Actually now that you mention it this would be REALLY handy in the winter.
Start the block heater on the tractor a couple hours before arrival, have the
tractor ready to move snow when we get there...
-Curt
On Sunday, June 6, 2021, 4:27:05 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
There are cell phone controlled switches for turning on aircraft engine
heaters remotely in the winter. You could use one of those to power a DPST
latching relay that could turn the water heater on and off as needed.
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 3:16 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Interestingly, I did some research only to find out that the industry has
> established a standard (CTA-2045) for the connectivity of water heaters,
> boilers, etc., but initial research shows that control of such devices
> doesn’t suggest that the investment is worth the effort. I found a bunch of
> presentations and papers on it from a couple of utilities who did studies
> using it a few years ago, and the outcomes weren’t that great.
>
> A.O. Smith had a deal with Lowe’s starting back in 2014 with a platform
> called “Iris” for connectivity to such devices, and it’s dead. There’s a
> third party that’s running with the CTA-2045 specification who has an app
> available but there doesn’t seem to be many manufacturers on board with it.
> You can drop $220 to get a communications module and interface, but there’s
> not a lot of documentation on what exactly you can do with it.
>
> I’m not a big believer in IOT devices mainly because their security often
> stinks. I’ve used them from time to time, but I wouldn’t go to a lot of
> effort to deploy any on my home environment.
>
> -D
>
> > On Jun 6, 2021, at 4:07 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
> >
> >> Is yours "smart"? I'm wondering if I could turn ours off when we're
> >> not there and then tell it to heat water via the app a day or so in
> >> advance of our arrival.
> >
> > Honestly that seems like needless complexity for something rarely if
> > ever needed. How often do you need hot water immediately after arriving?
> > It should not take more than a few hours to get up to temp if you switch
> > it on when you arrive. Of course, I'm opposed to most "smart" devices by
> > default so take that into account.
> >
> > Allan
> >
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