learning data while keeping a basic morning and evening routine