Re: thermometers?

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:05:18 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

> Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:38:20 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks -- that's very helpful!  But they don't seem to have anything
>>> that looks like a permanent installation...
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "permanent installation".
>
> I'm thinking in terms of an in-wall installation -- the best of all
> possible worlds would be if I could replace an existing junction box
> with a 2-gang, put the sensor in the new part, and power it off the AC.

Have you looked into using Insteon thermostats <http://
www.smarthome.com>, not for control but just for their remote thermometer
function?  You'd need to provide power equivalent to that available from
normal thermostat wiring, which I think may be only a very small
transformer.