Z-Wave Pool Thermostat with Water Temperature Sensor
I am researching options to control a pool heating system as part of a home automation system.
The Homeseer website lists a Z-wave thermostat (TZ40) from a company called RCS, which also makes an optional remote pool/spa temperature sensor (RSP2).
My thought is that I would install the TZ40 and RSP2 very close to my pool pump/plumbing. Then I would set up a computer with home automation software and a z-wave receiver elsewhere in thse house (probably Homeseer with the Maestro Heat & Air Plug-in.
I got a technical service reply from RCS, however, saying that the RSP2 is discontinued and RCS no longer offers any type of pool/spa control. Also RCS suggets that "this may not be too practical a use for z-wave topology since it's a mesh network type of RF transmission and requires retransmitters out to the pool pad area."
Are there other manufacturers who make a z-wave thermostat with a pool water sensor? Is it true that z-wave is not a practical use for this application? If so, what other design would be better?
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Richard Kaplan in General Home Automation
