Electric heating control, doubts
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Hello everyone!
Now that the cooler weather is starting, I was thinking about controlling the electric radiators in my house in a centralized way. At first, I thought about "smart plugs" and at least controlling the schedules, but then I thought that perhaps it could be controlled by a programmable thermostat.
The thing is that everything is electric, and the good part is that the radiators go to the same automatic circuit breaker in the house's electrical panel, so I could turn everything on and off at once.
I would like to know if you know of any not too expensive system that is easy to install that does that, that can cut the power according to the temperature that a wireless thermostat placed in the living room tells it. And by the way that it is programmable through the internet, whether mobile, PC....
I know that I could make something like that on my own, even with arduino, but I would like it to be something simple and that I can have working in less than a week to start saving electricity.
What can you tell me about these topics?
Greetings!
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@yorus I would look for a manufacturer's solution, usually electric heating systems have 1 receiver with temperature sensor on each radiator which allows them to work independently and then a control panel where you can configure it remotely.
If you want to set it up yourself, the easy method is with wifi plugs that you can connect and disconnect remotely. You can get a wifi thermostat separately to see the temperature from outside the house.
PD. Look on Ali, the Chinese also have interesting and economical thermostats.
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@bm4n said in Electric heating control, doubts:
@yorus I would look for a manufacturer's solution, usually electric heaters have 1 receiver with temperature sensor in each radiator which allows them to work independently and then a control unit where you can configure it remotely.
If you want to set it up yourself, the easy method is with wifi plugs that you can connect and disconnect remotely. You can get a wifi thermostat separately to see the temperature from outside the house.
PD. Look on Ali, the Chinese also have interesting and cheap thermostats.
Well, the truth is that a clean solution would be to change the radiators I have that are of roller type and that doesn't make them very precise, but to get ones that can be controlled from the internet you have to spend a significant amount of money.
What I want is that if for some reason one day I decide not to go home, I can tell it to lower the temperature to 16º (an example) until further notice or until a specific time and without going through the house.
I'll look on Ali, although if winter advances I lose time to amortize it, although on the other hand it may be cheaper.
If I see everything as too complicated, I'll get the programmable plugs, which on Amazon are for 20€ and I'll leave the rollers always in "absence mode".
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Check out the NEST, which you can connect to the box to turn the radiators on/off from the automatic
The fun part is the one you build with arduino
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Let's see if I can find information on connecting that or others with electric heating, because they are still 2000 to 3000w running at full capacity.
