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 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes <[email protected]> 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 > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
