Re: Heating control

[Kyle Gordon <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is Insteon a workable solution in Europe yet? I thought it was still
99%
US kit unfortunately.

Z-Wave certainly seems to have a much larger momentum behind it now in
Europe.

Kyle

On 02/01/11 20:21, Andy Hutchinson wrote:
> Colin why not Insteon instead of z-wave?
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> From: "colinglover@xxxxxxx"<colinglover@xxxxxxx>
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Sat, January 1, 2011 2:54:57 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Heating control
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> Hi folks and happy new year.
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> I'm thinking of letting homeseer manage my heating and have a solution
I'd like
> to run past you all.
> We have a combi boiler with no time clock, that heats just a single
zone within
> the house.
> my proposed solution is to break into the cable to the thermostat and
insert a
> relay that would open and close the circuit. I thought of leaving the
thermostat
> in place and leaving it set to a fairly high temp (25c) as a safe
guard in case
> homeseer fails to turn off the boiler for whatever reason.
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> Do you think this approach is workable? If so, what kind of relay
would be
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> I'm using x10 today amd plan to introduce z-wave over the next couple
of weeks.
> I already have an rfxcom temp sensor that is reporting into homeseer
ok, so I
> really just need the relay I think.
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> Any suggestions greatly received
> Colin
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