Hi all,
Had a new boiler installed and decided to tweak my smart heating.
Currently measured by a single digital sensor per room, but due to the rooms generally having hot/cold spots I find the temp could be better-controlled.
Looked online and (oddly) couldn't find any guidance other than 'centrally located and well ventilated'.
I'm thinking multiple sensors in one room, 5v fans and averaging. But I'm not quite there yet. Suggestions?
Just a thought that the average temperature in the room isn't as important as where the living takes place. Our family room is on the south side of the house and that side of the room is warmer than the other side of the room. But, there are windows and entertainment systems (ie TV) on that side, and most of the seating is on the other side. So I have the sensor over near seating on the north side because that's where the people are.
Do you have more that one heating Zone? If not then you are limited in what you can do with the boiler control.
I found the best I could do was to put a temp sensor in a room location near where your activities in that room are located. Then shift the boiler control temperature to make those locations most livable.
For example, if during the day the south side of the house is warmer due to the sun, you might lower the control temperature to allow the (let's say) bedroom to be a little cooler (unless you sleep during the day).
Multiple sensors in one room doesn't make sense, but sensors throughout the house can.
I am in South Florida. So, heatig is irrelevant but colling is very important. I kind of
succeeded to balance temperature across my one bedroom apartment (still fine
tuning my cooling system). The AC is a single fan coil unit with 3 speed fan motor.
The Thermostat is a latest Ecobee with 5 extra sensors. Two sensors are in the Bedroom
and other 3 are in the Living Room. Thermostat itself historically located in the Corridor
which is the worst place for the Thermostat location. As a result Thermostat itself is not
in charge for the temperature control. All job is done by 5 external sensors. All 5 sensors
are in charge during the day but during the night only 2 in a Bedroom are used. Thermostat itself is very good for controlling fan speed. In addition there is a Ceiling Fan in each room and Smart Vents in the Living Room. These are controlled by HE based on the same sensors plus few extra Temp/Humidity sensors. So Ecobee plus AC is in charge for primary apartment coling an Ceiling Fans plus Smart Vents controlled by HE with few related RM rules are in charge for balancing temperature across entire apartment.
So far temp difference in each corner is about 0.65F. All control is 100% local, no any cloud is involved.
Good point.
One per room. DHT22 and webcore.
Good call.
I have target temps per sensor/room. Plus schedules which can be individually disabled.
Think I'm going to have to adjust the sensor position, and periodically use a fan to create some airflow over it.
It's my observation that people in Europe have their boilers piped differently than we historically in the US. It seems that their heat emitters (radiators) can be controlled individually, so they can have a zone in each room.
My house, a two story colonial about 20 years old, has two zones: upstairs and downstairs. An older, single sensor Ecobee on each level.
Of course, we have a wood fireplace insert, so we see some wild temperature swings downstairs with the wood combustion cycle. Toasty though, on a cold winter's day.
The house is fairly open, so upstairs does see a benefit, as long as doors are left open, but still maybe 8 degrees F cooler.
Also, we're far enough north that A/C is not really necessary.
Individual room control would be nice.
I didn't notice your flag avatar. Now I understand. Our boiler systems are limited in the number of zones sense we actively circulate the hot water.
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