Moes Zigbee Thermostat
Overview
I have an electric underfloor heating in one of the rooms. It uses the old version of the ProWarm Pro Digital Thermostat. It has the usual controls for a non connected thermostat such as schedule and manual heating controls.
I wanted to replace it with a smart thermostat so I can take advantage of the Octopus Agile tariff especially when rates are below 0p/kW.
Existing Thermostat
The system installed is a below 3kW heating element under the floor. It has a temperature probe buried underneath tiles which was not essential but useful and more accurate way of measuring the temperature.
Moes HT-002/BHT-006
Using Zigbee2MQTT device list, I found a Moes HT-002/BHT-006 from AliExpress.
It has more than enough amp rating and a temperature sensor terminals. I wasn’t able to remove the probe under the floor so I hope it was a compatible type.
Installation
The wiring was like for like so it was not too difficult. My setup was tricky because the wires were short.
Configuration
The settings are fairly standard and presents itself as a thermostat sensor as expected.
The thermostat defaults to the built in temperature sensor which is located at the bottom of the faceplate. The default “Sensor vale is set to AL. To change this to the wired temperature probe, set this to OU from Zigbee2MQTT’s web interface.
Summary
A couple nice touches I like include:
- The display lights up when you change the target temperature.
- The time is automatically set (I assume) by Zigbee2MQTT.
- Built in ambient temperatures sensor.
A few nice to haves would be:
- Ability to turn on/off the back light.
- Ability to change the house icon to represent different heating methods.
Overall, a good like for like replacement thermostat and compatible with my under floor heating system.
