Re: Re: Choosing an Advanced Thermostat for Home

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian

> I use xplhal server to schedule up "boosts" - pops the
heating or water on
> for an hour or so. I use Frank's probe kit to measure the temperature
in a
> couple of places (actually, Node 0, and the living room)..

Good to hear that my kit is of some use ;-).........I hope its reporting
reasonably accurate temp readings ;-).....Now get your tvs and dvd players
monitored ;-)...

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 2:37 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Choosing an Advanced Thermostat for Home


> We have also opted for much simpler control than we had expected - as
it
> turns out, the new X10 modules being sold by Lets Automate (the S10
ones)
> don't have current sense, so they are perfectly safe to use on Central
> Heating.
>
> I have two of these modules, removed from their plastics (voids the
> warranty
> obviously, but at that price it's not a problem) and held in a dual
gang
> deep box with a bit of Hot glue - that's wired into the Central
Heating
> Controls, so we can pop the heating or water on by X10.
>
> I use xplhal server to schedule up "boosts" - pops the
heating or water on
> for an hour or so. I use Frank's probe kit to measure the temperature
in a
> couple of places (actually, Node 0, and the living room)..
>
> if it's cold, then the heating "Pulses" a couple of times
during the
> night -
> on for an hour at 3am then again at 7am. if it's not that cold, it
stays
> off. It's the same during the day - we get home from work about
5-30-6, so
> the heating pops on about half four for an hour if it's cold.
>
> nice and simple, but absolutely brilliant - so much so that we hardly
ever
> touch the heating any more - it's not that common to feel either hot
> enough
> or cold enough to do something about it.
>
> Ian.
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