Wow been pulling my hair out trying to research the right tekmar thermostat for my application and I could really use some input .
First off this is what I am controlling and doing .
This installation is in my large sunroom 640 sq. ft . and of course is a heating nightmare . Gain during the day and major losses at night . We only use this room on the weekends. I have radiant in floor heat I was setting the floor down to 40 during the week and crankin it up to sometimes 95 on the weekend and of course always guessing . There are two other sources of heat for the room a pellet stove for heat and show and a couple of wall heaters , all of which are shut down during the week and at night . I am currently using a tekmar 150 setpoint controller . I am looking for to replace that with one that controls the floor temperature by the air temperature so I can control the below freezing during the week with out wasting a whole lot of energy ( namely my back for cutting more wood ) . It would be a little nicer to control the air temp by the floor temp rather than me having to keep changing the floor temp . A multi stage controller has been a thought but certainly not necessary the wall heaters are hot water also on there own zone .
I really could use some help in choosing the right one or if someone can point me in a direction for some assistance . There seem to be several different models that would work but am unsure of the differences and what would be the smartest choice . This does not have to be programable thermostat just a simple up or down design will work but must be able to be set wayback to just above freezing , 35 would be good .
Thanks in advance
First off this is what I am controlling and doing .
This installation is in my large sunroom 640 sq. ft . and of course is a heating nightmare . Gain during the day and major losses at night . We only use this room on the weekends. I have radiant in floor heat I was setting the floor down to 40 during the week and crankin it up to sometimes 95 on the weekend and of course always guessing . There are two other sources of heat for the room a pellet stove for heat and show and a couple of wall heaters , all of which are shut down during the week and at night . I am currently using a tekmar 150 setpoint controller . I am looking for to replace that with one that controls the floor temperature by the air temperature so I can control the below freezing during the week with out wasting a whole lot of energy ( namely my back for cutting more wood ) . It would be a little nicer to control the air temp by the floor temp rather than me having to keep changing the floor temp . A multi stage controller has been a thought but certainly not necessary the wall heaters are hot water also on there own zone .
I really could use some help in choosing the right one or if someone can point me in a direction for some assistance . There seem to be several different models that would work but am unsure of the differences and what would be the smartest choice . This does not have to be programable thermostat just a simple up or down design will work but must be able to be set wayback to just above freezing , 35 would be good .
Thanks in advance
