RE: Interfacing to heating...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Those GulfStream things are about =A32,200 for the basic unit and up
from
there...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Raymond Kelly
> Sent: 27 November 2007 09:46
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Interfacing to heating...
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> Hi Phil,
> Have a look at http://www.heatmiser.co.uk as they
have various control
> options.
> I must admit never come across one of those before and it looks
> interesting.
> Love the name - wonder how much one of these beasts go for. Best find
> out
> who supplied/installed.
> I am also on the 'other' group
> http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/UK_Selfbuild/
where there are many
> chats
> about heating and control of.
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> On 26/11/2007, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >   OK - just put in an offer on a house today and that's been
accepted
> so
> > time
> > to start thinking about controlling the place a bit.
> >
> > It's a recent build (only four years old) and has one of these
...
> >
> > http://www.gledhill.net/water-storage/2000-range-
> index/gulfstream1a.htm
> >
> > ( http://tinyurl.com/yuf896 )
> >
> > ... fitted as the boiler. I've seen that there's a standard wall
> mounted
> > thermostat fitted in the place but I'm hoping to get a bit
cleverer
> with
> > the
> > control than that (of course).
> >
> > Has anyone here controlled one of those boilers externally
before? I
> know
> > I
> > can just have the timeclock "on" all the time and tap
in to the
> thermostat
> >
> > switching line to give a "demand" signal but I'd like
to be a bit
> more
> > elegant than just leaving the boiler "on" all the time
and simply
> > switching
> > the thermostat line if possible so does anyone have any
experience of
> > driving one of these via an external system?
> >
> > Similarly has anyone come across any RF controlled TRV actuators
that
> can
> > be
> > triggered by either contact closures or serial port commands?
Ideally
> > something like the HomeTronic RF actuators and probably with a
> minimum of
> > 8
> > channels (it's not a big house) but it's going to be a bugger to
get
> > cables
> > to the rads to switch hard wired actuators.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
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