20 Sqft Heating Cable Kit Electric Radiant In-Floor Heat Heating Cable Set Floor Warming System, 120V, Cable 80ft Long, With AUBE Digital 7-day Programmable Floor Sensing Thermostat And Floor Sensor

5 reviews for 20 Sqft Heating Cable Kit Electric Radiant In-Floor Heat Heating Cable Set Floor Warming System, 120V, Cable 80ft Long, With AUBE Digital 7-day Programmable Floor Sensing Thermostat And Floor Sensor

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   ValRo – June 3, 2015

   I bought three (3) sets to remodel three bathrooms. The 20, 30 and 40sqf sets. Overall, they are easy to install and work great. I give a +5 star to the wire itself and a 3-4 star to the thermostat. (They already work for 6 months.)ThermostatIt looks good, giving your bathroom a high tech prospective. Easy to wire, install and attach to the wall.The only complain I have is about programming the thermostat. It is so un-intuitive. Eleven buttons to program a thermostat? (Aside from an on-off switch and a light-on button.) I am a controls engineer with 25+ years of industrial experience. I thought I got to the point where I can program / preset any “device” without even using the manual. This thermostat proved me wrong. So many buttons, so many functions and so easy to mess-up. One wrong push and you lose everything forcing you 20 pushes back. I ended up having the thermostat in manual, always on at a preset temperature.The wireIt works great. Good amount / density of heat. (with proper spacing, see below). And it is very solid from a mechanical point of view. I had 3 bathrooms redone. Tile company installed the wires, applied the thin-set and, later on, the tiles (porcelain ceramic tiles). The tiles were installed badly with 1/4” difference between adjacent corners. Horrible job on ALL three bathrooms. The owner of the company came back hammered all floor tiles, removed them and installed new tiles. I was ready to bet the heating wires will not survive! But they did in all 3 bathrooms!Tips for first time users:I highly recommend the wire versus the heated “mat”. The wire gives you the flexibility to go up to the edge and around corners. Any shape you need. Plus, you can do your own wire “density” (spacing between wires). I highly recommend the 2” spacing and not the specified 3” in between wires.Heat doesn’t spread more than 1 – 1.5 inches from the wire. 3” or 4” between wires will give you hot-cold strips on your floor. 2” is the best. Plus, it will reach normal temperature faster.If you go 2” plan for the next size kit. Take the surface area recommended by manufacturer (for 3”) and multiply with 2/3. This is the area it will cover for 2” spacing. A 30sqf set will give only 20sqf at 2” spacing.When laying the wire USE THE CABLE GUIDES. Position guides one foot apart (or less), parallel with the short side of your bathroom (so you can lay the wires faster on the long side and have less turns at the end). Go “touching” to threshold, bathtub / shower, walls and vanity. 1” away and you will fell the cold on your toes. Start under your thermostat and plan to end around toilet bowl. Install cable in front and sides of the toilet as far you can reach when sitting. You will run the excess cable around and in the back of the bowl.Carefully place the sensor in between two wires, 1” from each wire. Make sure it is nothing above the sensor (ex. half under vanity or if you plan to put a brush holder or any other object in that place). Two months after installation one of my heaters was running very low. Problem: my kids left a book on the bathroom floor right on top of the sensor. Book was hot (heat did not radiate in the air) so sensor was tricked thinking the whole floor was hot.One other thing: It takes about 30-45 min to not feel the cold! (after turning heat on) And another 15-30 min to get to desired temperature. The thicker the tiles the longer will take to feel the heat. This is not like an air furnace where you feel the heat in 10 min.Note: I had my 3 heaters set on manual and max temperature (104F / 40C). That added another 80-90$ to my electrical bill. (Detroit area electric rate) That’s about 1$ per day per bathroom. Again, max temperature, always on.Overall I am happy with the investment: nice and comfy versus the cost. I highly recommend installing heated floors if you are redoing your tiles. And, use a wire not a mat!

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Jenn – May 1, 2017

   Put this in my bathroom . Floors are nice and warm. Still learning how to do all the settings . So far so good!

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Louis Huerto-Rojo – October 23, 2017

   It worked fine

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   carlos a. – February 20, 2018

   great

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Michelle H. – March 29, 2020

   Quite an amazing value. I used this in a 20 square foot bathroom floor under marble tiles. It heats the floor fast. The thermostat requires getting used to but overall a good combo.