Honeywell 50002883-001 Wallplate Cover for Easy Installation

S C Taylor: Easy to install, great value, nice format, happy with performance, very accurate.

United States on Oct 19, 2023

Amazon Customer: Good for changing a thermostat brand

United States on Dec 26, 2022

Pete Coach: Good for what it's supposed to do. Waaay overpriced piece of plastic though.

Canada on Jul 22, 2020

Canuck Customer: I bought these plastic plates to cover up the hideous area that became visible when I replaced my old thermostat with a Honeywell Lyric, which is much smaller. Personally I feel that these plates should come included with the Honeywell rather than forcing clients to pay.

Canada on Jan 06, 2018

Hunter: Package contains the medium size cover plate (6 7/8" wide by 5" tall) and the large size cover plate (8 5/16" wide by 6" tall). If needed, package includes a metal bracket to attach cover plate to an electrical box regardless if the box was installed vertical or horizontal. I just had a hole poked into the wall so I did not need the attachment and just used the wall anchors that came with my new Honeywell WiFi Smart Thermostat RTH9580WF. The screws go through the base of the new thermostat and through the cover plate to hold everything in place. The base of the new medium plate covered up my 17 year old Trane thermostat foot print (was painted around years ago) since it was vertical and not horizontal like the new one. Fantastic!! Did not leave an eye soar or a request from my wife to repaint the room! And yes, I needed assistance from my furnace repair contractor to connect the C wire (Common or 5th wire) to my 17 year old Goodman GMPN100-4 REV B furnace from my new thermostat to provide 24 volt power to my new WiFi thermostat since the old Trane thermostat only used four wires and did not need the C wire. That resulted in another Internet search to find answers to that issue....

United States on Jan 28, 2017

TomTom: I saw some reviews/comments saying you could use this with a Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat and some saying you could not.

With a lack of options I ordered it.

My situation:
An old (larger) thermostat was mounted on top of a junction box (but it was attached to the drywall and not the actual junction box). The Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat was smaller than the other thermostat and you could see into the junction box, plus the unpainted part around the thermostat.

Thoughts about the size:
I used the smallest included cover. I really wish there was a 3rd smaller cover included...but lack of options I'll take what I can get.

The installation:
The cover was attached directly to the drywall. There are plastic ridges around the screw holes that lifted the thermostat away from the wall a bit. The gap bugged me for whatever reason and I shaved off the ridges with a razor blade. The holes in the backing plate of the thermostat lined up with the holes in the cover.

Overall: You can use it with a Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat (at least I was able to). I like it, but I wish it was a little smaller.

United States on Oct 18, 2015

BF Hammer: I only give 4 stars instead of 5 due to the fact this really should be priced at about $10 maximum.

When I removed my old round Honeywell thermostat, I found 2 different paint outlines where a square thermostat (most likely from the 1930's) was replaced by a round thermostat (I'm guessing 1960's) that used a large trim panel behind it to cover the paint outline. Then I replaced the round thermostat and now had a pretty large paint outline to cover up. It was either repaint the entire room or buy this trim kit and use the larger of the 2 trim plates. I really dislike painting. It fits my new Honeywell RTH2300 programmable thermostat, but it took a little bit of effort to line everything up with the screw holes and look level.

One side benefit is that I think I notice the thermostat is measuring air temperature more accurately with less fluctuation (comparing with a mercury thermometer I have nearby). I'm guessing that the plate is acting as a buffer from the wall, but I'm no HVAC engineer.

I only needed the large trim plate, the smaller plate and adapter bracket / screws were not used.

United States on Nov 23, 2014