Recent content by Ken Dunn

Yes a good point but other considerations mean it’s the optimum location for me. I’ve been keeping my eye on this cycling thing and the pump keeps running for a minute or so evening the temperature of the boiler and pipes. It all contributes to maximum efficiency. Now I understand the system I...

Glad you are making progress, you seem like my wife who feels the cold and psychologically needs to feel a radiator on, even if the thermometer is reading a high. Nevertheless it is how you feel then that’s what matters. It’s far cheaper to get under the duvet, and set your timer to come on...

You are right to buy a separate thermometer, I have a weather station with an outside sensor and it reads inside as well. You will then be able to check the calibration of your room stat. My room stat definitely reads the truetemperature. It does take several minutes to adapt to the room...

On a recent cold night I decided to set the overnight temperature from the standard 5deg C to 15 so the boiler would operate in the middle of the night if it went cold. It had been operating set at 20 when we went to bed and shut off as expected. It was coming down in temperature. I was woken...