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Ecobee Thermostat (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Minsk_trust@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Hey all. Thanks in advance to this amazing community for all it help. You guys are awesome.

I have a small home with in floor heating and an ERV. The infloor heating has two zones. One for bathroom and bedroom and another for kitchen and living room.

Wondering if the ecobee thermostat is my best option. Hoping that it can control both zones and switch them with the ecobee sensors or via homekit/HA. Will I be forced to buy two thermostats? Its a really small home, so two sensors isnt great and dont necessarily want a display panel mounted in the bedroom.

Is it possible to run the the ERV independently? Ie can I have the ERV controlled by a CO2 sensor independent of temp control? Ive been seeing conflicting info.

Im reading the manual but im not sure whats possible if integrating home kit/ha. Any and all advice welcome!

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

When I did my in floor heating in the master bathroom I went through something similar regarding the zones.

My goal was to be able to control a zone for the shower and a zone for the floor tiles everywhere else independently of one another.

Two separate lines are run in these areas under the floor to one two zone thermostat, on a dedicated line to my breaker panel. From what I found out during my process is that a two zone thermostat controls both zones at the same time.

I could not find any thermostat control panel that controls two lines independently and figured if I ever do a whole home in floor heating system each room would need its own thermostat.

Plus side to a two zone thermostat in a room is if one of the cables is cut in a remodel the other zone still functions.