I'm looking at some zigbee thermostats but I'm getting confused by the names. I have a gas furnace - TG8S single stage. In my mind it's just generic - gas burn, air heaters, blowers blow.
When I look at thermostats they all seem to have 3 models. Electric heat, gas boiler, water heat. (GA, GB and GC?). And what is Heat Pump? unrelated?
There are spiffy pics on one unit I was looking at - and I'm none of the above. Which is used for a simple Gas Furnace?
As I understand it, there are 2 ways to power these as well. Batteries, or C-wire (is that 24v dc?). If there's a C-Wire, I'm getting power from the furnace mobo, right?
Final question - drivers. Is there a solid zigbee unit? Moes? Tuya? Sonoff? ZWave need not apply. I really just want a simple zigbee unit. The zigbee unit I used previously (which was a rock) I had to leave behind when I moved last year. thanks for your time.
Essentially a large space heater instead of a gas furnace. Still a central system with large blower and ducts. Not what you have.
This isn't what you have, it is water based with radiators.
Yes, unrelated to the above, or even what you have. This is using your A/C system essentially in reverse to bring heat from the outside to the indoors, instead of like your A/C does and take heat from the indoors and move it outside.
None of those. The control strategy is completely different between heating types. The electric possibly could even be 120V or 240V instead of your furnace which is 24V.
You need to look for a thermostat which says "gas forced air" or "gas conventional forced air" or something like that.
A heat pump typically does both AC with heat. Think of a mini split that does both. With a mini split you have the exterior compressor and the interior unit that blows cold air. When in heating mode, the AC is shut down in the unit and a heating module engages.
A typical forced air system has the base unit with either gas or electric that has a fan blow across it into the duct work then into the house. (There is a section for an AC coil if AC is installed and then it uses the compressor outsise)
A boiler uses the main boiler then uses radiators in each room. Usually these use a TRV unit (several zigbee ones available on Ali Express)
I had to look those up. They appear to be a Euro thing, and not a North America thing. I don't think that will help you with selecting a thermostat, and in fact none of those seem to be for a gas furnace.
Interesting info! while I consider myself versed in 'DaGoogle' it all just went round and round.... glad the community is here.
No A/C. I accomplish that blowing hard over an ice cube.
That Centralite unit linked in the thread - would you believe that was the exact unit (I think) I left behind? HA. bought it on the spot. hell. for $50 bux...
edit - the link for info - loved that - good understanding now of the basics of wiring a unit.
Centralite would be fine as would Sinope. If you go z-wave I would recommend the Honeywell T6 Pro Z-wave. Pretty much any standard thermostat you use will be fine. I like the sinope's though for their look. But the centralite you bought will be just dandy..
a 24 volt AC compatible thermostat will be fine. If you look at your boiler you will likely see a 24 volt transformer. If you don't have a c-wire, there may be an unused wire inside the existing thermostat cable you can use, which is what I did for my sister and her Nest hookup
This should work https://www.amazon.com/Sinopé-TH1400ZB-Voltage-Thermostat-Heating/dp/B07TVF88JB
wow - nice looking unit! amazon says 'Currently unavailable'. As mentioned I just grabbed the centralite unit previously noted - I'll wait and see if that works well for me, and go to this unit as a backup option! Great recommend. thanks.
If you don't like it, you can buy direct from Sinope, or maybe even Aliex.
Without the C wire I don't think the thermostat will be a repeater, which you probably already realized...power consumtion
I ordered a Sinope propane tank monitor direct from Sinope, and it shipped relatively quickly. That was a few months ago right before the Canadian postal strike, (which is resolved?). I am unsure if that has increased shipping times. Maybe contact Sinope and ask them to estimate current delivery times?
