_NOT_ a "wifi" one..
We've gotten in the habit of, when it's feeling cold [a], walking over to the wall mounted basic mercury tilt (!!!) thermostat and bumping it up a notch, and similarly, if we feel too hot, sliding it down a bit.
I'd love to have a handheld remote unit that would let us do this from the other side of the room.
The vision I've got is of a wall mount base that has a thermoter display on it optimally showing both the room temp and the setting.
The handheld unit should either let us bump the wall numbers up/down a bit, or alternatively have an actual numerical setting on it which gets transmitted to the wall.
The key requirement is that the actual monitoring thermostat be the box on the wall, not the device in our hands.
- I've seen these types of controls as part of the minisplit (and presumably other) air conditioning/heating units. The handheld part simply adjusts the main circuit. But I haven't found any that are just the basic thermostat set.
- In another location I've got an Insteon remote thermostat. In that one the portable unit does the setting and measuring, and then kicks the base into operation. But again, I'm looking for one that measures the temperature at the wall box. [b]
Any suggestions? Thanks
[a] when the temperature is -10 F outside, there's a big difference in sections of the house... especialy if there's any wind... Or when what little sun there is here comes out, but on one side of the building... [b] works great for the religious temple we use it in. We've got the remotes in the kitchen and bathrooms, set to 40 F, and have adjusted the heat to focus in that area. The rest of the building can cheerfully come down to 20 F. (We turn it back up on the days we hold services).