Greetings forum, I've just joined!
A couple of months ago I had a new system put in with a WB 28CDi Compact boiler. I wanted a reasonably smart controller that took into account the external temperature and I went for the FW100. This is my first radiator system, previously I had storage heaters so was always keeping a weather eye out.
I'm beginning to realise the FW100 isn't as smart as I thought and find I'm constantly adjusting the TRVs depending on what I'm doing and time of day. So I've been looking at alternative controllers but nothing seems to work with the Heatronic 3 enabled boilers. I realise I could use something that just acted as an on/off thermostat, but that would be defeating the purpose of the throttle in the boiler the FW100 uses to adapt to external conditions.
Anyway, while I was waiting for my account to be enabled I was doing some more research and am now thinking about a Z-Wave based controller driven from my NAS box to control some wireless TRVs. So far I've narrowed it down to Aeotec Z-Stick, OpenRemote running on the NAS box and some Danfoss Living Eco Digital TRVs. The idea is eventually I may be able to dispense with the FW100 and have a Z-Wave thermostat, but I'm hoping for something that knows about Heatronic 3.
I'd be very interested to hear any thoughts and experiences others have had in this area.
Cheers,
Mark
A couple of months ago I had a new system put in with a WB 28CDi Compact boiler. I wanted a reasonably smart controller that took into account the external temperature and I went for the FW100. This is my first radiator system, previously I had storage heaters so was always keeping a weather eye out.
I'm beginning to realise the FW100 isn't as smart as I thought and find I'm constantly adjusting the TRVs depending on what I'm doing and time of day. So I've been looking at alternative controllers but nothing seems to work with the Heatronic 3 enabled boilers. I realise I could use something that just acted as an on/off thermostat, but that would be defeating the purpose of the throttle in the boiler the FW100 uses to adapt to external conditions.
Anyway, while I was waiting for my account to be enabled I was doing some more research and am now thinking about a Z-Wave based controller driven from my NAS box to control some wireless TRVs. So far I've narrowed it down to Aeotec Z-Stick, OpenRemote running on the NAS box and some Danfoss Living Eco Digital TRVs. The idea is eventually I may be able to dispense with the FW100 and have a Z-Wave thermostat, but I'm hoping for something that knows about Heatronic 3.
I'd be very interested to hear any thoughts and experiences others have had in this area.
Cheers,
Mark
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