Could this device heat a room, or only the floor? Also, does the device only sense floor heat or both ambient and floor?
1531907
I heats the floor but warms the air. The temperature sensor under the floor is where it receives its reading.
1531908
Only floor Heat as it runs on it's own thermostat. It.can help with the heat but not by itself
1531909
It heats both the floor and somewhat heats the room. And it senses both. Hope this is helpful.
1531910
It will heat the room. The sensor is under the flooring, in my case under the tile. Once the material around the thermostat reaches the programmed temperature, it will shut off. The controller on the wall does sense ambient temperature and will display both floor and ambient temperature
1531911
The floor temperature sensor is set in the floor under the tile. I think it only senses the tile temperature (but that is, of course, affected by the temp. in the room). When the heated floor is on, it certainly helps to warm the room but I'm not sure it would be enough to really heat a room without the help of our furnace.
1283453
It only heats a very small space like a 150 sq ft room. I would not use it for sole source heat. We use ours to supplement a natural gas furnace and move it around to areas we are in during the day. It has a built in thermostat which turns the unit off and on. I would not recommend having it running if you are not present.
1787351
No, I would think that for most in-the-floor heaters and especially for bathroom usage, one must power this thermostat and the heater with a GFCI circuit. I know I had to rewire my system to add (convert) another GFCI circuit for my new in-the-floor heater.Rob2's answer makes me wonder if this thermostat has more capability than I remember -- will try to find the manual and check later.Checked the manual, and it says nothing about GFCI. Either use a GFCI circuit breaker (expensive) or an 'upstream' GFCI receptacle.
2138529
It is either hi or low and you can set to to efficiency mode where it will turn off after it senses the room has reached a certain heat. I live in an apartment and used this instead of my heat and it was ok for me.
212805
No, since it senses room air temperature and not floor temperature which is usually what you want to control with a SunTouch type system. (You just want to heat the floor, not the room.) I have a SunTouch heating system under the tile in my bathroom, and we imbedded a thermocouple in the floor between two of the loops of heating wire. This was connected to a basic, non-digital, SunTouch thermostat and it works very well. My son has the digital SunTouch thermostat and is happy with that as well.
595981
Hello! It doesn't seem to heat the room at all. As for energy consumption, I am afraid that I don't know. This is a very powerful and relatively quiet unit.
8328
I don't believe it is meant to heat up a room so much as place on a desktop and keep you warm. This is how I use it and it works very well. It is small and takes up little space . It only has ON or OFF settings.
1637931
The G-Midifier does not warm the air in the room. In fact the added humidity may make the air feel a little colder if it's already chilly.
1995730
This heater does not cool a room. It is strictly a heater only. It does have a fan setting which circulates the air in a room but it does not cool it.
1447068
Yes You Can see the Actual Temperature of the room but make sure the Frequency of the device is compatible with your controller or not
562957
It would kick off some heat because it is doing work. These work by pumping heat from the condensors and exhausting it out. Then the cooler air from the condensor would come out at the bottom. The net effect of this would be zero, but it takes work to transfer the heat, which generates some additional heat. The heat generated would probably not be enough to affect the room temperature, though, unless you are dehumidifying a closet for some reason.
649528
I didnt know it was "heat sensitive"....all I know is that it is motion activated. I have heated my garage and that has never activated it !
744022
You can think of this as an air conditioner followed by a heater, so i theory it cools then heats to the same temperature. The reality is anything that is electrical will create some heat, but this unit doesn't significantly add to the heat of any room it is intended for. Keep in mind that this is a very robust unit, intended for a basement, or multi room area with good air flow between the rooms. You wouldn't want to use it in a small bedroom.
853816
The heating device makes no difference (as long as it does not draw too much power -- check specs); the only complication is the temperature sensor and how/where it is placed. The Honeywell unit does not come with a sensor and it will be tricky, but possible, to get the correct one from Amazon.com. I just used my old sensor, but had to experiment a bunch to find the needed series resistor to use with it to get it calibrated to the Honeywell unit for the small temperature range we cared about. I had installed the old sensor in a tube under the floor just under the tile and floor mats -- I had easy access from the basement ;-) The heating device makes no difference (as long as it does not draw too much power -- check specs); the only complication is the temperature sensor and how/where it is placed. The Honeywell unit does not come with a sensor and it will be tricky, but possible, to get the correct one from Amazon.com. I just used my old sensor, but had to experiment a bunch to find the needed series resistor to use with it to get it calibrated to the Honeywell unit for the small temperature range we cared about. I had installed the old sensor in a tube under the floor just under the tile and floor mats -- I... » Read More The heating device makes no difference (as long as it does not draw too much power -- check specs); the only complication is the temperature sensor and how/where it is placed. The Honeywell unit does not come with a sensor and it will be tricky, but possible, to get the correct one from Amazon.com. I just used my old sensor, but had to experiment a bunch to find the needed series resistor to use with it to get it calibrated to the Honeywell unit for the small temperature range we cared about. I had installed the old sensor in a tube under the floor just under the tile and floor mats -- I had easy access from the basement ;-) « Show Less
1949509
No sir.. It does work as a wireless temp sensor. I purchased because my thermostats are located in a weird place in the house. I wanted to be able to move the temp sensor around without moving the stat. For example, our bedroom stat is in the hallway. With this unit, I am able to read and adjust the bedroom temp. You can set it up to use the stat for the temp sensor or the remote temp sensor. Honestly, I love mine. I actually have 2 now and helped to eliminate moving the stat and fixed the hot/cold spots where we generally are in the house. Easy to set up and works great. My stats are Honeywell VisionPro 8000.
1679996
No. I tried to use it in a 12 x 20 room and it didn't generate enough heat for the room. It only made noise. I could feel the heat right next to it. It can possibly be used ubder your desk to warm up your feet. I stored mine in the attic. What a waste.
1494690
I use it to keep the area under my desk warm and it works just fine. But I don't know how well it would do for a whole room. If the room is small and you keep the door closed, it might be OK. It is a nice unit though and it is very quiet. I like the fact that it provides soft and steady heat, rather than a fan blowing air at me.