Last winter, I had a new oil boiler & heating controls installed. It was done under the terms of a local authority grant, which did not include a wireless thermostat.
For various reasons (things like cornicing etc) it wasn’t possible to put the wall stat in my living room, which is pretty much the only room in constant use – so it was installed on the wall in my hall, just outside the airing cupboard.
Now, the trouble with that is, it works kind of OK, but of course it switches the boiler off and on to suit the temperature in the hall – so I find myself going out to the hall and adjusting it from time to time, as the living room gets too hot or cold.
Seems to me that the ideal solution would be a wireless stat… however, I’ve given up trying to get electricians or plumbers to come out and do small jobs like this, so want to tackle it myself unless it would be life-endangering to do so
Here are some pictures of what I’ve got. Now it *SEEMS* to me that the wall stat is a simple switch (apart from the thermostatic bit obviously), so it just makes and breaks a loop? If so, first question – can I just buy a wireless stat, and substitute its receiver unit (or whatever that bit is called) for the existing wall stat, and it will work in the same way?
Secondly, I don’t want to have to get into replacing the timer unit (also pictured below) – is that possible? IE, if the wireless stat just makes and breaks the circuit, presumably the new one would be OK with my existing timer control?
Thanks everybody
For various reasons (things like cornicing etc) it wasn’t possible to put the wall stat in my living room, which is pretty much the only room in constant use – so it was installed on the wall in my hall, just outside the airing cupboard.
Now, the trouble with that is, it works kind of OK, but of course it switches the boiler off and on to suit the temperature in the hall – so I find myself going out to the hall and adjusting it from time to time, as the living room gets too hot or cold.
Seems to me that the ideal solution would be a wireless stat… however, I’ve given up trying to get electricians or plumbers to come out and do small jobs like this, so want to tackle it myself unless it would be life-endangering to do so
Here are some pictures of what I’ve got. Now it *SEEMS* to me that the wall stat is a simple switch (apart from the thermostatic bit obviously), so it just makes and breaks a loop? If so, first question – can I just buy a wireless stat, and substitute its receiver unit (or whatever that bit is called) for the existing wall stat, and it will work in the same way?
Secondly, I don’t want to have to get into replacing the timer unit (also pictured below) – is that possible? IE, if the wireless stat just makes and breaks the circuit, presumably the new one would be OK with my existing timer control?
Thanks everybody