Replace Honeywell Bluetooth thermostat with smart Honeywell wifi thermostat

[ipreo]

Hello there. I currently have Bluetooth Honeywell thermostat that uses “Honeywell Home BDR91A1000” receiver. I am planning to upgrade the thermostat to a wifi enabled one. Can I use this existing receiver ?

 

[DP]

Did not know BDR was Bluetooth

 

[Stuckinarut]

Did not know BDR was Bluetooth

I don't think it is Dan, but happy to be proven wrong of course

 

[Stuckinarut]

Hello there. I currently have Bluetooth Honeywell thermostat that uses “Honeywell Home BDR91A1000” receiver. I am planning to upgrade the thermostat to a wifi enabled one. Can I use this existing receiver ?

We'd need to know exact which wi-fi thermostat as a lot of receivers have changed and aren't necessarily compatible.

 

[ipreo]

Hi there. For now I am looking at “Honeywell T6R Wireless Smart Thermostat”. However not fussy as I am open to any compatible thermostat that use Wi-Fi.

 

[Stuckinarut]

Hi there. For now I am looking at “Honeywell T6R Wireless Smart Thermostat”. However not fussy as I am open to any compatible thermostat that use Wi-Fi.

So after looking, it appears that particular thermostat comes with the updated Honeywell home receiver, which uses different software. You could ask their technical department if it would work as I'm not 100%.

 

[ipreo]

Thank you. I will check with them.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Did not know BDR was Bluetooth

Definitely not Bluetooth, it uses the 868MHz band for short range communication between receiver and stat, rather than the 2.4GHz used by Bluetooth and WiFi.

I am planning to upgrade the thermostat to a wifi enabled one. Can I use this existing receiver ?

Don't be put off by the thought of changing the receiver - it is usually a simple electrical job, that we guide many through on this forum.

 

[DP]

I don't think it is Dan, but happy to be proven wrong of course

I know

 

[DP]

Hi there. For now I am looking at “Honeywell T6R Wireless Smart Thermostat”. However not fussy as I am open to any compatible thermostat that use Wi-Fi.

Cannot go wrong with this unit.
Geofencing and remote access.
Has open therm connection if your boiler allows.

T6 is hard wired
T6R is two piece wireless unit