whats the future hold for smart stats

[Eternal Heating]

For all that smart thermostats are said to be, they are just a remote switch. There are so many promises of what they can do, but if they don’t read the fault codes on the boiler, predict faults, suggest energy savings etc what’s the point. But all of this can be done via a connected boiler anyway.


So once Boiler IQ, or some other form of chip is mass produced, where does that leave the smart stat. it will be a fraction of the price and do everything a stat should do except switch the boiler on and off


Even better once the low powered network is rolled out to support smart meters, the boiler chip can use that and avoid more cost from 2g/3g connection requirement.

 

[Dan Robinson]

they are just a remote switch

You don't know much about this do you. Suggest you good OpenTherm. Or perhaps Lyric.... Or even inTouch. .

 

[Agile]

It was a news item today pushed by a firm selling power line communication.

 

[Eternal Heating]

i actually know a lot about this. however once technology comes up with something cheaper than an expensive interface, why would somebody pay 200 quid for a thermosat

 

[flameport]

once technology comes up with something cheaper than an expensive interface, why would somebody pay 200 quid for a thermosat

The same reason that people rush to the Apple store and pay £700 for a iphone, rather than get a £100 smartphone from somewhere else.

 

[Eternal Heating]

so are you guys selling many. i did 160 in the last 12 months