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Wireless Thermostats? or other fixes for poor stat location?

  • 30-09-2016 3:34pm
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    Special Circumstances
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    Hi all,

    I have what is a typical Irish setup I guess - one stat in hall, one stat in landing. To me this gives pretty useless control of the 3 main rooms that I want to control the temperature of.

    To be fair, the house is better than the average rental house - there is a decent programmable controller and 2 zones + hot water. So I don't want to upset the existing setup any more than I have to, especially as I'm only renting. TRVs are out for the same reason.

    My idea is that I find some product that puts a base unit with a relay to replace the existing stats, and I then have 2 wireless units that sit in the rooms I want to control. These wireless boxes then tell the relay boxes to activate/deactivate that circuit.

    So heating experts.... is this possible/practical?
    Is this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003DVN8HU?psc=1 Honeywell product what I want? Is there a cheaper option?


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
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    I know you said that they are out but trvs may be the simplest solution


  • #3
    Special Circumstances
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I know you said that they are out but trvs may be the simplest solution

    Hmmm if I had any sort of security in the place without being subject to a whopping rent increase I probably would.

    Now for the scary part..... I'm thinking of cobbling my own system together with a low power Linux box and some wireless bits.


  • #4
    Special Circumstances
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    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    Now for the scary part..... I'm thinking of cobbling my own system together with a low power Linux box and some wireless bits.

    Scratch that.. I think I'll just go for the most simple solution, whatever that may be.

    Thermostats are Sunvic TLX 4101. Two wires, COMmon and DEMand, but no neutral as far as I can make out.

    Bad locations AND bad stats? What are my options here? Would I (or a qualified professional!) need a neutral to fit a more advanced stat or a base unit for a wireless stat?


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