Thermostat / timer supplier question
hasbeen
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Due to having ten hours per day of “off peak” power at less than half the normal rate, I’d like to find a digital combination thermostat and timer to replace the original thermostat that controls a baseboard 240v electric heater.
I’ve done some Google searching but keep coming up empty handed.
Anyone have a suggestion?
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
~ Voltaire
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Honeywell has line operated setback thermostats.
Go to the Honeywell thermostat website and then go through the selection guide.
But you might want to check into thermal storage heaters.
Not sure of the details, but they have some thermal mass that is heated during the off hours and then gives up the heat when needed.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
http://www.aubethermostats.com/linevolt.htm
Here are some line-voltage t-stats. This might be what Bill is referring to, since I see that Aube is a division of Honeywell.
Ed
I think that those are different.Although the first one looks similar to one of the Honeywells.But I hve not tried getting the full spec sheets.But I see that the Aube has things like PID control and telephone interface.Here are the 2 that show up on Honeywells' site.One is marketed to DIY and the other PRO's.http://yourhome.honeywell.com/Consumer/Cultures/en-US/Products/Thermostats/Programmable/Do-It-Yourself/LineVoltage/Default.htm
http://yourhome.honeywell.com/Consumer/Cultures/en-US/Products/Thermostats/Programmable/Professionally-Installed/LineVoltage/Default.htmMy guess is that the Honeywells are designed for residential use and teh Aube for commercial lines..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Stick with HONEYWELL. Avoid the RITETEMP brand, had one almost set fire to my house a while ago. It was an electronic model installed by a licensed electrician. Came home one night, the electric heat was on, room was 100+ degrees. Had the RITETEMP thermostat removed, insides were all charred and burnt, including the circuit board. Electrician checked the wiring, it was fine, installed a 2nd RITETEMP, 2 weeks later, same thing. This time changed to a HONEYWELL, been fine ever since (going on 2 years now).
I've used Aube 24v t-stats because for some reason both my local electrical suppliers switched over to them for residential applications.
I don't like them much. I thought they were of European manufactor because they use a different set of symbols than I'm accustomed to. The programming is not straight-forward. They don't have back-lit displays so in a location that doesn't have a lot of light, or at night, the screen can't be read without a light close by.
So now I buy user-friendly Honeywells at the big-box stores.
Ed