Thermostat/Remote control for Wallas 30dt?

[Mark424]

Am considering a Wallas 30dt for heat for a 38' sailing cat for the PNW.

The Wallas remote looks like it calls for a sim card, which would mean it requires a separate cell phone data account and being near a cell tower. I was thinking something a bit simpler, like a bluetooth/wifi connection on the boat itself, or maybe even just a timer that I could have it come up to temp before we get up in the morning. Anyone know if you can use other types of thermostats with this unit? or wire up a secondary DIY control.

Thanks

[Steveschr]

You can try asking Scan Marine in Seattle if you haven't already. They have always been very helpful to me and my 30D and 22DT.

Steve

[Mark424]

Originally Posted by Steveschr

You can try asking Scan Marine in Seattle if you haven't already. They have always been very helpful to me and my 30D and 22DT.

Steve

Thanks Steve, I should have updated the thread after I had done my research. I did talk to Scan Marine, they told me about a connector on the unit for a timer, so after some digging found this unit sold by the distributor in the UK.

https://www.kuranda.co.uk/index.php?...ategory_id=262

Doug @ Scan Marine is going to look into it for me.

Thanks

Mark

[wiekeith]

Originally Posted by Mark424

Am considering a Wallas 30dt for heat for a 38' sailing cat for the PNW.

The Wallas remote looks like it calls for a sim card, which would mean it requires a separate cell phone data account and being near a cell tower. I was thinking something a bit simpler, like a bluetooth/wifi connection on the boat itself, or maybe even just a timer that I could have it come up to temp before we get up in the morning. Anyone know if you can use other types of thermostats with this unit? or wire up a secondary DIY control.

I have a Wallace 40D, and from what I understand, although I'm no expert, is that the cabin thermostat is not like a domestic one, which operates a switch when the set temp is reached. It's constantly measuring the cabin temp electronically and sending that reading to the main unit, which compares it with your selected temp setting. The benefit of this is that it's not an on-off system - it reduces heat output as the selected cabin temp is reached and effectively runs on tick-over to keep the temp, which is a nice touch. However, this does mean that it's not an easy task, if at all possible, to install a secondary thermostat in parallel to this.

Having said all that, my unit is 7 years old, so they may do it differently now.

[wiekeith]

Ah, just noticed your last post - good to know.

Incidentally, the guys at Kuranda are really helpful