I will, tho I’m still trying to find an answer on the difference between. Underfloor control thermostats and normal central heating ones.
I think that central heating ones just out put 240 on the signal wire, with little/no current available, and underfloor will output 240 with 1-5 amps available
Hopefully I can my question answered by a heating professional tomorrow (about the difference berween an under floor thermostat and an normal thermostat)
Then I have wife approval to build this (only cuaee it mean she can turn the heating on in bed !)
This is far more exciting than it should be really, but given that my original plan was to buy a nest for like £200, and this looks like it’s going to be doing the job for £28, I’m well chuffed.
Hoping mine arrives before my days off next week, by which time you’ll have it all sorted by the looks and I can just copy what you’ve done
Thanks again for starting this thread and keeping us up to date.
I have no doubts it will work. Lots of brands are selling this thermostat.
Don’t expect much as a standalone, the temperature ain’t reliable (.5 to 1° random difference with others sensors) and I don’t find the interface easy to manage.
But as a climate component, using other temperature inputs and the automation capabilities of HA, those are no problems anymore.
I had thought that, but when I just discussed it with the wife (I thought it would be a good idea to ask her if she wanted to save £170 over buying the nest) she said she would still want it in the living room in case she wants to over-ride Home Assistant via the thermostat in the living room if her phone is out of battery…
I suppose I could just put a tablet on the wall in the living room showing HASS with a fancy nest lovelace card…?
I’d just need to somehow improve the Wifi in the utility room to ensure the wifi thermostat has a rock solid connection…
Wifi is terrible in my house, Sky Router + 100yr old stone house I looked at getting a mesh network but it would still struggle because of the 1mtr thick exterior walls before the extension…
Not sure if i will have time this weekend, as i need a back box for the unit (as it doesn’t come with one) and my new build flat seems to have a whole in the wall where the fitter just cut a hole and screwed it to the wall…
looks like we’re all the same, can’t wait to play with our toys !
I’ve had this connected to a plug 10mn after I got the packages and it ran like this until today when I finally had time to plug it to my boiler.
Works as expected, I just forgot that the boiler running will increase the temp, so much that I had to set the temperature much higher than I thought (25 -> 30°). I don’t use the thermostat temperature to decide whether I should turn the boiler on or not, I have several other rules (including Xiaomi Aqara temp sensors), but still, it will stop if the read temperature is above the set temperature.
For some silly reason the location of mine is in the hall, which is always warm, even when the rooms are cold.
I suspect I’ll use it just to report temperature and use my Bruh sensors to trigger it.
Need to cut a hole in the wall, prob not do it till next monday now, when input you my ubiquiti WiFi ( the money I didn’t spend on a nest)