Smart thermostats can now connect to your.
Nest thermostat baseboard heat.
Nest and ecobee thermostats were made to control low voltage 24v heating systems and electric baseboard heating is high or line voltage 120v or 240v.
Hot water baseboards are run off a furnace which uses low voltage for tstat control.
Requires 4 or more wires make sure to check your gang box and ensure there is a neutral 120v or second live 240v wire available.
We suspect running a smart thermostat with one of these relays as the power source may lead to the draining of the thermostat s internal batteries source.
Cadet a baseboard heater manufacturer had this to say about using relays to control baseboard heaters with nest.
You can t use a low voltage thermostat like nest ecobee or other popular models used for furnaces or heat pumps with a baseboard heater.
There seems to be confusion here.
Nest operates on low voltage around 24 volts.
District or collective heating systems that are controlled by an accessible individual electric valve are compatible with nest thermostats.
Electric baseboards are line voltage 120 240 volts.
The nest thermostat e s ob connector lets you install a heat pump a second stage of heating or a second stage of cooling.
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A line voltage system uses direct line voltage 120 volts or 240 volts unlike the newer low voltage models which runs on 24 volts.
Electric baseboard and fan heaters work with line voltage thermostats which can be either 120 or 240 volts.
Smart thermostats meet baseboard heaters.
But that s where relays and transformers come in.
However you should contact a local nest pro installer and tell them that your apartment is heated with collective or district heating so they can ask you additional questions to determine nest compatibility before they schedule an installation appointment.
If you hooked up a low voltage thermostat directly to one of our heaters it would fry the thermostat.
Installing a compatible smart thermostat is quick and easy.
The nest learning thermostat s connector lets you install a humidifier a dehumidifier emergency heat multiple fan speeds or a 3rd stage of heating.