Did you try to use the code? If it doesn’t work still, let me know and I will ping them on Monday and see if they can get me a special code for you. My guess is that it shouldn’t be an issue. Keep an eye out on your private messages as I will PM you once I talk to them. I will say that this was well worth it for me. I’m really happy with them and my upstairs and downstairs cool much quicker now that I have control over the handful of vents in each zone.
If possible could you shoot me a discount code?
I will let you both know tomorrow.
Stop making me drool. 
Next time you talk to them could you ask them if they are considering making 6x14 registers.
HI Slief,
Thanks for all you have done to help this community with organizing this special buy.
I did try to use the code but it said it was expired. I did although reach out to econet and received an email today that the code will be extended until 6-15 for anyone else that wants purchase.
Good to know… I needed two more!
If they do decide to make that size, it will likely be a ways out. I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you. I was already scemeing to figure out if I could use a couple of these vents to modify my 12"x12" one in my living room.
I have a couple 12"x6" ones myself and for at least one of those, I will likely use a 24 volt damper with AC Adapter connected to a Z-Wave outlet. That would solve at least two of my vents that don’t have these Econet ones. Have you considered doing the same?
[quote=“jmarty32, post:105, topic:187123”]HI Slief,
Thanks for all you have done to help this community with organizing this special buy.
I did try to use the code but it said it was expired. I did although reach out to econet and received an email today that the code will be extended until 6-15 for anyone else that wants purchase.[/quote]
That’s great news! Please let us know when the group buy code is active again! I’m really glad to have helped with this. These vents have worked out even better than I thought they would.
I finished up my Vera programming last night and updated the Econet user thread with my config and setup. I have to say, that between the vents, my Ecobee3 thermostat, the Ecobee plugin created by Watou and my programming, this setup has far exceeded my expectations. I now have a true dual zone system with seperate temp monitoring for upstairs and downstairs and full zone level AC Control with the push of a single button on my iPads and iPhones. Hit “Heat Cool Upstairs” and the AC turns and uses my programmed comfort settings while the downstairs vents close and the upstairs ones open. Hit “Heat Cool Downstairs” and the AC turns on to the preset comfort settings and the vents close upstairs and the downstairs vents open. Hit “Heat Cool Up Down” and the AC turns on to the preset comfort settings, the master bath vent opens 100%, the kids rooms vents open 30% and the downstairs vents open 100%. Each zone uses a temp sensor in that zone. The Heat Cool Up Down uses an average between the two temp sensors for thermostat control. I am currently using two Ecobee remote temp sensors and have a third that I may use in one of the kids rooms. Currently I have one upstairs in my master bedroom and one downstairs in my living room. If I add the 3rd sensor to the kids room, I can use an average the between the one in my room and the one in the kids room for upstairs climate control instead of just the one temp sensor upstairs.
All in all, it’s pretty damn slick and these vents will save me a small fortune on my heating and cooling costs. I noticed that it takes about half the time to cool my downstairs now which is great! I’m going to try to get my AC guy out here next week to revisit the barometric bypass damper as that will make my system even more efficient by recirculating the hot or cold air in the system. That in turn will result in colder air coming out of the vents in cooling mode and warmer air in heating mode. I don’t think I need it as I’m not restricting the flow very much but for the $100 or so that the damper will cost, it certainly can’t hurt.
I’d like to put a vote in for 8 x 8 versions of these should Econet want suggestions of future sizes.
As I was checking out the site, I noticed that the Water Valve actuator (EBV105) is almost ready to ship! Any chance of there being a group buy on these? I’m in for two to start.
Thanks!
[quote=“tsawyer, post:108, topic:187123”]I’d like to put a vote in for 8 x 8 versions of these should Econet want suggestions of future sizes.
As I was checking out the site, I noticed that the Water Valve actuator (EBV105) is almost ready to ship! Any chance of there being a group buy on these? I’m in for two to start.
Thanks![/quote]
I can talk to them about the valves but I’m not sure how many people here would be interested in them. Econet mentioned new valve to me a couple weeks ago and the first thing that came to my mind was… “What the hell would I do with that thing??” ;D
plumb it to your bed and use it as your alarm in the morning? 
Wait, I need a reason? 
I actually have three use cases (so far) …
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I have a ball valve in my basement that controls the feed to my outdoor faucets and I also have a 6 year old that loves playing with water. If I forget to shut off the feed, then one of the faucets inevitably gets turned on and either left on, or left dripping, and wastes a lot of water. If I setup a simple on/off timer for it, I can have it turn on for a 30min period, do what I need to do watering wise, and know that it will turn back off when I am done, even if I forget to do it.
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Same outdoor control as above via the outdoor feed valle, but use it to turn on/off a pre-setup sprinkler on a regular interval.
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Whole house leak prevention. I also have a ball valve on the main supply from the street for the whole house and already have leak sensors around the boiler, washing machine, and dishwasher. Right now they just generate an alert (letting me know to panic), but if I could control the main feed, then I could have it shutoff everything in the event of a leak and prevent costly water damage.
