Temp sensor for a room/area of space

[darklighthim 0]

We have a space next to our front door that gets a little cold, so we ended up mounting an electric heater to the wall as there is a single plug socket.
The heater only has an on/off switch so I'm thinking of adding a smart plug to make it easier to turn it on and off when required without having to physically go flick the switch.

To make it easier to know when it needs turned on and off I'm thinking some kind of temp sensor would be useful. Something that can monitor the temp, feed it back to me and then I would take appropriate action i.e. its cold so turn heater on or it's warm enough so turn it off. Bearing in mind we only have a single plug socket for use.

Currently have a Google home mini and Lenovo smart clock so obviously need something that can integrate with google home/assistant easily.
I'm just beginning to think of adding stuff to my house (Xiaomi Mi light bulbs and a couple of smart plugs by Xmas day) so I don't know whats out there over and above the more well known smart stuff.

Thanks

 

 

 

[Gaztyke 86]

This looks like it might solve your use case:

byecold WiFi Plug-in Thermostat Smart Remote Control for Infrared Heating System Temperature Setting with Share Function Compatible with Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo,Google Home https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07MYWCJZ9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NaV2Db2XA5WC1

 

Edited November 24 by Gaztyke

[darklighthim 0]

4 minutes ago, Gaztyke said:

This looks like it might solve your use case:

byecold WiFi Plug-in Thermostat Smart Remote Control for Infrared Heating System Temperature Setting with Share Function Compatible with Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo,Google Home https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07MYWCJZ9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NaV2Db2XA5WC1

 

Thanks, I should clarify I'm in the UK and clicking that link gave me a page not found.

[Larry Underwood 280]

I would suggest a smartthings hub and one of there smart buttons and there smart wifi plug. The button has a temperature sensor in it with the added benefit of being able to use it to manually turn the smart plug on and off manually if wanted/needed.

[darklighthim 0]

16 hours ago, Larry Underwood said:

I would suggest a smartthings hub and one of there smart buttons and there smart wifi plug. The button has a temperature sensor in it with the added benefit of being able to use it to manually turn the smart plug on and off manually if wanted/needed.

So I could use this to see/hear the temp in the hallway either on my smartphone or via smart speaker?
In turn I could use either of those devices to turn the plug on or off depending on whether I need the heater on or off?

I know just using a smart plug would suffice in allowing me to turn that one heater on or off as needed, but then I'd have no idea if It's cold enough to need turn it on or hot enough to turn it off/not need turn it on in the first place.

 

[Larry Underwood 280]

Yes the smart button has a temp sensor in it so you can set a automation to do what you want. You could also have say Alexa tell you the temp of the sensor as well

[darklighthim 0]

,Does the button require the hub or could I use it standalone controlled by just my google home mini or other assistant devices?
I don't want to go spending £79 for a hub if I'll not get lots of use from it but then it looks like it can do a lot of things so I'd have to look into what I might also want to do with the hub.

[Larry Underwood 280]

No the button is a zigbee device so you would need the hub but as you pointed out you can do a lot more with the hub

[darklighthim 0]

I might hold off on the button for now as I'm just starting to add smart stuff to the house, so will look at what the hub can do and plan it out with stuff in my house.
Will still grab some smart plug and play around with that for the heater just now, along with the Xiaomi Mi bulbs I have ordered.

Just getting my head around all the various smart things I can get so this site might be useful for all the things I may end up doing.

[Gaztyke 86]

23 hours ago, darklighthim said:

Thanks, I should clarify I'm in the UK and clicking that link gave me a page not found.

Yeah I'm in the UK too, let me try again with the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/byecold-Thermostat-Infrared-Temperature-Compatible/dp/B07MYWCJZ9

[AYL_Brian 331]

You wouldn't want it to go automatically on hey @darklighthim?  I think that's why @Larry Underwood is suggesting more of a hub approach.  The next step for many people is to go from asking for a heater to turn on, to having that heater turn on and off automatically!  I did a very similar thing in my garage recently. 🙂