If you use any other brand thermostat, you lose any warranty on the whole system.

Doesn't answer the question. Can you use other thermostats and will it work?

I believe they will, but don't know for sure. I didn't answer the direct question deliberately.

Hello BigDS,
Why would you not use a NuHeat thermostat with a NuHeat system? Feature-for-feature, they are priced the same no matter the brand imprint on the faceplate. I know that I've asked Watts - Suntouch if I can use the NuHeat "Harmony" thermostats with their systems, because I prefer the appearance, and was told by Watts that they were not compatible.
Best of luck,
Shaughnn

aubetech makes the thermostats for all the heat cable companies. Any heat cable company phone person can say that the caller must use a thermostat purchased from the same company, but that is not true.

That doesn't mean i twill be easy for the OP. If you use a multimeter to measure the resistance you can then order a thermostat. My writing this out is not a recommendation to so this work. It is information about the critical factor. The cost will be the same or more. The hassle will be higher. Before you run with this, there are other things to know, and I will not be willing to provide a tutorial about this.

Around here (up north) radiant floor heating is very popular. The guy who sells them to me always uses the Aube thermostats, regardless of the wires. Aube doesn't make any wires, so they need to sell their product somehow... The thermostat doesn't know the heating wire resistance. What's important is to get the floor sensor that goes with the thermostat for correct temp reading (and there might even be a standard, but I wouldn't bet on it).

In my own kitchen, we have cables by Warm Tile, and the Aube thermostat, very nice, digital, programmable, temperature reading instead of just a graded number scale, ... Frankly, if you're looking at the thermostats bundled with the wires (at Home Depot for example), they look very dated compared to that!

Disclaimer: Not a pro, just an avid DYI, but do have some understanding of electricity.

We went with the aube. Thanks for the advice

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