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Re: Ultimate Central Heating Thermostat
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: Ultimate Central Heating Thermostat
- From: "Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:17:44 -0000
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--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Graham Howe" <graham@s...> wrote:
> I imagine the flaw in your plan is the assumption that internal
temperature
> is predominantly affected by external factors. The presence of
cookers,
> fires, large amounts of computer equipment (I'm sitting in my home
office
> surrounded by 5 PC's, two printers and a large HiFi)
The setpoint offset would account for continously radiating heat
sources, but not for cookers.
>and even people have a
> significant effect.
Good point. Comes back to occupancy detection - and how difficult it
is to know how many individuals are in the premises and where they
are located.
>For me the question is more one of how to retro-fit a
> multi-zone system in my house, there are 11 rooms and three
significant
> landing/hall areas and I can imagine it being very expensive to
install a
> zoned system. I frequently have some rooms hot and others cold, but
I can't
> do much about it other than turn off radiators.
X-10 radiator taps anyone?
Patrick
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