uoficowboy

I'm hoping to upgrade the thermostat at my SIL's house. It is an OJ Microline UTCG. It appears that model supports 120/240V as well as either an external or built in temperature sensor. I have not pulled the unit off the wall yet as I'm hoping to show up with the right part and just immediately install it.

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Goal is to find as simple of a device as possible that supports having the thermostat on a timer. This current model does not which I find a bit mind blowing. Wifi is not needed - preference is for as simple as possible.

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Are these devices completely standardized? I see OJ Microline makes wifi thermostats and other programmable thermostats. The wifi ones look identical to the Schluter thermostat I just installed in my own house. Which also looks identical to the Nuheat thermostats.

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What do you all suggest?

Hi - I'm doing some rewiring and got to thinking about this. Latest NEC code requires all junction boxes (JBs) to have a neutral in them, but does not require a live. In the case of a two way switch you'll have both neutral and live in your JB by default. But for a 3 way switch you're likely to end up without live in one of the JBs. Can smart switches deal with this? To be clear - one of the travelers for the 3 way/4 way would always be hot - but it would toggle between when is hot and which isn't as the switch gets toggled.

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Thank you!