Heating is something that can consume a significant part of the electricity or gas bill each month. Keeping track of when to turn it on and off, as well as correctly managing the temperature, is very important to save. Home automation can also help here. For example, being able to remotely turn on the heating. In this article we are going to focus on smart valves. We are going to explain what they are and why they are useful for saving.
Why smart valves are key in heating
If you have heating at home and want to save, you may be interested in installing smart valves on the radiators. Basically it is a small device that allows you to regulate the temperature of each radiator. This makes it possible to optimize resources, automate switching on or off and being able to manage everything remotely from the mobile.
We can say that it acts the same as many other smart devices that we have at home. In other words, we will be able to use it from anywhere, program it and create different programs as we are interested, so that it turns on at certain times, so that the temperature goes down or up depending on what we are looking for, etc.
If, for example, you want a certain radiator to be at 20 degrees and the one in another room to be at 18, you will be able to do it. What you are going to do is set each of them to the temperature that interests you. From there, it will automatically allow a greater or lesser flow of water to pass through and manage the temperature to always be at the one you have selected. You can also turn it off at any time.
They are going to act as small thermostats independently on each of these radiators. It is very interesting since we are not always going to need all the radiators to work at the same temperature. Perhaps in the bathroom you want one temperature and in the living room another, for example. At night you may want only one or two to work and the rest to lower the temperature.
Control of each individual radiator
These smart valves will allow you to control each radiator manually. You can create routines, groups, schedules… In this way they can work at certain times and not all day, for example. Also set a temperature so that a room is always stable, regardless of the rest.
With this we are going to avoid that all the radiators are constantly working. We will not have to manually turn them off or on, nor manually regulate the temperature. If at any given moment you want a specific room to rise 1 or 2 degrees, you will be able to do it with your mobile thanks to the smart valves.
Also, you should keep in mind that you can install numerous smart valves. If you have 10 radiators, then you can put a smart valve on each of them. You will only have to worry if all of them are going to be linked to a smart thermostat and it may have a limit, although this limit is usually quite high and there will be no problems.
In short, as you can see, having smart valves on home radiators can be a good option to have greater control and also save energy. You will see many available options and you can choose the one that interests you the most according to its characteristics.
