wkearney99
Senior Member
Those are excellent points, thanks.
I agree regarding device status. I don't have a lot of demand for it in the immediate future but I do know it's something I'll want. I do look forward to being able to fine tune things like default dimmer levels and such based on time of day. I know that won't necessarily be possible without a lot of fiddling. So I'm not setting up the use of a hardware box for that. For that I'd hope to make use of it in combination with other products. The key is understanding just how much of an assistance or an impediment they'd be.
Geo. from what little I've read, has the added complexity of taking longer to make temperature transitions. More for heat than cooling. So a lot of the smart thermostat logic doesn't quite work the same way as the much faster to respond hydrocarbon furnace setups. Radiant is in a way similar Ours is an in-ground setup (three 350' deep wells) feeding a forced air ducting system. We didn't go radiant for the floors due to layout and the considerable added cost, and we'd still need ducts for summer AC. But, like I wrote, I'm giving that time to settle before injecting automation into the fray.
We'll start moving tomorrow. All the tech gear goes over first. Then the movers will handle everything else. We're literally only moving about 4 blocks. I'll likely be offline for a while until I get everything spun back up.
I agree regarding device status. I don't have a lot of demand for it in the immediate future but I do know it's something I'll want. I do look forward to being able to fine tune things like default dimmer levels and such based on time of day. I know that won't necessarily be possible without a lot of fiddling. So I'm not setting up the use of a hardware box for that. For that I'd hope to make use of it in combination with other products. The key is understanding just how much of an assistance or an impediment they'd be.
Geo. from what little I've read, has the added complexity of taking longer to make temperature transitions. More for heat than cooling. So a lot of the smart thermostat logic doesn't quite work the same way as the much faster to respond hydrocarbon furnace setups. Radiant is in a way similar Ours is an in-ground setup (three 350' deep wells) feeding a forced air ducting system. We didn't go radiant for the floors due to layout and the considerable added cost, and we'd still need ducts for summer AC. But, like I wrote, I'm giving that time to settle before injecting automation into the fray.
We'll start moving tomorrow. All the tech gear goes over first. Then the movers will handle everything else. We're literally only moving about 4 blocks. I'll likely be offline for a while until I get everything spun back up.