Domoticizing its electric wire electric radiator thanks to the Myfox solution

I will not be able to show it to you in a situation, I have no boiler. Just know that this module can do it, so.

Domotic electric radiator: how it works ?

With the connected house, the future has become present thanks to the home automation installation. But, the most spectacular revolution is to look at home automation for electric radiators.

So, let’s discover first of all, how the electric heating system can now be automated, or even beyond. Then, let’s see what are the simple arrangements to take to reduce your energy consumption. But without giving in on its heating comfort, of course. Finally, what means allow you to control all of this from a distance. Ready to discover the home automation system that makes your life easier ? Let’s go !

Radiators and home automation

Home automation brings together under a single term everything related to programming, automation or control of the various technological systems of housing. And today, even electric radiators are entitled to it ! Whether connected or intelligent, here is an overview of the possibilities offered to you depending on the option chosen.

Connected radiators

And yes, it is possible to control your heating with your phone. How ? Thanks to the connected radiators ! Just install a control app on your communication device, and you access the management of your settings live. Programming of heating beaches, definition of temperature, extinction of equipment, or put into “eco” mode: everything is possible ! You can even follow your consumption in each room in the house, if you wish.

Heating devices piloted in a centralized manner, this is already very attractive. But the intelligent version of these electric radiators goes even further.

Smart radiators

These models are incredible: they are connected to intelligent piloting. Explanations: For each living space, you define two temperature values. On the one hand, your thermal comfort threshold, and on the other hand, a minimum, economical type temperature.

Then, the intelligent thermostat uses this data for you to do reasoned temperature management. How ? Thanks to the integrated sensors. They detect all the variations impacting on the heat of the room, and adjust the power of the heating accordingly. The opening of a window, the arrival of the sun, or the entrance to a new person, for example. But beware, this will not work with your dear pets.

Control your energy bill

Admittedly, radiators compatible with home automation are more expensive to buy. Nevertheless, they make it possible to achieve substantial savings by respecting these few principles:

• Adapt the type of radiator to each space of the house.
• Place the radiator in the room in a reasoned manner.
• Program the temperature according to use needs.
• Favor “eco” mode during your absence.
• Use a thermostat connected to the driver or WiFi, to adjust your heating in real time.

Heating management with connected objects allows you to adjust the atmosphere closest to real needs. But, how does it work on a daily basis ?

Home automation: the connection means of your electric radiators

We have seen that the most innovative radiator models have automated operation. They are now remotely controlled, even downright autonomous.

You want to homemade fairly recent radiators, but not equipped with a remote control system ? Good news: it is possible, if it is equipped with a pilot wire. This establishes a connection between the electric radiator and your connected thermostat. It thus ensures the transfer of directives from your control and programming center.

Other objects connected to heating are the home automation box and the smartphone.

With your phone, you can contact the heating system, directly and from the inside of your home, thanks to WiFi waves. If you want to be able to control the system from the outside, you will then need a box and a Bluetooth WiFi relay.

The features of the home automation box ensure control of all the connected equipment of the house. It is extremely practical to heat the house during a prolonged absence, or enhance the temperature before a return from vacation.

Electric radiators are a heating solution now accessible to the greatest number. They appeal to their advantages: reduce the electricity bill and save money, while optimizing thermal comfort of the house. Rather friendly, as technology, isn’t it ? So, if these devices tempt you, consult our catalog without waiting to find yours.

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Domoticizing its electric wire electric radiator thanks to the Myfox solution

Given the season, heating in the house is a topical problem: D Today I suggest you discover the universal receiver for heating offered by Myfox. Universal, because of module has the distinction of being able to order an individual boiler or a pilot wire radiator. Once connected to your boiler or to your electric radiators, it will allow you to integrate the management of your heating in the myfox home system: so it will be possible to create programs, use the radiators in a scenario, and gain in comfort, everything By saving energy !

I. Unpacking

The Myfox heating module is a kind of all white “sugar”: as usual, myfox supplied everything you need:

• the control module, of course
• A assembly notice
• A fixing kit (screws and ankles)

The top of the module has an LED, which also acts as a button to pair the module with the home automation center.

The wire for the radiator assembly is already mounted: we find the phase and the neutral to supply the module, and the pilot wire (black) which will be to be plugged into the driver’s pilot wire, of course.

The case has a support which can be fixed using the screws provided, or simply using a double -sided adhesive. It will be necessary to place it close to the radiator, but not too close to the heating area.

The case measures 100 mm x 50 mm x 25 mm, making it a box that knows how to stay discreet.

Now let’s move on to its installation.

II. Facility

As announced in the introduction, this module is universal, that is to say that it will be able to control a boiler as well as an electric radiator.

For a boiler, the assembly is not very difficult:

I will not be able to show it to you in a situation, I have no boiler. Just know that this module can do it, so.

Here I will show you how to connect it to an electric radiator with a pilot wire. The assembly scheme is as follows:

For implementation, I used a conventional electric radiator, having a pilot wire. For the example the radiator has not mounted on the wall, but the implementation is exactly the same.

You can see the implementation step by step in the guide I made:

Note that if you have several radiators in the same area (for example three radiators in the living room), which you want to control simultaneously, you can use only one module to pilot them if their pilot sons arrive in your table electric:

It will be more practical, and above all much less expensive !

III. Use

Once in place, the radiator becomes usable from the Myfox interface. The module to control four orders (comfort, ECO, out of frost, stop), we will find them on the interface:

Small practical detail: each button has a different color to indicate its condition:

Color that we find on the LED of the module. Thus, a simple look at the module next to the radiator allows you to know your state.

This integration on the home automation box makes it possible to control its heating remotely. Practical, but the real interest is to integrate its radiator into a scenario to automate it.

Thus, in a scenario, it will be possible to define time slots for its passage in comfort mode or Eco mode for example:

Here, going in Eco mode from 8 a.m., since everyone has gone to work:

And at 5 p.m., backing up in comfort to warm the house before the occupants arrived:

Another practical scenario is the possibility of automatically passing your heating in Eco mode when you leave, that is to say when you put the total alarm:

If the alarm goes into “total” mode, it is because there is no one at home, so we pass the heating in Eco mode:

Thus, no more forgetful, the electric savings will be ensured automatically, without any loss of comfort, since the heating can restart automatically before your arrival.

Iv. Conclusion

The pilot thread of our electric radiators is specific to France, so that so far few solutions existed to properly control these radiators. I offered you a guide to pilot such a radiator using a Z-Wave module, but you must admit that it was a bit of “DIY”, even if the work was done in the same way.

Here we have a clean, well designed, easy to install module, and at a relatively affordable price, since it is sold for € 49.90. If the pilot wires of all your radiators arrive in your electrical panel, only one module will be necessary to pilot an area, which is very economical. If this is not the case, however, it will be necessary to equip each radiator.

Finally, note that this module only recognizes comfort, eco, free freezing orders, and stop. There is no mention anywhere in the temperature to be respected. To do this, it will be necessary to have an individual temperature probe, or even use the temperature statement of the new intellitags seen here.

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