Modairflow Thermostat Replacement on Warm Air Ducted Heating

[bmouthboyo]

Morning all,

I recently moved into a 1970's bungalow which has warm air ducted heating.

The system seems well maintained and works pretty well so we will not be replacing it in the near future at least.

The thermostat does not seem to be that great and setting 7 seems too hot and 6 too cold so we often have to adjust it. No idea what the numbers actually represent.

Does anyone know if we can replace it with a degrees celsius thermostat, and if so are there specific ones we need to select?

I like the idea of a smart thermostat such as a nest or similar, but not sure if it would be compatible and secondly a little dubious about locking myself into one environment (google, amazon, nest etc).

Probably irrelevant but we also have an electric immersion tank which only turns on via a switch. It would be nice to eventually either have this timed, or if possible linked to a smart system to set timers / remote activation.

Thought that might be relevant regarding smart meters.

Any help much appreciated.

 

[D_Hailsham]

I suggest you contact Johnson & Starley and ask their advice.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Only the modairflow stat will work on that heater.

 

[Hot&Cold]

Only the modairflow stat will work on that heater.

yes that stat in necessary.
If installed and serviced correctly,the modairflow systems work well but maybe not the same as your previous heating experiences.

Just keep the front grill and the filter clean.Dont forget to get it serviced.

Maybe a Consideration to a gas boiler with radiators and maybe instant hot water would suit the end user,who knows

 

[Ihavenojob]

Something that might work would be wiring the heater to a smart plug & using the net enabled stat to turn it on, but you would still have to have the modairflow stat connected.On second thoughts that may cause problems turning the power off if the heater is still running, so i would forget that, sorry.

 

[Gasguru]

Don't store clothing in that cupboard...people have died when clothing has fallen down and the blocked vents. That cupboard has not been suitably modified to allow the safe airing of clothing. The blue label warns you. From the external appearance you have no idea of the condition of the warm air unit...only a full service (can be a few hours work) can tell you whether the heat exchanger/flueing is still safe. A carbon monoxide alarm is a must on these systems. Just to warn you, I've spent days getting warm air systems back to a safe operating standard.