TRV Actuator Conspiricy

hvacfreak2

There was a comment made in a thread recently that made mention of the fact that there are no modern TRV heads available in the United States . I arrived at the same conclusion recently when shopping for mine , and it really makes no good sense. Danfoss and Honeywell both offer heads for RA 2000 but not to any American vendors. The Danfoss information that I was able to gather seemed to indicate that it would display Celcius only ,the Honeywell model does have a Fahrenheit configuration item included.

Both of these are actually available online , but from outside the US . Supply House Dot Com does actually have available Honeywell units but you have to have an account and wait for them to get back to you to discuss the price
( almost like they are not really supposed to sell them ? ). In the case of Danfoss , is it some sort of " glove to the face " National pride thing for them ? Either way it would be nice to know why. Anyone know anything else on this ?

Eastman

The Honeywell evohome system looks really cool. They also have OpenTherm support. How come our boilers and thermostats don't support OpenTherm or something similar?

hvacfreak2

That was the one ...EVO . And they are not like " late breaking new" , these have been out for awhile. Maybe it's just my perception but these are held back like some secret product ,
Moneywell Elite Dealer Only or something.

Eastman

I want to protest in front of their offices.