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Thermostat question
- Thread starter JECulver
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Monitoring air temp the space stays a relative constant temperature. Monitoring floor temp and the space temp will swing with the outdoor temp.
For a shop you want to run of space temp. We did some floors that the customers just wanted them "tempered". Typically the floor heat was installed around the outside edge of the building. We would set the floor temp for 70 - 75F and leave it. It was done to keep the floor warm, not heat the space.
For a shop you want to run of space temp. We did some floors that the customers just wanted them "tempered". Typically the floor heat was installed around the outside edge of the building. We would set the floor temp for 70 - 75F and leave it. It was done to keep the floor warm, not heat the space.
fitter30
Well-known member
In a garage the air and things like tools and machines normally there isn't near the mass of a slab. Slab changes temperature slowly vs air. Slab t stat you get a more even heat. It's looking at the slab not a t stat hanging on the wall.
rancherbill
Well-known member
They wouldn't have invented 2 things if only one would do the job.What are the pro's and con's to using an air thermostat vs a in concrete thermostat for radiant heat.
Tha
Put the air one in the concrete and then change it later. hahaha
jasondavidmann
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I have the air thermostat in my shop. Only time the floor sensor would be better is when I have the overhead door open a few times in the evening and it is very cold outside. In this circumstance the system will overshoot and will eventually be warmer than desired inside, and the floor will be extra warm too.
I think best case scenario would be to have an air thermostat and a floor sensor than work together and have preset parameters. I haven't looked into this and I am overall happy with my $20 air thermostat.
I think best case scenario would be to have an air thermostat and a floor sensor than work together and have preset parameters. I haven't looked into this and I am overall happy with my $20 air thermostat.