The indoor sensor is an important part of Ngenic Tune and plays a key role in ensuring that your indoor temperature is as consistent as possible. In many cases, it’s enough to place the indoor sensor in a room in the middle of the house, but for certain types of homes, you may need to give it a little extra thought. That’s why we’ve put together three tips that may be worth keeping in mind:
If you place the indoor sensor near a heat source—such as a fireplace—rooms that are far away from the sensor may get cold when you have a fire going. You can easily avoid this by placing the indoor sensor in a more neutral spot in the house that doesn’t get as warm from the fire. It’s also a good idea to avoid placing the sensor near other heat sources—such as the oven in the kitchen or that old 50-inch plasma TV you bought during the 2006 Christmas sale.
In some buildings, it can sometimes get too cold on floors other than the one where the indoor thermostat is located, and this may be due to how the heating system is designed.
Let’s take a two-story house as an example: The house has a few radiators on the upper floor, and on the lower floor—where the indoor sensor is located—there is underfloor heating covering large areas. Radiators typically require a higher water temperature than underfloor heating, but since Ngenic Tune limits the temperature of the water leaving the heating system, the temperature may sometimes be insufficient for the radiators on the upper floor.
The first thing to do in that case is to make sure the thermostats upstairs are fully open. Sometimes you may also need to bleed the radiators or adjust the thermostatic valves. If that doesn’t solve the problem, it might be a good idea to move the indoor sensor upstairs instead, and limit the heat for the ground floor using the existing control system for the underfloor heating.
A similar example is a house with a basement that may need a little extra heat even in the summer. In that case, you may need to have the indoor sensor in the basement while the thermostats upstairs are turned off completely or partially to prevent the basement from getting too cold. A little basic heating in the basement even in the summer is also good for driving out moisture that can cause problems in the house. If you have multiple indoor sensors, you can set which one to use as the reference for control in the app where you adjust your desired temperature. It may be advisable to control the system from an indoor sensor located in the basement during the summer months and on the upper floor during the winter months. Several customers have also had good results by placing the indoor sensor between two floors, for example, on the wall of the staircase leading down to the basement.
If you have any questions or need more tips, feel free to contact us at support@ngenic.se.
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