+Q:Can thimble sensors be installed on the ceiling?
A:Yes, they can, but this is not advised. Thimble sensors are designed to be installed at around 1200-1500mm from the floor in order to give a better reading of the room temperature that users would feel.
+Q:Can thimble sensors be installed on a faceplate?
A:Yes, they can be mounted in a faceplate, or simply fixed into the wall.
+Q:Does Ambiente sell sensors, or do they come with UFH?
A:Yes, Ambiente sells thimble, button and floor sensors on the spares shop. Thermostats have inbuilt sensors, but remote sensors can be used for more accurate readings in larger rooms, or for monitoring the floor temp of more delicate materials (such as engineered wood).
+Q:How should a sensor be wired into the thermostat?
A:Usually sensors will have a red (positive) and black (negative) wire. The polarity of how these are installed doesn’t matter for them to work, but it is conventional to wire the red wire into the terminal labelled AIR/FLR or (+), and then the black wire wired into the (–) terminal.
+Q:I have an open plan room that is going to have two different floor coverings, one of them to be engineered wooden flooring using a floor sensor. Can I have them in one zone?
A:Not advised. If the thermostat is controlling the whole room on one zone, then the floor temp might need to be at a level that is too high for the wood and therefore trigger the floor sensor shutting off the system. This would mean that the wooden floor is safe, but the other covering would not be warm enough. Best practice would be to have two thermostats for each floor covering.
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