simonmason
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I would like to move my heated floor to z-wave control. Does anyone make an automated switch with temperature sensor control. My floor runs at 110v and has a sensor installed that plugs into the control thermostat. Thanks
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simonmason
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And the voltage is the clearest indication - I am in the US. So it seems that no one has addressed this need. I guess interrupting the power is the only thing I can do?
You can probably cobble something together, the important thing is that your sensor should control the switch in addition to the switch being operated via zwave. Perhaps, you can feed the sensor to your automation system assuming you have one.simonmason said:
If zwave is not a must, there are other remote control solutions.
jon102034050
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vc1234 said:
Care to elaborate on the other remote control solutions? My heated bathroom floor drives me nuts. I'd love to be able to control it as simply as any other zwave device on a schedule...
jon102034050 said:
In my condo, I use this:
http://www.sinopetech.com/en/shop/products/neviweb-en/floor-heating-thermostat-web-programmable-3600-w/
It also requires a comm module:
http://www.sinopetech.com/en/shop/products/neviweb-en/web-gateway/
So, it's not cheap.
In my case, I have 5 baseboard thermos in addition to the floor unit, so the comm module is used by all six units.
It's a cloud solution which I do not like, but in my situation it was the most rational choice because at the time here was no zwave baseboard thermostats on the market, and I did not want to install a full fledged automation system in the condo just to be able to control heating remotely. It's been pretty reliable so far.
I hear there are radiant floor wifi thermos, but I do not have any experience with those.
Interesting unit, although I don't see any Z Wave support.oZZy said:
They advertise 'Home Automation System integration', however that seems to be limited to a single relay/24VAC input to force the system between normal and away mode.
Are you affiliated with them in any way?
simonmason
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All seems a bit pricey for a simple task. I really want to stop it from turning on when the outside temp gets above a certain level. It would have been nice to have better control, reading the temp, etc. Whats the smallest zwave inline switch I can put in the wall to cut power to this? I will forego the built in timer in my thermostat and just switch it on and off from my HA system. Just have to check that it keeps the temp setting when it loses power.
Not elegant, but have you looked into a LV Zwave T-stat, then wire the load through a relay such as this Aube? https://customer.honeywell.com/en-US/pages/product.aspx?cat=HonECC%20Catalog&pid=RC840T-347/U
wkearney99
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NuHeat and WarmUP make some WiFi-enabled floor heat thermostats. I've not tried either one. We had NuHeat in the old house and Warmup in the new (regular non-automated, as it wasn't available in 2013). Trouble is the Warmup unit uses a landscape orientation, and NuHeat is portrait. Normally this wouldn't matter as you'd used a square work box. My electrician, however, laid a single-gang sideways. This into spray foamed exterior wall. Yeah, I could dig it out, but ugh...
My main motivator is to keep the damned clock set correctly. No on-board battery or capacitor and it loses time whenever power blips.
Depending on the size of the floor pattern it's not uncommon to find 240v used for floor heat, even in the US. Mine happens to be just under the threshold for that, so it's 110v.
My main motivator is to keep the damned clock set correctly. No on-board battery or capacitor and it loses time whenever power blips.
Depending on the size of the floor pattern it's not uncommon to find 240v used for floor heat, even in the US. Mine happens to be just under the threshold for that, so it's 110v.
simonmason
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Updating this thread - looks like someone finally made a z-wave thermostat for underfloor heating - http://www.heatit.com/
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