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Looking for a remote sensing Thermostat

upman

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Have a 30x50x12 shop. High efficiency propane furnace in the back corner. Does someone make a simple remote sensing thermostat ?
Be nice to have the thermostat back by the furnace and a remote sensor say at the other end of the garage. No need for programmable, wifi etc. Just an all metal building so running a thermostat wire is going to ****. Haha
 
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mike93lx

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Not simple at all, but I have a remote sensor for one of my nests.

I would be surprised if you can come up with a setup that is simple enough to either outweigh running a wire, or buying a more expensive wifi t-stat.
 

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Some Tstat allow multiple sensors, this one allows series/parallel connection so you can average temp across multiple points - hard wired.

Another option, also hard wired:


I'm using 6 of these in my application ( 2-zone, 2 thermostat, 3 sensors each ).
 

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In my application, I wanted to be able to read temp in different locations and control heat based on that input. It can also weigh each zone differently.
 

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Check into Ecobee but I think the problem you run into is that the remote sensors are made for rooms other than the room the primary T-stat is in, so if you are in the cold room it will warm up the rest of the house to match your cold room if you are in it.
 
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Check into Ecobee but I think the problem you run into is that the remote sensors are made for rooms other than the room the primary T-stat is in, so if you are in the cold room it will warm up the rest of the house to match your cold room if you are in it.
 

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Check into Ecobee but I think the problem you run into is that the remote sensors are made for rooms other than the room the primary T-stat is in, so if you are in the cold room it will warm up the rest of the house to match your cold room if you are in it.
 

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Whoops, sorry for the repeats. Internet connectivity is garbage at my location.
 

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Check into Ecobee but I think the problem you run into is that the remote sensors are made for rooms other than the room the primary T-stat is in, so if you are in the cold room it will warm up the rest of the house to match your cold room if you are in it.
Not sure what "problem" you're describing. You get one thing to control per zone. That's how zones work. One Ecobee, one zone, one input to the furnace. The Ecobee remote sensors allow you to balance the temperature across multiple areas in the same zone, but it's still just one thermostat.

In my case, I have a central hallway upstairs with a window and radiator, and bedrooms around it, with a thermostat. On cold nights, heat from the downstairs zone would rise up the staircase and warm the hallway, heating the thermostat, which would leave the bedrooms cold.

With the Ecobee, I have sensors in three bedrooms and turned off the internal sensor as an input, so now I balance the bedroom temperatures and let the hallway float. Placing the thermostat in a single bedroom would not work as well, as different conditions can cause each one to be warmer or cooler than the others, so having multiple sensors strikes a better balance. Of course, the best balance would be with zones in each room, but that would be difficult to do at this point.

Anyway, be sure that whatever you get with external sensors allows you to disable the internal sensor's input too.
 
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