What are the options for installing this? I read the installtion manual, but I'd like to hear from some who have actually done it.
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Same answer as the rest of the users. Uses 240v supply to power a 24v t-stat. The t-stat then switches the relay on/off to control your load. Can also be used with a two-wire system; ie. R and W from an existing stat will turn this on/off. Can be mounted in a BB heater, on the side of a deep remodel box with a Nest covering the opening, or remotely in crawl space or attic. How it is ultimately installed depends on your application.
1390917
here are my step by step instructions for this .. with pictures!https://community.nest.com/message/52028#52028
1390918
If you have the same heater that I have. I could open the side of it and look to see how its wired and possibly send you a picture or explain it later.
1390919
I put it in a Quelet 10000 watt heater. It allows you to control this unit with a regular low voltage thermostat. The heater I bought seems to be designed to go with this relay. It took me a little bit to figure out how this was wired, but if I recall it was very simple I did this almost 2 years ago
1390920
Hi it was very easy! All you have to do is configure the switch for cooling or heating and then set the temperature on/off level. I permanently mounted the switch to the greenhouse wall so that it wouldn't move or fall. All that required was two screws. If you accidentally overload the switch it has a replaceable fuse.
1390921
I used it to power a Nest thermostat when I only had line voltage to my old "dumb" thermostat. It worked, but I dont recommend you connect yourself if you are not comfortable with 240v voltages.
1390922
It's a relay, designed to use the low voltage signal from a typical thermostat to switch a 240 volt circuit e.g. a 240v baseboard heater. The unit is designed to provide the 24v power to the thermostat as a step-down from the incoming 240v main, so no need to separately power the "smart" thermostat. I've installed it for exactly that use-case, and it's working fine. Unless you REALLY know what you are doing on the high voltage side, I wouldn't recommend this as a DIY project, but the product itself works fine for it's intended purpose.
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As far as I know there really are no options, the relay switches one leg of the 220v power with with a 2-wire 24v thermostat. If you want to switch 110v instead you need to buy the suffix -120 version. Hope that helps
1958525
I bought it too but there are no instructions for installation. It's still sitting in my closet. Let me know if you find the installation instructions. Cheers!
53791
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aja2LcHT9gU : It explains installation step by step.
1227755
Can you please elaborate how to do this. I am kinda novice when it comes to computers. Thanks!
894298
Yes, is pretty simple to install, if you have some doubt to how you can do it, there is to many documentation in the web and videos tutorials in youtube, the installation is very quickly.
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They have an install video on their website under customer support. However, it is rather self explanatory (and comes with instructions). If you do not get it on the fist try, you should be able to figure it out easily for the second go round.
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You can find the manual on my blog where I explain how to install it. http://timsengineeringblog.weebly.com/index.html
650409
Sorry dude! I bought that a long while ago and have misplaced it somehow. So I never got a chance to install.
1052699
Did you already find info ?? If not I searched on google..main thing you need installers code..Their are a few generics. .hope no one changed...I lucked out..
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Gerry: I've got it installed on WINDOWS 7...but never use it. I'm using it on my WINDOWS XP (another computer) and it works just fine. I've had problems installing on "7"....and if that's the only thing you have.....good luck. I was just patient and kept at it after "7" was telling me to forgot it. But I did get a correct install.
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Sorry, but that would be a great question for someone much more technical than i, I am just a user and got lucky, but several people chimed in to help and it worked perfectly. Also try YouTube for help installing, it was amazing and easy to do. Good luck.
1143692
No offense, none at all, but just by reading your question I would not recommend you purchasing this without having someone tech savvy to help you install it for you. However, the answer is yes.
989908
I am having the same issue and have installed it exactly as everyone here has described.Not very happy about this.
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Follow Chris Donawho's instructions below. This is how we did our setup and installation. You have probably already found your answer.
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Tom: I was not able to install the disk like any conventional software,---but some how I was linked to a "free" download of Flt Sim X.Not enough time for trying it out, or instructions tp enter the product key to make it legal. Just been too busy with other things.
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Please see link to installation video. If you are unable to view please contact me directly. http://youtu.be/eZWr-p7GZto
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My husband just Googled it to find out how to install it. I hope that helps.