Home Depot sells 240V heavy-current digital stats for baseboard heaters now (Here in Canada anyways). I think they're over $100 though. The house I used to rent some years ago had 8 rooms in total, each with it's own thermostat.... Kinda cost prohibitive.
On 21-Dec-03 At About 00:04:06, George E. Cawthon wrote to All Subject: Re: Digital Thermostat Click
GEC> From: "George E. Cawthon"
GEC> You are right, there was no click with my digital Honeywell GEC> thermostat. Can't really imagine there would be one with any kind GEC> of electronic thermostat, wouldn't they all use a solid state GEC> switch. Why would anyone put the mechanical relay, if there is one, GEC> in the thermostat instead of at the furnace. There may be a click GEC> at my furnace but there is so much other noise when it start that GEC> you couldn't hear a click without having the furnace cover off. A GEC> mechanical relay in a digital thermostat sounds like a real design GEC> flaw.
There are several models with mechanical relays. there are several reasons for this. one is to make it compatible with millivolt systems. the other one is to keep the bleed through down which causes some unit circuit boards problem so it isn't a design flaw. it is a plus.
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