Remote Controlling electric baseboards?

[TECHNOKID]

You'd think there was a wireless baseboard control solution but there isn't.

Dog Byte, I don't understand what you are trying to tell me? What the above statement is saying is that I don't understand why people would want wireless thermostat. I don't think it is available on the market for the average home since I don't think it would financially beneficial for manufacturing to make such. However, I'd never go as far as saying it is impossible as I believe such probably exist for commercial, instutional and manufacturing.

Cheers!
René

[TECHNOKID]

1. Pull fresh 220V wire to a wall mounted thermostat.

2. Use a low voltage control relay and pull low voltage wire to a wall mounted thermostat.

3. Have a wall mounted wireless thermostat transmit a call for heat to a receiver module on the baseboard.

The baseboard heaters are always mounted on outside walls under windows and the thermostat should be mounted on an inside wall on the other side of the room.

I guess I and some other people were taking into account that the above was already present. Now, 220V is going to the thermostat it self and the thermostat convert to its low voltage requirement. Fully agreed with the positionning of the baseboard and thermostat. Unless one has unfinished basement, I can see the problem for feeding new cabling in order to be controlled by a new thermostat. In this instance one would have to get an electrician to do so as it can be achieved with minimal damage to the existing stucture. I guess thus the reason for wanting remote to avoid this work around???

[TECHNOKID]

http://www.networkthermostat.com/3.html

http://www.diycontrols.com/product_i...products_id=99

Hard-wired (Line voltage) connections between heating/cooling equipment and thermostats have many limitations that can now be overcome with wireless technology. Wireless thermostats add the flexibility to control the temperature in one or more locations of your choosing. They are ideal for equipment retrofits, additions, and for overall improvement in HVAC performance in new home construction. Wireless systems typically consist of the wireless thermostat (sensor) itself and a receiver. Most come with one or more remote controllers.

http://www.toolbase.org/Technology-I...ss-thermostats

More can be found here: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...ermostat&meta=

Look at page 18 of this user manual as an example: http://diycontrols.com/dl/Sensaphone_400_Manual.pdf


Hope this help!
Cheers!
René

[Dog Byte]

Yes, it's strictly a renovation issue. Electric baseboards with integrated controls meet code and are cheap so they're used everywhere. You can get wireless anything these days. Why not a thermostat? There are a few but there's no corresponding 220V receiver/controller.

[assface]

I too have the same problem and want a wireless solution. It's not that I want to sit in a chair and be able to control things, I just want something on the wall that looks like a normal thermostat and can control the entire condo automatically.

I have found this system that seems to be exactly what I want:

http://www.enernetcorp.com/baseboard-electric-heat

Their website doesn't list any prices though. I'm going to give them a call on Monday to see what the deal is.

[nxumdon]

Hi
The condo I live in installed those Enernet T9000 wireless thermostats with the associated JBox RCNs on each electric baseboard heater. At the time they were subsidized by the Condo Corp and still were $200+ for the thermostat and 3 Jbox RCNs. At the time I didn't have the money to afford this and it was during the summer, so I didn't partake in the purchase....stupid stupid move on my part! Now I'm one of the few with manual dials on each heater and wanting some form of manageability. Sadly, you can't purchase these units on your own from what I've been told. So yeah, I too am in search of a cheaper wireless thermostat solution. (Really dont want to rip open my walls to run wire for a central, wired, thermostat).

Thanks and cheers!

J

[seigel]

Any more thoughts or ideas on how to accomplish this with anything new that has come out recently?

cheers
James.

[nxumdon]

Our condo has recently re-reviewed this and still the only player is listed below and they only seem to deal with bulk orders...ie entire buildings, etc. Needless to say I'm jumping at the chance this time around.

Cheers
J

[Carlos J]

http://www.enernetcorp.com/baseboard...plication.html this gives a good idea of what is involved with a wireless system. I cannot find the company i had contacted two years ago, i had a client that wanted these all over the house, when i gave him the price(with the relay about $300.00ch+installation), he said forget it just fish in the wiring, so we did.lol.

[38racing]

because electric heat has a slow recovery might limit the savings but I published tests on another forum with my gas furnace using set back (my thermostat records running time) and a 2 night test showed savings close to 40% in the depth of winter by setting back to 17C from 20C from 11pm to 7 am.

[Rocketron]

http://www.walkersys.com/homeproducts.html

Looks exactly what I was looking for 3 years ago... Seems a little pricey.

Has anyone ordered and installed this?

[Zrock]

Turning back the thermostat definitely saves money. I have saved at least 40% on gas by cutting back the thermostat and saved at least 10 to 20% on my hydro bill. paid for the cost of the programmable thermostat the first month i installed it.

[Rocketron]

http://diycontrols.com/dl/Aube_YTL91...20Brochure.pdf

An even better solution?? Anyone have any experince with these?