Multiple tado stats
Hi there,
I've been happily controlling my central heating with a tado starter set for about a year now. The only problem I have is that the stat is in the kitchen, if I'm doing a lot of cooking or if the Woodburner is lit in the kitchen, the temperature setpoint will be satisfied and therefore Tado will stop the boiler. Even though the rest of the house is cold.
I'm wondering if I place a wireless add-on tado in another room, or upstairs, can I set the system so that if the other room is cold below the setpoint, the primary tado will switch in the boiler? There are mechanical TRVs in all rooms so I'm not concerned about the kitchen getting too warm. Or do I have to run an alternate switch wire from the boiler to the new add-on tado?
I would also like to add an infra red panel heater in my hall, am I right in saying that would be best controlled by the wired add on unit? Could this unit switch the infra red heater and also be used by the primary controller for the first scenario?
I hope that makes sense, I can't seem to figure this from any of the documentation, and I don't want to go deeper into tado if it's not the right fit.
I've been happily controlling my central heating with a tado starter set for about a year now. The only problem I have is that the stat is in the kitchen, if I'm doing a lot of cooking or if the Woodburner is lit in the kitchen, the temperature setpoint will be satisfied and therefore Tado will stop the boiler. Even though the rest of the house is cold.
I'm wondering if I place a wireless add-on tado in another room, or upstairs, can I set the system so that if the other room is cold below the setpoint, the primary tado will switch in the boiler? There are mechanical TRVs in all rooms so I'm not concerned about the kitchen getting too warm. Or do I have to run an alternate switch wire from the boiler to the new add-on tado?
I would also like to add an infra red panel heater in my hall, am I right in saying that would be best controlled by the wired add on unit? Could this unit switch the infra red heater and also be used by the primary controller for the first scenario?
I hope that makes sense, I can't seem to figure this from any of the documentation, and I don't want to go deeper into tado if it's not the right fit.
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Hello @Rourkek If I understand your comment correctly …
- For the kitchen, presumably your wired stat is connected to the boiler and is the 'zone controller'. I'd suggest you add a wireless temperature sensor in a cold area. In the app settings, set the wired thermostat as the 'zone controller' for the new temperature sensor. If you have radiator in the kitchen, I'd also add a Tado TRV on the rad (works in sync with the wired thermostat) to minimise the potential for overheating.
- For the infra-red heater, the Tado wired thermosat has limit of 3A so you'll need it to control a higher rated device that is connected to the heater. Search for a post on here from another user with a Salus device. IIRC the Tado thermostat controls the Salus device. The Salus device has enough power rating for their heater load.
HTH.
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That is such a helpful response, thanks for taking the time!
Kevin
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