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Their explanation is that people in the UK were too stupid to use them properly, so stopped offering them...
Reads more like the installers couldn't be arse to fit them properly?
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Ah, so the UK wired version does support modulation!
Thank you for the info, much appreciated.
What are the benefits to the wireless version vs wired? Just the ability to freely move the thermostat controller?
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@Jameo
Yep, apologies, modulating was the word I was looking for.
Bit of background from Tado here, good news is you can buy the better EU ones from their shop. Their explanation is that people in the UK were too stupid to use them properly, so stopped offering them...
https://twitter.com/tado/status/1584453780413612035?lang=en
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@tado
A Quick Thread on Modulation! 🧵🪡
1/9 Modulating thermostats are important. Whether smart or not, they bring efficiencies to your boiler, and your bills. They do this using 'digital' interfaces to connect to the boiler, like eBus, or the most common interface called OpenTherm.
2/9 A few years ago at tado° we made a really cool thing called 'multibus' - Whatever interface your boiler uses, we built a multibus to translate it, which means we have HUGE compatibility with boilers to offer modulation!
3/9 We don't talk about this much, but we should! Modulating thermostats do really smart things like load compensation or weather compensation, meaning you can do small adjustments of heat, rather than on/off full blasts of heat every time you call for heat.
4/9 Modulation brings boiler efficiency, as well as lower energy consumption and lower bills. There's lots of good resources on this subject from folks like
@HeatGeek
5/9 In Europe, all tado° Smart Thermostats support modulation, whether they're our Wired or Wireless models (yep, that specifically includes OpenTherm)
6/9 In the UK however, we saw something unusual: a very small amount of Wireless tado° Smart Thermostats were being installed using modulation. Sadly, it no longer made sense for us to sell these types of interfaces in the UK due to this low number of installs ...
7/9 ...that took advantage of the modulating interfaces. (Our Wired Thermostat in the UK still has OpenTherm and modulating controls though, and always has done!).
However…
8/9 …If you’re in the UK and wish to purchase the tado° Wireless Smart Thermostat with modulation you can purchase it here from the online tado° professional shop.