Newby question - hot water heater control
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:08 pm
Hi,
I'm fairly new to the home automation game so treading rather carefully. I have installed a Proliphix thermostat for the heating which I am very pleased with. As the next step I would like to be able to remotely turn on and off the (electric) water heater. I think the element is around 3KW.
Does anyone have a suggestion for an off the shelf solution for this? Ideal would be a suitable contactor with a built in webserver, but I've not found anything sensible so far.
It doesn't have to be wireless, wired to the network is ok.
Ideas?
TIA
/Simon
I'm fairly new to the home automation game so treading rather carefully. I have installed a Proliphix thermostat for the heating which I am very pleased with. As the next step I would like to be able to remotely turn on and off the (electric) water heater. I think the element is around 3KW.
Does anyone have a suggestion for an off the shelf solution for this? Ideal would be a suitable contactor with a built in webserver, but I've not found anything sensible so far.
It doesn't have to be wireless, wired to the network is ok.
Ideas?
TIA
/Simon