Re: zoned or not zoned?? thermostatic control of multiple spaces

["B Fuhrmann" <b-fuhrmann-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> My plan is to use analog temperature sensors in each zone and let the ELK
> M1G control the HVAC.  I'll leave the existing stats powered up so she can
> fiddle with them but they won't control anything.  :^)

I think that this one is likely to backfire.  Lots of "it must be broken, I
tuned it down twice and it never came on."

> This can be done using existing hardware.  Connect the stats to your HA
> system.  If someone sets the stat higher than the current setting, throw a
> relay allowing the stat to control the HVAC system for 30 minutes and then
> release the relay.

That's more likely to work.  The system comes on and psychologically it
feels cooler.