programme advice

[diy mad]

Hi,
I wonder if you could please advise me on the following:
The heating in our house has a Centaurplus C11 control fitted in a bedroom and a Digital Programmable Thermostat Model 099A fitted at the top of the stairs.
The 099A control is difficult to use at the best of times, the display is very faint and the battery runs out very frequently. Consequently we have always programmed the heating from the C11 control and used the 099A when we want to override the settings.
It would be far more convenient if we could control the heating from the top of the stairs (it's a bit more of a public open space!!) and I wondered if I replaced the 099A with a more user friendly thermostat, could we use this to programme the heating rather than the C11? If so, how would the C11 need to be set?24 hour setting?
Sorry to be thick, any help or recommendations appreciated, thanks.

 

[ianmcd]

if your system is wired correctly the thermostat can not override the programmer, it can shut the heating off but it cant bring it on if the programmer is set to off , is that what you mean ?

 

[diy mad]

Oh I see, so the only way to be able to programme the system from the landing would be to physically move the C11 to there?

 

[CBW]

Might be possible to set your clock to constant, and then use the programmable thermostat to control the time and temperature?

 

[ianmcd]

There are loads of variations, possibly one for you to consider is an RF thermostat which means radio frequence, the receiver is fixed usually next to the boiler but doesnt have to be and the thermostat can be mobile , you can take it into any room and switch the heating on and off when you want, or you can get internet controlled ones if you have broadband and you can control everything with your mobile phone