INFO on BCV Thermostat

[BIERMUGG]

Here is the info about the Thermostats installed at BCV and also in some of the other WDW Hotels. I will try not to be too technical or longwinded.

The Thermostat is made by Inncom International. Model # E4
The Thermostat operates in two modes occupied and unoccupied.
When the Entrance door to the room is opened a magnetic switch in the door ( or the electronic door lock ) tells the Thermostat to go to occupied mode, if the motion detector (mounted on the thermostat) senses a person in the room within preset time ( 5 to 10 minutes this is adjustable) it will stay in the occupied mode UNTIL the door is opened again. If the Thermostat does not sense a person in the room within that time it will go the the Unoccupied Mode.

How the Motion Detector works, Quoted from the Manufacturer
"Motion inside a guestroom is detected by the occupancy sensor (PIR) built in to the E4 thermostat, or by an external motion sensor (PIR) that is connected to the E4. The PIR simply detects changes in INFRARED ENERGY EMANATING from A PERSON IN MOTION. As the person MOVES within the detection range of the PIR, the PIR output signal pulses. These Pulses are detected by the E4 which then declares the room as occupied."

The Unoccupied Temperature for AC will be set from 5 to 10 degrees higher than the Occupied.

By letting the Thermostat Automatically Go to higher AC Room Temperature when the room is Unoccupied Disney is savings Hundreds of $$ on wasted Energy for each room.

 

[CaptainMidnight]

Excellent information. So, does that mean that if the thermostat is cycling off at night that one should open the door to set off the magnetic switch, and then trip the motion detector which will then keep it on all night?

Boy, if that's all it takes, this could work out great. Perhaps people are using the wrong door in the two bedroom lockoffs and not tripping the switch appropriately. From your description, there shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for sharing.

 

[BIERMUGG]

Captain midnight
sent you a PM

 

[Loubon]

Sure beats the suggestion about hanging a gerbil from a helium balloon......(at least for thermostat control purposes)!

Thanks!

 

[jcanary]

but I am a little confused. If there are 5 of you in a room and if one person leaves, opening the door and activitating the sensor, will it go to the unoccupied mode? I am thinking of this because when my older daughter comes with her friend and they go out or come home and we are sleeping will it think it is unoccupied? My DH loves it cold so trying to make him like BCV so maybe we can do an add-on.

 

[BIERMUGG]

Originally posted by jcanary
but I am a little confused. If there are 5 of you in a room and if one person leaves, opening the door and activitating the sensor, will it go to the unoccupied mode? I am thinking of this because when my older daughter comes with her friend and they go out or come home and we are sleeping will it think it is unoccupied? My DH loves it cold so trying to make him like BCV so maybe we can do an add-on.

It will go to the Unoccupied Mode after the door is opened and there is no people movement in the room for 5 or 10 minutes. This thermostat system is now made by a lot of manufacturers and is now very hot in the Hotel industry. The Animal Kingdom Lodge also has this system.