Recent content by slj33

this system seems to hold the temp well but ...... it does seem hard for the ordinary householder to understand???? when i bought this stat the heating engineer fitted it and left it on the recommended settings for the 15 yr old gas boiler - but these seemed totally unsuitable! two...

i have it set for 18.5 and it always reaches 19 but no more. (its sited on the landing - not ideal i know!) the house is well insulated (max in roof, cavity wall, double glazing) goes from 19 at night to 18.5/18, in morning so not losing much overnight. so maybe ill set the p band...

thank you all, so leave the proportional band width on 1.5 ? :?

thanks for the replies. having played around with the settings, and having read posts on this subject, it seems that the OIL boiler settings do seem to suite our old GAS boiler the best, as suggested in a post on this forum. i am starting to understand the priciples of the tpi now! but am...

hi thanks for the reply not measured it as such - its been colder anyway so prob used more - but it was cycling literally every few mins - on for 1min approx - worried about the wear and tear etc. the engineers were not sure about it, they thought it was more suited to a modern condensing...

hi, i have a 15 year old ideal classic gas 244 boiler, and have just had a new DT90E room thermostat fitted. the problem is the default settings for gas boilers is cycle rate 6 / min on off time 1 min, and the Proportional band width 1.5. with these settings the boiler cycled on and off...