Jeff of MightyOhm takes a look back at his solution for adding temperature control to a space heater -
The project involves using a digital programmable thermostat to control an inexpensive space heater. The original motivation for this was that I wanted to lower the temperature of the heater at night, reducing my energy bill, while still being able to wake up to a toasty room in the morning by setting the heater to turn on full blast 30 minutes before I awoke.
The project's instructable plus relevant schematic can be found here.
It is a programmable thermostat designed to control space heaters. If you like this idea but don't feel safe working with line voltage this might be what you are looking for.
Posted by: Mark May on October 17, 2009 at 7:00 AM
iHeater has digital thermostat built in
Why dont you just buy an iHeater from BlazingHotConcepts.com like i did? It has a thermostat built in that you can program to turn on and off anytime you want. it also cut my heat bill in half. and keeps my house nice and warm.
Void your warranty, violate a user agreement, fry a circuit, blow a fuse, poke an eye out. Make: The risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things... Welcome to Make: Online!
More contributors: Mark Frauenfelder (Editor-in-Chief, MAKE magazine), Kipp Bradford (Technical Consultant/Writer), Chris Connors (Education), Diana Eng (Guest Author), Peter Horvath (Intern), Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media), Robert Bruce Thompson (Science Room)
Behind the Scenes at MAKE and CRAFT
In January, many of the remote MAKE/CRAFT team members (myself included) convened at the Maker Media headquarters at O'Reilly Media in Sebastopol, California. Take a look behind the scenes of your favorite DIY publications as Goli Mohammadi gives us...
More...
Sign up for the Make: Newsletter
Our Make: Newsletter covers news from maker Media, has original columns, Shed deals, and more! You can also read the archives of past issues.
RSS
I need something like this to control my dehumidifier -- if it drops below 65 degress I have to turn off the dehumidifier otherwise it would ice up.
Thanks for tickling the brain cells!
Reply to this comment
This is a great idea and reminded me of a thermostat i have seen the LuxPro PSP300 http://www.luxproproducts.com/thermostats_program/psp300.htm
It is a programmable thermostat designed to control space heaters. If you like this idea but don't feel safe working with line voltage this might be what you are looking for.
Reply to this comment
Why dont you just buy an iHeater from BlazingHotConcepts.com like i did? It has a thermostat built in that you can program to turn on and off anytime you want. it also cut my heat bill in half. and keeps my house nice and warm.
Reply to this comment