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Old 01-24-13, 04:15 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by randen View Post
You may be able to wire a thermostat to the IC8. It is illustrating the relays for the 4 basic controls. You might not require the embelishment of the Arduino. For the in-floor heating a cheap programmable thermostat with its thermistor removed and mounted next to the tube in the floor would be all thats required.
I like that...

If I use it as a heating only unit, I'll want to have the heater ON during my heating season. And depending on the non-activated state of the 4-way (probably A/C mode by default), I could either permanently activate it, or leave it permanently de-activated. That would leave just the compressor & fan to control. However, I would still need to include a time-delay because since I'm bypassing the brain chip, it probably has no delay circuit.

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