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Looking for thermostat explanation

| Posted in General Discussion on April 14, 2001 04:12am

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We have digital Wirsbo thermostats run by 24VAC controlling our RFH. Need a couple slab sensing thermostats. Wirsbo only has set-point controllers, which don’t look near as nice as a thermostat. Looked on every web site I can find and called every company recommended, and can’t find a slab-sensing 24VAC digital thermostat for hydronic RFH. What gives? Found slab-sensing for electric RFH, but they have 110V outputs. Anyone know a source for these or have an explanation on why they don’t exist? Thanks.

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  1. Alan_Kim | Mar 13, 2001 03:50pm | #1

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    This is a question that would be replied in fast order at The Wall.
    Good bunch of folks who are very helpful in all matters hydronics.

    http://www.heatinghelp.com/wall_forum.cfm

    You do have to keep an eye on it because the forum topics turn over at a fast pace and there isn't an archive.
    And it's not the most user friendly setup compared to this site.
    I would duplicate your post at The Wall.

    1. Jim_K_ | Mar 13, 2001 04:33pm | #2

      *Thanks Alan. I tried and keep getting this error:Error Diagnostic InformationError processing CFFILEError attempting to save uploaded file to path 'E:wwwheatinghelpimages..' Access is denied. (error 5)The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFFILE), occupying document position (80:6) to (83:30) in the template file E:WWWHEATINGHELPWALL_THREADREPLY.CFMThe specific sequence of files included or processed is:E:WWWHEATINGHELPWALL_THREADREPLY.CFM ÊÊÊÊ .Date/Time: 03/13/01 10:29:11Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Mac_PowerPC)Remote Address: 24.18.45.189HTTP Referer: http://www.heatinghelp.com/wall_threadReply.cfm?forumID=1&ItemID=0Template: E:wwwheatinghelpwall_threadReply.cfm

      1. Alan_Kim | Mar 14, 2001 04:34am | #3

        *http://www.heatinghelp.comand work your way to The Wall.

        1. Jim_K_ | Mar 14, 2001 04:10pm | #4

          *Sorry, Alan, I meant I got that message when I clicked the button to submit the question. I could get there and read ok. But I couldn't submit...

          1. Alan_Kim | Mar 14, 2001 04:25pm | #5

            *Hmmmm....it may be a cookies thing, which I don't fully understand.You have to enable cookies I believe.Not much help, I know.Do try to go to the home page by manually typing in the url I gave you.Click to The Wall and then use the "start a new thread" button.

          2. K_Johnston | Mar 18, 2001 02:01pm | #6

            *Jim: Try this link http://www.danfoss.ca/catalog/heating/eicontrol/oj.htmThis is for their Canadian Site, but they should offer something similar in the US.

          3. Robert_Bean | Apr 14, 2001 04:12am | #7

            *You can email our U.S. manager [email protected]...he'd be happy to help you out.To get a back ground check on our company go to http://www.danfoss.com.Robert BeanNorth American ManagerEngineered Control PanelsDanfoss Inc.

  2. Jim_K_ | Apr 14, 2001 04:12am | #8

    *
    We have digital Wirsbo thermostats run by 24VAC controlling our RFH. Need a couple slab sensing thermostats. Wirsbo only has set-point controllers, which don't look near as nice as a thermostat. Looked on every web site I can find and called every company recommended, and can't find a slab-sensing 24VAC digital thermostat for hydronic RFH. What gives? Found slab-sensing for electric RFH, but they have 110V outputs. Anyone know a source for these or have an explanation on why they don't exist? Thanks.

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