Underfloor heat thermostat

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• Sep 29, 2019

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Hi. What type of thermostat can I use for my underfloor radiant heating? I currently have the type shown in the picture and i do not dind it very accurate. Can i get a digital one?

 

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• Sep 29, 2019

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Depends what wiring you have at the stat be careful as it will probably be live

 

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• Oct 2, 2019

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Ok. So here is a picture of the wiring. I'm to understand that this is a line voltage thermostat. So, I assume I can simply buy a digital line voltage thermostat and swap it out?

 

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• Oct 2, 2019

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You won’t be able to have a digital one as there’s no neutral / ground connection there only hot/live in and hot/live in

 

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Battery operated thermostat?
You still have the live supply switching, but the screen dispay is done by the batteries.

 

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• Oct 2, 2019

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Battery operated thermostat?
You still have the live supply switching, but the screen dispay is done by the batteries.

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Don’t know if they make one for underfloor heating but good suggestion

 

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ShaunCorbs said:

You won’t be able to have a digital one as there’s no neutral / ground connection there only hot/live in and hot/live in

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I believe that in Canada the colour for live is black and neutral is white. If I'm right, there does seem to be a neutral available.

 

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• Oct 2, 2019

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They do make line voltage non programmable thermostats. Which is why I ask.