Inexpensive smart heating with your own hands: autonomous, economical, comfortable

Smart heating is considered as an analogue of a smart home, which is not available to everyone. Indeed, the cost of purchasing such an acquisition will be higher, but quite comparable to the project of bringing gas into the house. But the result and operation will please you not only with complete autonomy. You can make inexpensive smart heating yourself by choosing pellet equipment FOCUS TERMO and the Polish company PLUM. This decision will be discussed.

 

Heat without gas - how convenient is it to use pellets

Pellets are positioned as raw materials for alternative heating, which, by the way, is the main one in those regions where there is no gas. For example, in New Zealand. This is the ideal solution for OFFGrid houses and simply for those users who want more autonomy. Given the lack of energy resources in such conditions, the issue of saving is critical. It can be achieved if you make inexpensive smart heating with your own hands.

Mono-pellet boiler FOCUS 25 kW for households

New for 2024 is the FOCUS mono-pellet boiler with a power range of 5-30 kW. To fully complete the boiler room you will need:

• pellet hopper;
• hydraulic piping;
• electronics kit for smart heating PLUM.

Taking into account the fact that the piping is made on the basis of groovelock reinforcement, assembly and installation can be performed even by a non-professional craftsman. The main microcontroller for boiler control is included in the delivery package. You can connect several smart heating sensors to it. If this is not enough, then you will need an expansion module, a touch control panel, an Internet connection module and thermostats themselves. The connection can be made either via Wi-Fi or via a wired interface, if you are afraid of “attacks” from your neighbors.

What does the PLUM smart heating system look like?

The connection diagram is illustrated in the figure. To implement full-fledged inexpensive smart heating with your own hands with a wireless connection, you will need the following equipment:

• digital control panel ecoSTER200 or ecoSTER TOUCH;
• wireless thermostats eSTER_x40;
• wireless panel eSTER_х80;
• The ecoNET300 internet module allows you to control the operation of the boiler online.

More automation for smart heating you will find in our online store.

 

Connecting PLUM automation to a mono-pellet boiler

Elementary hydraulic wiring looks like this. With its help, you can adjust the boiler in accordance with the set temperature on the thermostat and the weather sensor, and also, if desired, set heating scenarios. If you want to connect thermostats in rooms, you may need an expansion module. Keep in mind that the boiler control is built in accordance with the wiring of the heating system and is regulated by pumps by the speed of coolant pumping. Warm floors are connected through an indirect heating boiler.