A little confused regarding the two threads, this one, and the other one here:
I assume this is the “current” thread for this discussion, so moving my comments/questions from there to here.
This looks pretty cool, wanted to confirm it could resolve a problem w/our home.
We have a ranch style house, aligned along North/South, and south end of the house (living room/office/family room) is always warmer than the north end (bedrooms). So we get:
Winter: Heat enough to warm south end, and then the north end is too cold.
Summer: Cool enough to cool south end, and then the north end is again too cold.
So it seems like I could use the smart vents and smartapps/DTHs, to set up a system where the temperature is balanced across the house, with the hotter south end getting less heat/more cooling, and the cooler north end geting more heat, less cooling.
Assuming above is true, the HW to do this would be:
- 9 smart vents to replace the 9"dumb" vents we have in the house
- Temp sensors in each room
Questions:
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My Nest thermostat is programmed w/several temperature ranges during the day - I have temperature range settings for early AM, mid-morning to afternoon, afternoon to evening, and then bedtime. Does this system support that level of control?
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Do the current vents on the Keen site include the pressure sensor? Can’t find a model number on them on the site.
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If we only replace a subset of vents (in the too cold and too warm rooms) does that really work well? Seems like the remaining dumb vents would siphon off hot/cold air and make it harder for the system to balance temperatures properly.
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How important to have motion and temp sensors, vs. just temp sensors?
Thanks!