Smart controls for my central heating system

[dazzler9000]

Do you have a combi boiler, Nest only supports combi boilers with Opentherm. I think you will need two Nest thermostats if you have two heating zones.

Yes, I have a Vaillant Ecotec Plus 837. Doesn't look like it supports opentherm, but will do simple on/off boiler switching.

I have room stats/zones downstairs to control the UFH temp, I just need something to tell it to switch the boiler on when the UFH room stat calls for heat. I just assumed the water connection on the Nest would do this. Have to admit, I didn't finish the video as it was an hour and a half long....

 

[sxturbo]

Yes, I have a Vaillant Ecotec Plus 837. Doesn't look like it doesn't support opentherm but will do simple on/off boiler switching.

I have room stats/zones downstairs to control the UFH temp, I just need something to tell it to switch the boiler on when the UFH room stat calls for heat. I just assumed the water connection on the Nest would do this. Have to admit, I didn't finish the video as it was an hour and a half long....

Drayton wiser would be ideal for your needs

 

[dazzler9000]

Drayton wiser would be ideal for your needs

I will add it to my 'research' list

 

[ericmark]

Do you have a combi boiler, Nest only supports combi boilers with Opentherm. I think you will need two Nest thermostats if you have two heating zones.

Nest has both on/off and OpenTherm Nest e is battery powered and Nest Gen 3 is able to do DHW as well, where it fails is it does not connect to any TRV's.

As to UFH not really controllable, it takes too long to heat and cool.

 

[ianmcd]

Do you have a combi boiler, Nest only supports combi boilers with Opentherm.

Not true

 

[Mister Banks]

Not true

Maybe I’m thinking of Wiser.

 

[dazzler9000]

I've had a look at the Wiser kit and it looks pretty good.

A couple of observations. They appear to be expensive compared to Salus (I'll need to buy 5 thermostats) and they don't have half of the accessories that Salus does.

I liked the fact that you can add the window sensor to the Salus range and this would sense that a window was open and turn off the smart TRV in that room. Also, I had a use for the water leak sensor.

They seem to tick all the boxes. It would be nice to hear of more happy owners/installers. As my boiler doesn't support OpenTherm, I don't know how important that is to me.

 

[sxturbo]

All I know is that Drayton provide good tech support and are continuously bringing updates and new products to the range. It also looks much nicer, and you do tend to pay for what you get.

Salus I can't speak for other than they havnt had a great reputation previously, I had an old salus boiler plus certified RF controller, was ok, was a pig to programme, but it didn't fail for the 5 years I was their. I'm not sure if there products will be as well supported as the wiser system.