Hydraulicjump
Senior Member
There is a lot on this general issue embedded in earlier posts, but I thought I would reach out to see who might have the latest solution.
We have a Webasto Evo 55. It is controlled by a standard programmable 2-wire thermostat (basically on and off) powered by two AA batteries. Now that we have reliable wifi on the boat I would like to put in a smart thermostat, like a Nest, Ecobee, etc. But all of them require a C wire or something to power them. Some have the ability to wire in power to them from a 120v socket, but I am trying to avoid that.
Wondering if anyone has or has tried a fully self-contained, battery operated smart thermostat. Or is the power demand just too great to pull this off? And I am not interested in installing one of the boat monitoring systems. At least not at this point.
Thanks.
We have a Webasto Evo 55. It is controlled by a standard programmable 2-wire thermostat (basically on and off) powered by two AA batteries. Now that we have reliable wifi on the boat I would like to put in a smart thermostat, like a Nest, Ecobee, etc. But all of them require a C wire or something to power them. Some have the ability to wire in power to them from a 120v socket, but I am trying to avoid that.
Wondering if anyone has or has tried a fully self-contained, battery operated smart thermostat. Or is the power demand just too great to pull this off? And I am not interested in installing one of the boat monitoring systems. At least not at this point.
Thanks.