110/120v Tstat control

[JustOneMore]

Wanting to have HS control my heating, or even just a store bought programmable tstat for that matter. My problem is that I have an OLD oil heater (no cool) in the house. Looking at the back of current Tstat, I saw that it has 110/120v coming in from furnace. Googled my butt off and don't see anything other than a std simple tstat for 110!
Any sugguestions?
TIA

[Rupp]

JOM,
For an economical solution these units can not be beat.

http://www.x10.com/products/x10_th2807.htm

[JustOneMore]

Rupp
That looks like it would solve my problem. Not too techy, but would accomplish it's task. Has anyone ever tried one of these set-back devices?

[john510]

Anyone got one of these in there house so we can see how they look when there installed?

There must be a better way..

[dpriest]

baseboard heater w/ telephone control

I use these to control the heat in areas not served by the main furnace. I close the contacts using outputs from my HAI.

http://smarthome.com/300603.html

300608T 4800W 1-POLE BASEBOARD THERMOSTAT w/COMM

I purchased from another supplier in Canada (forgotten the name) - they were around $80 US. You don't need the external telephone interface - just the thermostat and something like an HAI or Ocelot to close the contacts.

I've had them in place for a couple of years now - work fine.

You may also want to consider the following if you wish to avoid running extra low voltage wires to the thermostat:

http://www.sylversoft.com/cgibin/cat...TVsuiw&mv_pc=7

all the best,

dp

[john510]

your link says:

Sorry, we are still under construction

[pbibm]

I have a set back and used it. It works fairly well. By fairly well I mean you can get the temperature to go back. I even played with an AC version of code for it, keep the setback on it and the temp adjusted, and then turn it off to set back. (Less heat = more cool.....) Only tried that a few times on trips away from home.

Let me know if you want a pic of it installed. I wont take long.

Not sure if we are allowed to sell here or not, so.... if you are interested in one, it works, not used that much, send me a private message. I am putting in an x10 stat, so I dont need it.



Paul

[dpriest]

oops

http://www.sylversoft.com/cgibin/cat...NHq7p&mv_pc=42

[john510]

apicture of it would be great if you have one showing it installed.

[dpriest]

sorry no pix

looks just like in the picture on the right hand side of the smarthome page.

look for the caption that reads something like:

300608T 4800W 1-POLE BASEBOARD THERMOSTAT w/ phone control

on the back, it looks like a regular baseboard tstat with 2 extra screws for the low voltage contact closure.

cheers,

dp

[pbibm]

Just backing up to your original note.... I dont believe any of the models discussed so far would switch 110v, .... the question might be is that 110v really? Can hook a VOM up to it and see what is really going throught there???

Paul

[dpriest]

Aube Thermostat

My application is 240VAC.

You may find that they have a 110v one at their web site...

http://www.aubetech.com/english/frameset_produit.html

I found mine by looking under the telephone controllers section.

At a glance, the TH106 may suit the 120v application in this thread.

It's worth a call to Aube. They were quite helpful when I called a few years back.

All the best,

dp

[bruce l]

Pretty sure Aube has a 110 version. I looked at there Tstats but not as fully controllable as I'd like. Also I have 18 (yes eighteen) electric heat Tstats in my house. I can't afford to replace them all at $70 per Tstat. I'm looking at a custom solution with a solid state relay and 1 wire sensors. I can replace each Tstat for about $35 per and have full custom controll.