Problems with Quadrafire Skyteck wireless Tstat

Has anyone else had any problems with there Quad wireless tstat ? My E2 has a Skytech wireless and it kinda has a mind of its own. Biggest problem is it will lose communication with the receiver in the stove and results in the receiver beeping and a cold stove/house. It happens infrequently. Last season it happened a few times and after the recall was done late in the season it didn't happen again . This season went well until about 2 weeks ago when it was beeping in the middle of the night and I reset it and it fired off. I put new, fresh batteries in it and put it on the coffee table a mere 6 feet away from the stove and went well for a few days and then wifey came home to beeping/cold on consecutive days. I have also hit the button in the stove to allow the units to pair. I called the dealer and they will install wired tstat under warranty if we want, but I don't know if we want it.

Any ideas on how to make the skytech a little more reliable ?

Doggy

 

Its a skytech II model 5301 tx-quad

 

Had the same problems with mine. I never did trust it so I usually didnt use it. Me and remotes don't get along anyways.

Gary

 

I could leave it on low if it were cold enough, but if its in the high 20s or 30s I need to use the tstat or it is just too hot in here.

 

Well stove beeping this morning again Thinkin I want another tstat and /or receiver to try before we go with a wired unit. They are coming tomorrow to check it out. Guess we will see what happens.

Doggy

 

You are not the only one that has had issues with those. Seems to be a problem with em. kap

 

I just love a good RFI/dead battery/out of range story.

 

Tech said there is a new transmitter available. He will order up a new one. cool. I hope it is as easy as it sounds.

 

how did you ever make out with that?

 

Well I didn't have another problem after new transmitter. Thanks for asking.

doggy

 

i have the new style t-stat and it messed up 3-4 times last season,new batteries,moved close to the stove doesnt matter.i have to shut t-stat off and restart.i'll see what the dealer says

 

Hello
I went with the Lowe's Iris WiFi T-Stat for my iPhone to control my Harman & Quad and it has been flawless for 2 seasons now!

The room or house temp can be seen on my phone and I can use the system for many other devices like seeing exactly what time the mailman put mail in my mailbox!

See pics and detail here.
Anyone turn their pellet stove on with their Smartphone using Iris? $100 off cupon good till 2/16 | Firewood Hoarders Club

 

plus i wanna stay wireless

 

oh oh So you have already had yours changed out ? Or is your stove much newer than mine ? Hope I don't have any issues this year.

Doggy

 

The newer Quad T-Stats have more than just 2 wires so they can display info fed back from the Stove (called Data Controllers) they can display important messages like "Hopper is Low on Pellets" but that only works if the Hopper pellet sensor is clean and in good working order! If you have only 2 wires for the T-Stat then a generic Sky-Tech wireless will work. However why have a wireless remote that is expensive to replace and feed Alkaline batteries when you can hook up a Smartphone by downloading the free app?

Pics below shows Quad T-Stat in Shed and Harman T-Stat in workshop on the iPhone 6 plus

Workshop has air conditioner on right now so it is quite a bit cooler than the shed!
Cannot wait to get that new iPhone App and Hub to control the air conditioners!

 

mines a late 2015 with the newer control board,heres a pic of the stat.when i bought it,dealer told me most of the communication problems were in cities/heavy interference.....now im not so sure....i live out in the sticks,but i do have a router,tv remote,phone

 

sorry don,im not following.....mines wireless,i dont have any wires

 

How many wires are going to the Reciever in the stove? If more than 2 then you have a proprietary T-Stat and can only use that one or lose a lot of reporting functions.