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Room thermostats: Comfortable temperature around the clock
With a surface-mounted room thermostat or flush-mounted room thermostat, you can control your heating to suit your family's individual heating needs. In addition to mechanical models, there are energy-efficient electronic automatic room thermostats that heat or cool depending on the time. This saves energy costs and protects the environment.
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Room thermostat: Energy-efficient heating and cooling
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How does a room thermostat work?
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What different room thermostats are available?
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These are the comfort features of an electronic room thermostat
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Room temperature control via the smart home system
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Which room thermostat fits my heating system?
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Power supply and adjustment range
Room thermostat: Energy-efficient heating and cooling
Room thermostats regulate your heating or cooling simply and comfortably, so that you feel comfortable. You can adjust the temperature, such as the underfloor heating, with a hand grip on the thermostat. In the bathroom it should be warm in the morning. As you go to work, regulate the heating a few degrees cooler. At dinner and cuddling on the sofa, it can be nice and warm again. The night drop ensures a healthy sleep at the end of the day.
Room thermostats can either be set manually or operated electronically. Electronic models automatically adjust the temperature according to your specifications. In this way you save heating energy and money, and you also gain in comfort. Room thermostats are particularly practical, which you can program at times. With a smart room thermostat you can heat the apartment from your mobile phone.
How does a room thermostat work?
A room thermostat is a temperature controller and works as your personal temperature manager: A built-in temperature sensor permanently measures the air temperature in the room and compares it with the temperature you set. With a room thermostat you can control heating systems, heating devices, floor heating, air conditioning and ventilation devices. The thermostat is connected to the heating, cooling or ventilation – depending on the model, via cable or radio (wireless room thermostat).
Set the desired temperature on the device as a control variable, which the thermostat then keeps constant within a tolerance range. If the actual temperature deviates from the target temperature, a controller is introduced to compensate for the difference. The thermostat thereby provides for a corresponding adjustment of the heat or cooling. The regulator controls either the heating element to increase the energy supply or the cooling element or the ventilation to reduce the temperature.
Avoid mold formation
Consistent heating in winter prevents mold formation. If it is cool outside and you do not heat enough, the humidity in the room air will settle on the cold walls and promote the development of mold. Therefore, do not reduce the room temperature too far, even when you are away and at night, as this may increase the risk of mold formation.
What different room thermostats are available?
There are mechanical (electromechanical) and electronic room thermostats for wall mounting (surface mounting), flush mounting (flush-mounted room thermostat) as well as free-standing models. Wall-mounted thermostats (surface-mounted room thermostats) are widely used. They are relatively easy to install and integrate well into the home environment.
Mechanical room thermostats are the most economical. These models are limited to the basic function of manual temperature control and possibly still frost protection, but do not offer comfort features such as daily program or weekly program. For electromechanical devices, select the room temperature by turning the knob on a scale. Accuracy can vary from two to four degrees. An electromechanical model is a good choice if you are looking for a temperature regulator that is as simple and economical as possible.
If you need precise, comfortable and energy-saving temperature control, choose an electronic room thermostat. Digital room thermostats have a display and buttons. On the screen of the digital room thermostat, you can precisely set the desired temperature and read the exact room temperature.
Mechanical room thermostats are the most economical, but usually limit themselves to manual temperature control.
These are the comfort features of an electronic room thermostat
Better electronic room thermostats are programmable. This is especially practical in winter. You can program the appliance to make the bathroom or kitchen warm when you get up in the morning. The same applies to your work day. They come to a warm home after work without having to heat up all day. For the weekend , you can make your own heat settings and thanks to holiday mode , the room temperature drops in case of longer absence (rest position during holiday) without changing the daily or weekly programming.
In addition, some electronic thermostats detect when you open the windows for ventilation (Open Window function), while reducing the heat output to save energy.
Room temperature control via the smart home system
With a smart home system , you can control your heating intelligently. Systems such as Bosch Smart Home, devolo Home Control, digitalSTROM, Eve home, HomeMatic IP and Magenta SmartHome can be equipped with a smart room thermostat. It connects to the smart home base station via cable or radio and becomes part of the overall system, through which you can regulate the heating in combination with shutters, awnings, blinds and door/window contacts.
Smart models can be controlled via smartphone, tablet or PC – even when on the move. On cold winter days, you can comfortably turn the heating up from the car or train and benefit from a woolly warm apartment when you come home.
Which room thermostat fits my heating system?
An important point in the purchase of heating control is the compatibility with the heating. Not all thermostats fit the different heating systems and air conditioners. Some are only suitable for controlling underfloor heating, others are designed for heat control of central heating systems and are not suitable for underfloor heating.
Universal room temperature controllers are not set to a heating type. Pay attention to the information in the product description.
Power supply and adjustment range
There are battery-operated and mains-operated room temperature controllers - especially wireless room thermostats work on a battery basis. Mains-operated models have the advantage that you do not need batteries. Room thermostats also differ in their setting range. The usual setting range is between 10 and 30 degrees Celsius.
Should ich turn the heating down or off when I am away?
In order to save energy, you can set the temperature in your living rooms low via the room thermostat when nobody is at home. However, the lowering of the room heat is not recommended to save on a flat-rate basis – rather it depends on the type of building, the insulation and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor. In addition, how far you lower the room temperature is important for energy efficiency.
The most heat escapes from poorly insulated houses such as old buildings – the heat loss is greatest. Here, a reduction in the heating power can be expected even in a few hours of absence. Lower the temperature only moderately, about 15 or 16 degrees. Otherwise you have to heat the cooled rooms so intensively in the evening that the saved energy is used up again from the day.
In well insulated buildings, the heat loss is low and cooling takes a long time – the savings can be made by lowering the temperature accordingly to a minimum. A savings effect is usually caused by a longer absence in highly insulated buildings, a reduction of heat is usually unnecessary.