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Honeywell Home aux and Emergency Heat settings

T6 Pro Smart, T6 Pro II, T9 and T10 use different documents. Identify the model and the configured backup source before interpreting an installer setting.

  1. 01Match exact T6/T9/T10
  2. 02Use that model’s table
  3. 03Distinguish compressor/backup
Authored reading path, not a manufacturer screen. Use the linked document and your installed model/configuration; do not copy a universal lockout temperature.

T6 Pro Smart

The Professional Install Guide 33-00392 covers TH6220WF2006 and TH6320WF2003. It documents holding Menu for 5 seconds to reach the Advanced Menu. This is an identification aid, not permission to alter commissioning.

ItemMeaning in this guide
ISU 355 Balance Point / Compressor LockoutRestricts the heat pump below the selected outdoor condition. Listed range Off or 5–60°F. The guide distinguishes a 40°F dual-fuel default for air-source gas/oil backup from Off for electric backup or geothermal.
ISU 356 Aux Heat Lock OutRestricts backup above the selected outdoor condition. Listed range Off or 5–65°F; available only with the relevant heat-pump/auxiliary configuration and outdoor-temperature input.

A listed default is not the right temperature for every home. Compare the installed fuel/configuration with the guide before even interpreting a number.

T6 Pro II

The official T6 Pro II ISU table uses ISU 355 Compressor Lockout / Balance Point and ISU 356 Outdoor Lockout Backup Heat. It notes a wired-sensor requirement for the specified TH6320U/TH6220 compressor-lockout configuration. Do not use the T6 Pro Smart entry gesture or assume internet weather on this different model.

T10 and T10+ Pro

The official ISU table groups equipment lockouts under ISU 3120. It lists Compressor Lockout / Balance point from Off or −15°F to 50°F, and Backup Heat Lockout from Off or 5°F to 65°F. These are separate restrictions, not two names for one “best temperature.”

The Advanced Features page documents manual Emergency Heat under Menu → System Mode for a configured heat pump with backup. In that mode the heat pump is locked out. A system can intentionally be in backup-only operation; silence at the outdoor unit is not a stand-alone fault diagnosis.

T9 Smart

The T9 User Guide 33-00478 describes Menu → system Mode, with Emergency Heat available when configured for a heat pump with backup. The checked user and installation guides do not establish an auxiliary-lockout ISU comparable to the T6 or T10 values above. This page deliberately supplies no guessed T9 ISU number.

Take a record, not a new setting

  1. Write the full model, including Smart/II/plus suffixes.
  2. Record current mode, installed backup fuel, alert text and existing lockout values without changing them.
  3. Ask which sensor/weather input and commissioned control strategy apply.
  4. If the home is getting colder or a hazard is suspected, seek appropriate help rather than experimenting with installer options.

These guide-specific limits were rechecked on November 13, 2026. Use the linked source if a later revision or installed configuration differs. The situation checklist does not select values for any Honeywell Home model.

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