Hello all-
Would really like to have a simple way to kick on my oil furnace from away from home, only occasionally, and only as needed, for situations when I am not able to tend the wood fire on a sufficiently timely basis, just so that the oil furnace can start to take the chill off before arriving home.
I truly don't want some uber sophisticated or uber spendy cutting edge whizbang solution/ home automation extravaganza.
In fact, as someone with too many projects competing for time and budget, I really don't want this to turn into a significant undertaking of time or $ or one more thing to learn the ropes of.
I am very at ease with electronics but I want something as complex to operate as a brick.
Some simple cheap way to toggle a relay by web access or phone DTMF would do the job splendidly.
Appreciate any suggestions
Thanks!
Would really like to have a simple way to kick on my oil furnace from away from home, only occasionally, and only as needed, for situations when I am not able to tend the wood fire on a sufficiently timely basis, just so that the oil furnace can start to take the chill off before arriving home.
I truly don't want some uber sophisticated or uber spendy cutting edge whizbang solution/ home automation extravaganza.
In fact, as someone with too many projects competing for time and budget, I really don't want this to turn into a significant undertaking of time or $ or one more thing to learn the ropes of.
I am very at ease with electronics but I want something as complex to operate as a brick.
Some simple cheap way to toggle a relay by web access or phone DTMF would do the job splendidly.
Appreciate any suggestions
Thanks!