Re: Z-Wave Pool Thermostat with Water Temperature Sensor

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Richard Kaplan <rkaplan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>So it looks as if there is no Z-wave thermostat at all on the market
>currently?  How can that be?

It might be that the firms who made them want to avoid patent suits. I have
not read the details of the patents involved so this might be a stretch but
the description of one about "a transceiver sharing the same junction box
with a switch" might apply to the Z-Wave thermostats which are essentially
nothing more than transceivers and switches.

http://www.cepro.com/article/lutron_sues_leviton_over_rf_lighting_controls/

Have you asked RCS or ACT (HomePro) why they discontinued theirs?