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Not large at all. One thermostat per room. With electric heat you have to put a thermostat in line between the circuit breakers and the heating element (radia
by parfe 13y ago
Not large at all. One thermostat per room. With electric heat you have to put a thermostat in line between the circuit breakers and the heating element (radiant panels in my case). Centralizing the house on a single thermostat, like you would with forced air, would actually be incredibly difficult. It would also lose the benefit of fine control; one of the few positives of electric heat.
- aconbere 13y agoWorth pointing out (and you touch on this above) that this is not a function of electric heat but a function specifically of the type of electric heat (radiant in this case). I have electric heat by way of a ducted electric heat pump which is not zoned and thus centralized. Zoned ducted and non-ducted electric heat pumps both offer localized control over heating.
- URSpider94 13y agofor what its worth, people in the trades would not consider a heat pump "electric heat", even though of course the power does come from electricity. electric heat refers specifically to heat generated by heating an element with current.
- aconbere 13y agoFascinating! (coming back to this late). What would the consider an electric heat pump, or what would they call it?
- kisielk 13y agoThe same is also true for baseboard heaters, in general there is one thermostat per room.
- jusben1369 13y agoGot it. Thanks. Sorry for my ignorance.