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Has anyone done this? There is so much bu££sh1t out there about "green", "efficient", "controllable" alternatives I've all but given up.
In my Kendal pad, there is no gas so electrickery* is all we have. I try to spend a week or so there every 4-6 weeks and occasionally share the joy of the place with others. I am on Economy 7 tariff and have a Nest thermostat which controls the immersion heater for the water and tells me what temperature the apartment is... but I can't do anything about changing it other than ask a friend to turn the rads up or down when they're passing.
I want something which similarly stores heat generated using off-peak electricity.
I would like a thermostat to be part of the control system such that the amount of heat stored bears some relation to the current temperature of the apartment.
I want to to control this with a schedule etc but also to asjusrt it remotely with an app.
Ideally, I want this app to be Nest rather than the rad manufacturer's own.
I don't want "instant, controllable heat" which consumes peak rate electricity.
I don't want infrared heaters which also use peak rate electricity and don't actually heat the room air they heat the person; this is clearly the work of the devil.
When I had thre Nest installed, I put in a couple of relays (I think they're called) which would allow me to install a single electric boiler to heat wet rads and control everything remotely; it didn't take me long to realise that this was going to give me the control but wouldn't let me store and use off-peak power. I mention it for completeness.
If anyone has any success stories to share, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks in eager anticipation!
Nigel
*cultural reference: 1970s TV series Catweazle
In my Kendal pad, there is no gas so electrickery* is all we have. I try to spend a week or so there every 4-6 weeks and occasionally share the joy of the place with others. I am on Economy 7 tariff and have a Nest thermostat which controls the immersion heater for the water and tells me what temperature the apartment is... but I can't do anything about changing it other than ask a friend to turn the rads up or down when they're passing.
I want something which similarly stores heat generated using off-peak electricity.
I would like a thermostat to be part of the control system such that the amount of heat stored bears some relation to the current temperature of the apartment.
I want to to control this with a schedule etc but also to asjusrt it remotely with an app.
Ideally, I want this app to be Nest rather than the rad manufacturer's own.
I don't want "instant, controllable heat" which consumes peak rate electricity.
I don't want infrared heaters which also use peak rate electricity and don't actually heat the room air they heat the person; this is clearly the work of the devil.
When I had thre Nest installed, I put in a couple of relays (I think they're called) which would allow me to install a single electric boiler to heat wet rads and control everything remotely; it didn't take me long to realise that this was going to give me the control but wouldn't let me store and use off-peak power. I mention it for completeness.
If anyone has any success stories to share, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks in eager anticipation!
Nigel
*cultural reference: 1970s TV series Catweazle