I see this as basically the same as the (overly expensive) Fortrezz valves use case wise, and even better for an install because it will just bolt onto my existing valves instead of having to require plumbing work to be put in line.
I finally updated my firmware to the June update and the econet vents are now showing battery level on the device page like all other battery operated devices.
Now that you mention that, I went and checked and there is battery status! I didn’t notice that will the previous update. I’ve been in contact with the Vera team regarding the device type and from what I understand, a new device type for the vents is on the feature request list. I also provided them the contact info for the guys at Econet and Econet is prepared to work with the Vera team and provide any info they may need. With a bit of luck, we will see a new device type added in the not so distant future!
That would be very nice. Showing them with a light bulb is a bit of an inconvenience.
Received my 2 registers today, and here is my take on them. (I’m an HVAC/R Tech)
Pros:
- Very fast shipping. Impressed.
- Quiet Operation.
- Included into HomeSeer very quick and easy.
- Drive motor seems strong.
Cons:
- No mounting screws included. (This was quite surprising)
- No perimeter housing seal. (above average mechanical registers have a sealing gasket around the face of the frame to seal to the wall/ceiling)
I think at the normal cost, EcoNet needs to add a seal and a couple of screws like your better than average mechanical registers.
[quote=“ServiceXp, post:115, topic:187123”]Received my 2 registers today, and here is my take on them. (I’m an HVAC/R Tech)
Pros:
- Very fast shipping. Impressed.
- Quiet Operation.
- Included into HomeSeer very quick and easy.
- Drive motor seems strong.
Cons:
- No mounting screws included. (This was quite surprising)
- No perimeter housing seal. (above average mechanical registers have a sealing gasket around the face of the frame to seal to the wall/ceiling)
I think at the normal cost, EcoNet needs to add a seal and a couple of screws like your better than average mechanical registers.[/quote]
That’s great news. Glad you like them. I wondered about the foam perimeter seal too. As for mounting screws… That never even crossed my mind since I was removing vents that were already screwed in to begin with. I have enough screws around here to last a lifetime anyway. I just reused those screws and didn’t even think twice about it.
Which HomeSeer are you using? I gave them serious consideration but was a bit discouraged by the cost. Frankly, I’m pretty happy with my Vera now anyway as it’s doing everything I wanted it to do and then some but I am always looking at new hardware for all my hobbies.
I’m using HS3 with their Z-NET on my Blue Iris Server (i5 Haswell).
I love HomeSeer, super responsive and extremely flexible.
I got in on their last sale (they have 2 a year)
[quote=“slief”][quote=“tsawyer, post:108, topic:187123”]I’d like to put a vote in for 8 x 8 versions of these should Econet want suggestions of future sizes.
As I was checking out the site, I noticed that the Water Valve actuator (EBV105) is almost ready to ship! Any chance of there being a group buy on these? I’m in for two to start.
Thanks![/quote]
I can talk to them about the valves but I’m not sure how many people here would be interested in them. Econet mentioned new valve to me a couple weeks ago and the first thing that came to my mind was… “What the hell would I do with that thing??” ;D[/quote]
Wait, I need a reason?
I actually have three use cases (so far) …
-
I have a ball valve in my basement that controls the feed to my outdoor faucets and I also have a 6 year old that loves playing with water. If I forget to shut off the feed, then one of the faucets inevitably gets turned on and either left on, or left dripping, and wastes a lot of water. If I setup a simple on/off timer for it, I can have it turn on for a 30min period, do what I need to do watering wise, and know that it will turn back off when I am done, even if I forget to do it.
-
Same outdoor control as above via the outdoor feed valle, but use it to turn on/off a pre-setup sprinkler on a regular interval.
-
Whole house leak prevention. I also have a ball valve on the main supply from the street for the whole house and already have leak sensors around the boiler, washing machine, and dishwasher. Right now they just generate an alert (letting me know to panic), but if I could control the main feed, then I could have it shutoff everything in the event of a leak and prevent costly water damage.
I see this as basically the same as the (overly expensive) Fortrezz valves use case wise, and even better for an install because it will just bolt onto my existing valves instead of having to require plumbing work to be put in line.[/quote]
I would be in for a group buy on the valves, same reasons as stated above we travel a lot and I like to shut of the main, much easier to do with zwave since it’s in a closet behind the water heater and if I forget I can do it from the road. I like the fortrezz but the cost is to high to justify.
I can inquire about that one. Only issue I see is the number of people who would be interested in one which I suspect is pretty few.
installed one of these that I’ve had sitting around for several months… seemed to go through the include process fine, and works via Vera (U15), but the “state” of the lightbulb never changes from 64%.
Also seems to take two tries via dash to get it to either open or close all the way.
thoughts?
An exclude/reinclude didn’t seem to help much. now it only shows 0%. still seems to take two clicks to get fully open/closed
EDIT: an hour later, seems like the percentage status is working now, but the actual motor is still not keeping up. new batteries.