Midlands-based electrical heating specialist Ecolec has launched a new wireless, remotely controlled smart controller that allows the user to control temperature and heating in up to 10 separate zones.
The Ecolec Multiple Zone Gateway is connected via a network cable to a home or office internet router. Programming and control is then available using a PC, tablet, or mobile device with a PC app, browser or mobile app via the internet. The signals between the Gateway, thermostats and heaters are all wireless.
MD Chandru Ray is excited about the potential of the new control system: “It offers precise control over electric heating systems,” he says. “For those who are technically minded, when using the system on multiple devices, there is no need to upload the settings to a central server – this is the case with slightly similar systems from competitors and this can cause huge frustration if you forget. We’ve designed the system to be as simple as possible whilst offering fairly complex options – with up to ten individual zones controlled.”
One potential novel use for the new system could be for a small ten bedroom hotel – allowing the owner to control the temperature remotely from outside the bedroom, to optimise the use of the heating system depending on whether the rooms are occupied or not.
Ecolec says that the Multiple Zone Gateway provides a great way to reduce energy costs as it provides heating to occupied rooms while leaving unoccupied ones at a far lower temperature to take the chill off the rooms only.
