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I'm not sure if my landlords controlling my heat or hot water through his computer, this is a 60 plus unit building. I'm just not sure this is possible or even legal.
The minute I call the the landlord, he says the boiler shows its on, and then you feel the heat working after a few minutes and then the heat.
Is it required by law for the hot water to be at 120 degrees Fahrenheit? 247?
Have any one experienced this in New York, Brooklyn or the Bronx?
Is it required by law for the hot water to be at 120 degrees Fahrenheit? 247?
Yes, and that's one of my current gripes.
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I'm not sure if my landlords controlling my heat or hot water through his
computer, this is a 60 plus unit building. I'm just not sure this is possible or
even legal.
The minute I call the the landlord, he says the boiler shows
its on, and then you feel the heat working after a few minutes and then the
heat.
I'm sure computer control is possible but not very likely. Control is usually via a clock drive switch with thermostats outside and inside the building.
If your landlord lives in the building, he probably just flips the ON switch or adjusts a thermostat in his unit when you call. If he lives elsewhere he can make a quick phone call to a super.
You can absolutely control the heating/ac temps in any building via a wireless connection. It's about $100 bucks for the wireless thermostat, and then you can control it anywhere with internet access, as well as an app on your phone. All you need is an internet connection for the thermostat and that's it...wireless access anywhere in the world.
You can absolutely control the heating/ac temps in any building via a wireless connection. It's about $100 bucks for the wireless thermostat, and then you can control it anywhere with internet access, as well as an app on your phone. All you need is an internet connection for the thermostat and that's it...wireless access anywhere in the world.
Most of the landlords, certainly in the bigger buildings, now do this.
Building i live in is 3 stories 6 apts and the heat is controlled by a computer, if for whatever reason its not working properly we can call/text the landlord and he changes it via his phone app.
I'm sure computer control is possible but not very likely. Control is usually via a clock drive switch with thermostats outside and inside the building.
If your landlord lives in the building, he probably just flips the ON switch or adjusts a thermostat in his unit when you call. If he lives elsewhere he can make a quick phone call to a super.
There are tons of software programs/computer systems to control boilers and heating systems in buildings both large and small. And yes, many work via remote control, telephone, apps, etc...
Today most large buildings use variable frequency drives on the pumps with transducers.
The pumps are not just off and on but slow up and speed up by input from the sensors.
Many buildings do not use thermostats but are cycled with pressure switches .
Thermostats are not effective in large buildings where apartment temperatures vary so much.
Smart building owners tie it all into a bms or building managment system where sensors throughout the building feed back info to regulate the speed of the drives on the pumps.
Older buildings with steam boilers using older recirculation pumps to keep hot water "moving" in the pipes can and do turn the system off or down at off peak times. Know this because many of one's friends in such buildings have to let the hot water tap run for looonnng periods of time say late evening or night before they get anything approaching hot water. OTHO during the day soon as the tap is opened hot water comes right out.
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